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[status-completed] - This has been completed. Furthermore, exclusion of some categories (ex. Meta) and requiring a minimum score is now possible. The more I think about this, the more I think th...

posted 4y ago by Canina‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Canina‭

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#4: Post edited by user avatar Canina‭ · 2020-08-02T19:16:57Z (over 4 years ago)
Clarify what's added and what's the original answer/suggestion
  • **[status-completed]** - This has been completed. Furthermore, exclusion of some categories (ex. Meta) and requiring a minimum score is now possible.
  • The more I think about this, the more I think that we need one more variant.
  • Looking at the screenshot in the question, we've currently got:
  • * Codidact network
  • * Community
  • * Random question from a community
  • * A specific question
  • (The last two are shown as one and the same, but I really think that those should be considered separately.)
  • What I think we need in addition to those:
  • * **Random question limited to those in a select category**
  • This would allow us to selectively advertise, say, [Scientific Speculation's *Rigorous Science* category](https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/25) in places where that's appropriate, without having to manually pick out a specific question to advertise.
  • The mechanics of that would be the same as the random question from a community type of ad, just with the set of possible questions to select from restricted to those in the specified category.
  • > **[status-completed]** - This has been completed. Furthermore, exclusion of some categories (ex. Meta) and requiring a minimum score is now possible.
  • ---
  • The more I think about this, the more I think that we need one more variant.
  • Looking at the screenshot in the question, we've currently got:
  • * Codidact network
  • * Community
  • * Random question from a community
  • * A specific question
  • (The last two are shown as one and the same, but I really think that those should be considered separately.)
  • What I think we need in addition to those:
  • * **Random question limited to those in a select category**
  • This would allow us to selectively advertise, say, [Scientific Speculation's *Rigorous Science* category](https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/25) in places where that's appropriate, without having to manually pick out a specific question to advertise.
  • The mechanics of that would be the same as the random question from a community type of ad, just with the set of possible questions to select from restricted to those in the specified category.
#3: Post edited by user avatar luap42‭ · 2020-07-31T14:09:47Z (over 4 years ago)
  • The more I think about this, the more I think that we need one more variant.
  • Looking at the screenshot in the question, we've currently got:
  • * Codidact network
  • * Community
  • * Random question from a community
  • * A specific question
  • (The last two are shown as one and the same, but I really think that those should be considered separately.)
  • What I think we need in addition to those:
  • * **Random question limited to those in a select category**
  • This would allow us to selectively advertise, say, [Scientific Speculation's *Rigorous Science* category](https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/25) in places where that's appropriate, without having to manually pick out a specific question to advertise.
  • The mechanics of that would be the same as the random question from a community type of ad, just with the set of possible questions to select from restricted to those in the specified category.
  • **[status-completed]** - This has been completed. Furthermore, exclusion of some categories (ex. Meta) and requiring a minimum score is now possible.
  • The more I think about this, the more I think that we need one more variant.
  • Looking at the screenshot in the question, we've currently got:
  • * Codidact network
  • * Community
  • * Random question from a community
  • * A specific question
  • (The last two are shown as one and the same, but I really think that those should be considered separately.)
  • What I think we need in addition to those:
  • * **Random question limited to those in a select category**
  • This would allow us to selectively advertise, say, [Scientific Speculation's *Rigorous Science* category](https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/25) in places where that's appropriate, without having to manually pick out a specific question to advertise.
  • The mechanics of that would be the same as the random question from a community type of ad, just with the set of possible questions to select from restricted to those in the specified category.
#2: Post edited by user avatar Canina‭ · 2020-07-11T14:02:24Z (over 4 years ago)
  • The more I think about this, the more I think that we need one more variant.
  • Looking at the screenshot in the question, we've currently got:
  • * Codidact network
  • * Community
  • * Random question from a community
  • * A specific question
  • (The last two are shown as one and the same, but I really think that those should be considered separately.)
  • What I think we need in addition to those:
  • * **Random question limited to those in a select category**
  • This would allow us to selectively advertise, say, [Scientific Speculation's *Rigorous Science* category](https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/25) in places where that's appropriate, without having to manually pick out a specific question to advertise.
  • The more I think about this, the more I think that we need one more variant.
  • Looking at the screenshot in the question, we've currently got:
  • * Codidact network
  • * Community
  • * Random question from a community
  • * A specific question
  • (The last two are shown as one and the same, but I really think that those should be considered separately.)
  • What I think we need in addition to those:
  • * **Random question limited to those in a select category**
  • This would allow us to selectively advertise, say, [Scientific Speculation's *Rigorous Science* category](https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/25) in places where that's appropriate, without having to manually pick out a specific question to advertise.
  • The mechanics of that would be the same as the random question from a community type of ad, just with the set of possible questions to select from restricted to those in the specified category.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Canina‭ · 2020-07-11T13:59:27Z (over 4 years ago)
The more I think about this, the more I think that we need one more variant.

Looking at the screenshot in the question, we've currently got:

 * Codidact network
 * Community
 * Random question from a community
 * A specific question

(The last two are shown as one and the same, but I really think that those should be considered separately.)

What I think we need in addition to those:

 * **Random question limited to those in a select category**

This would allow us to selectively advertise, say, [Scientific Speculation's *Rigorous Science* category](https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/25) in places where that's appropriate, without having to manually pick out a specific question to advertise.