I've never really thought about this, but we've been a community for some time now and I'm not sure why a conversation needs to end just because the day, week, month or even year has changed? Most of the original hubskiers are still around. So I guess my point is, why not dig back in to some older posts to find conversations and light a fire under them? You could even start at #1 and work your way back. edit: Here is a link I just mentioned to littlebirdie that I think would be worth exploring: What's on your bucket list? As for how much time I'm on Hubski. -I dare not consider :)
I think it's totally awesome that the post with ID #1 is Carl Sagans words of wisdom for humanity. What an great way to start things off!
Yeah I thought that was a great call by mk. I hadn't been on Hubski yet. I know that Sagan had a tremendous impact on mk and it seems fitting that he should be the one to be the first post. Question to you: if you were to start an aggregator and needed a first post to set the tone etc, what would it be?
if you were to start an aggregator and needed a first post to set the tone etc, what would it be?
great question tng. I'd say this for the happy collective amazingness of this (for non-clickers: John Lennon singing Give Peace a Chance during the bed-in or this. John singing Imagine live in Madison Square Gardens.
Good calls Lil, I could definitely get behind a place that started out along those lines.
I actually meant to bring this up with mk and you- if I share an old post, I don't think that it jumps back into people's feeds- the things which make it decline based on time posted make it still very irrelevant. I think instead of caring about when something was posted, it should jump based on how recently it was interacted with (shared or commented) and the extent of that interaction. Does that make any sense to you guys?
Here's the new algorithm in a nutshell: Posts are listed in your feed according to their score. The score is 1 by default. It falls off to 0 with time. Every time it is shared (or badged) a bit is added to the score, and then it is fed back into the decay equation. So even if a post is really old, a single share should bump it into people's feeds. This new system should be integrated into the site code in the next couple days. We'll see how it works. I'm very proficient at math, but not at computer code, so it could be a train wreck.
Makes sense to me, I'm not sure as to the best way to rectify it though.
Instead of declining based on time since posted, make it decline based on time since it was interacted with, which is an actual measure of how bored people are with a topic.