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On 1/11/06, Michael Sullivan <
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Hola!
I'm looking to talk about this whole ratings business... I'm referring to top lists etc... not parental filters and all that.
On VLOGDIR, for most of its life i have not enabled ratings. I toyed with it for a while using a simple 1-5 scale and it was referred to as Karma.
Any rating was a positive rating and would help bubble the entry up to more exposure (If I displayed a top list which I didnt)
Today, I had a thought.... this came after thinking of really complex rating algorithms.
Here is what I decided to implement as an experiment....
Screw 5 Stars.
On VLOGDIR, you can either Like a vlog, Love a vlog or Just Leave it alone.
If more people vote that they Love a vlog, then the entry will simply state that...
you guessed it...
"People LOVE this vlog" (based on x votes). LOVE is red color fonted.
If more people voted that they just Like the vlog... then it will say so.
All else can choose to instead leave a comment on that entries VLOGDIR permalink if they have some feedback.
After some time, I could list the entries that have received either of these votes and which received the most votes despite the rating.
Later, I can also experiment by adding other variables to the equation such as how many hits the vlog received...
I can also add a series of custom rating scales per entry... like a 1-5 for entertainment value and 1-5 for technical skill etcetera....
I could also include Feedburner metrics into the equations.
Also, I could let people rate each individual video in a vlog, thus giving greater weight to the vlog itself.
These votes can all get incorporated into some Master Top List (I cant believe i just typed that).
Let's get back the basic point of this message and that is to let you know that if you can rate vlogs at vlogdir.com with a LIKE or a LOVE... or LEAVE IT please.
Let's try it out... see who bubbles up.
Suggestions? Feedback? Bugs?
Thanks all.
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