An ordering update

Sir ArmaMalum·Aug 6, 2014·2 votes·397 views

Okay, so I think we need a bit of an update to our ordering options to be a bit more intuitive and a bit more versatile. It's somewhat simple and a combination of a few things that a lot of people have asked for.

#Recent

Stays the same, it makes sense, people use it. Hell, I use it 99% of the time.

#Hot

I'd rather actually see this be switched to a 'sort by activity' and not 'sort by vote/time'. To me, "Hot" implies active and moving. The current setting as it is now looks more like "Trending" which brings me to our next bit...

#Trending

Current "Hot", no change besides the name. It provides a more practical outlook towards the ordering strategy, because although many are against the idea of sorting like this I think we can all agree knowing what the popular opinion in general is still useful, even if you don't agree/participate with it. Here it's at least being a bit more clear.

#Best

BEST IN X TIME RANGE. I cannot stress this enough, the current best is pointless after one look due to the huge difference in visibility score, it simply doesn't change. An easy, easy fix that can legitimately useful is giving a "Best by day/week/month/overall" option. Not only would I actually use it repeatedly, but it would give a bit more context of when "Y" post was popular.

Thoughts?

4 Comments

Hoi Im TemmoAug 6, 20141 votes

I like and support this.

DaenAug 6, 20141 votes

I'd rather actually see this be switched to a 'sort by activity' and not 'sort by vote/time'.

What do you consider to be activity?

BEST IN X TIME RANGE. I cannot stress this enough, the current best is pointless after one look due to the huge difference in visibility score, it simply doesn't change. An easy, easy fix that can legitimately useful is giving a "Best by day/week/month/overall" option. Not only would I actually use it repeatedly, but it would give a bit more context of when "Y" post was popular.

100% agreed, having Best be only sortable by all time is silly. There could be a completely dead and obsolete thread in Best but it'd still be there in its current state.

Hyrum GraffAug 6, 20141 votes

I would guess activity is a combination of:

# of People in the thread
# of replies total
- There might be some sorting here, like "Replies under X characters don't count," or something like that.
  - This would probably not be told to us, else people would abuse it by making long gibberish posts.
Time since last reply (GD)

The first two would likely also have some time element to them.

There could be a completely dead and obsolete thread in Best but it'd still be there in its current state.

Take a look at the current listing: You really don't need to phrase this hypothetically.

DaenAug 6, 20141 votes

# of People in the thread

I would actually like to see this on everything, regardless of whether a change like Arma is suggesting is implemented. Being able to see how many people are following a particular thread would mesh really well with the Subscription feature Riot enjoys hinting at.

# of replies total

There might be some sorting here, like "Replies under X characters don't count," or something like that.

This would probably not be told to us, else people would abuse it by making long gibberish posts.

So comment frequency, basically.