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All the feedback that we give like votes, reactions or comments ages, i.e. its relevance/significance declines over time because circumstances change (what worked in the past might now not work any...
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#2: Post edited
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Trilarion
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2021-12-03T09:45:19Z (almost 3 years ago)
- All the feedback that we give like votes, reactions or comments ages, i.e. its relevance/significance declines over time because circumstances change (what worked in the past might now not work anymore, content might have changed). This is a general problem with no trivial solution as far as I'm aware.
You could additionally display some info about how old the feedback is or take the age of a feedback into account somehow, like age-weighted votes or age-weighted aggregate feedback. But if there is only little feedback than feedback from a long time ago might still be better than none at all and the aging of content might be very variable (what has worked in the past might still work). I find it difficult to estimate an optimal way of including age information.- One thing that might help a bit: give people the possibility to send notifications to those that gave reactions if the content has changed considerably, so they can update their reactions.
- All the feedback that we give like votes, reactions or comments ages, i.e. its relevance/significance declines over time because circumstances change (what worked in the past might now not work anymore, content might have changed). This is a general problem with no trivial solution as far as I'm aware.
- You could additionally display some info about how old the feedback is or take the age of a feedback into account somehow, like age-weighted votes or age-weighted aggregate feedback. But if there is only little feedback then feedback from a long time ago might still be better than none at all and the aging of content might be very variable (what has worked in the past might actually still work). I find it difficult to estimate an optimal way of including age information.
- One thing that might help a bit: give people the possibility to send notifications to those that gave reactions if the content has changed considerably, so they can update their reactions.
#1: Initial revision
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Trilarion
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2021-12-03T09:43:53Z (almost 3 years ago)
All the feedback that we give like votes, reactions or comments ages, i.e. its relevance/significance declines over time because circumstances change (what worked in the past might now not work anymore, content might have changed). This is a general problem with no trivial solution as far as I'm aware. You could additionally display some info about how old the feedback is or take the age of a feedback into account somehow, like age-weighted votes or age-weighted aggregate feedback. But if there is only little feedback than feedback from a long time ago might still be better than none at all and the aging of content might be very variable (what has worked in the past might still work). I find it difficult to estimate an optimal way of including age information. One thing that might help a bit: give people the possibility to send notifications to those that gave reactions if the content has changed considerably, so they can update their reactions.