Another rating formula : the energy of the article
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I think the popularity ratings are biased. They tilts heavily toward MFC articles and toward "cool" subjects like grids. Meanwhile, other articles that are more specialized and receive less total views (and, consequently, less total votes) receive lower "popularity". Frankly, I find it somewhat childish. It takes me back to grammar school days when we voted for the most popular boy and girl in class.
The whole point of the ratigs and popularity is two-fold a) to allow those who have never been to CodeProject before a chance to look over the articles that most people found useful. b) to have something that will give good articles a chance to appear on the homepage longer than would normally be the case. No, it's not perfect, and I'm always up for other ways of accomplishing these two tasks. cheers, Chris Maunder Rub your belly and pat your head simultaneously. Sometimes that helps me make sense of things - Jon Sagara
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The whole point of the ratigs and popularity is two-fold a) to allow those who have never been to CodeProject before a chance to look over the articles that most people found useful. b) to have something that will give good articles a chance to appear on the homepage longer than would normally be the case. No, it's not perfect, and I'm always up for other ways of accomplishing these two tasks. cheers, Chris Maunder Rub your belly and pat your head simultaneously. Sometimes that helps me make sense of things - Jon Sagara
I agree that those two goals are important. You've got a tough job trying to please everybody.