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Q&A How to deal with reactor if the reactor is no more or he thinks the post is still bad?

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...

posted 3y ago by Trilarion‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Trilarion‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Trilarion‭ · 2021-12-03T09:45:19Z (about 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 by user avatar Trilarion‭ · 2021-12-03T09:43:53Z (about 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.