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Ideas4Matrix - - (+3|-0)
Leaderboards(self)
3 commentsbyLarrySwinger

Every community should have a leaderboard of users who have gained the most upboats with posts submitted to that sub and there should be a site-wide equivalent as well. It will increase engagement.

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[-]x0x72(+2|0)

I've thought about doing this except with my own point system. Possibly a point system that changes every day. Sort of like whose line is it anyway. See there are times when even upvoting is more valuable than posting. Then there are times when the top three posts are relatively old or are significantly from one user where posting from an additional person has a lot of value.

So in my dream world the point wouldn't be just the number of upvotes received but would scale directly with the amount of value someone brings. Timing, post diversity, upvoting, commenting all play into that. What I would need is some kind of algorithm that judges the "front page health", and then give people points based on the difference before and after any action.

But that's the dream world. Maybe just setting up a leader board with upvotes would be a good start, and I could add richer data later. I know the searchvoat user used to collate this stuff on voat.

What I could do is make a simple script that generates a report and then post it in a post some time.

atm I'm about to get the polls fixed, and get a poll for the movie tonight going.

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[-]JasonCarswell1(+1|0)

Sounds like you're for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity. (kidding)

Actually, I like the idea of mixing it up to showcase the more diverse of the options. I think importantly it should also tell us which option it is, feature a switch between options, and of course have a [?] to explain the options, how they're come by, and why it even matters.

So, assuming you won't release your original GoatMatrix forum software via typical open-source means (perhaps there are other ways to proliferate), it seems to me more important that your motivations and reasons for doing things is well documented and clarified, if not for FLOSS but for the sake of humanity - and more specifically for forum culture, forum admins, and forum evolution.

"Value" is subjective. An open-source value algorithm would be good. As would the option to add and share custom expressions on common variables to generate specific outputs (and for other features beyond the "front page health" too - like "forum health" or "political health" or whatever). Maybe a quarterly voting on the "values" of the forum might help refine and define what that even means to the community.

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[-]JasonCarswell1(+1|0)

I like that idea.

I'm hard-pressed (and drunk) to find a reason why that might be bad (or weaponized).

If I had all my ducks in a row I'd (already have LeverMind going and) implement that on LeverMind.

IMO, people who post or comment shouldn't have those counted. Whether they are great or poor their numbers could significantly influence their score. Whether they're me or socks or somewhere between, it really should be a community score.

Can it be done on RabbitHole? Or GoatMatrix? Or LeverMind? Or even become a forum standard?

Could it also include all the other folks too, including the long tail of one-fers?

Nor sure it would increase engagement, but it's a neat metric.

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