Comments on: Post popularity https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-13559 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:03:32 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/#comment-13559 Turns out that the value represent what percentage of the most popular post’s popularity each post has.

For example, as I write this comment, the Elders and High Priests post is the most popular, so it is used as the benchmark. Its popularity is 100% of the benchmark (since it is itself). The current post we’re discussing has only 9% of that popularity.

Theoretically then, the only way more than one post has the same percentage is if all the values they each have comes to the same total.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-13558 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:57:38 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/#comment-13558 I’m not sure. I’ll have to research that out. I know it’s not a percentage of all posts because the Elders and High Priests thread is at 100%.

]]> By: JM https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-13557 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:34:15 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/#comment-13557 Interesting, so what does the % value represent? Could more than one thread get to 100% or is each a % of all total posts / threads?

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-13555 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:22:45 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/#comment-13555 I can assign different values to each criterion. For example, if I thought comments were a better indicator of popularity than links from other blogs, I could give comments a value of 100 and trackbacks a value of 50.

]]> By: rick https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-13554 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:20:26 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/#comment-13554 Is it possible to change the algorithm to reward different activity or content?

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-13553 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:15:32 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/#comment-13553 It’s a third-party WordPress plugin (plus a bit of tweaking).

]]> By: rick https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/comment-page-1/#comment-13552 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:14:09 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/07/31/post-popularity/#comment-13552 Is this a feature of WordPress?

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