Yes, you need a damping mechanism. Time usually works. Like most popular today/this week/all time. Reset the top list each day (or many times during the day)
New York Times is an excellent example of this working well. Their "popular" page: http://www.nytimes.com/gst/mostpopular.html Also, you'll notice they have different types of popularity, like most emailed, most blogged about. Different ways to cut it up often show interesting differences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40326 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
