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Front page uprating logic

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ESB
Posts: 9274 - Karma: 10,659
Just wondering, why would a thread like this, currently with 488 downrates, be at the top of the front page?

https://www.newschoolers.com/readthread/749692.0/OFFICIAL-POWDER-SKIER-CALLOUT-THREAD

Seems a bit silly to promote something that has a massively negative response. Personally I have no wish to log in to Newschoolers and be confronted with the worst thread on the site as the most visible element.

So my question is, is getting massively downrated as effective as getting massively uprated? If that's the case, perhaps I should focus on creating the worst possible content for the site. Maybe that'll net me more views!
12 years ago
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22738 - Karma: 77,008
This stems from the debates about what type of forum threads should move upwards. Hot denotes a ton of activity, but has nothing to do with quality. Top rated is only about quality not about activity.

Currently the argument has gone in the direction of people suggesting that part of what makes Newschoolers awesome is the fact that there is heated debate and we shouldn't hold stuff down simply because there is disagreement with it. I tend to agree with this opinion.

If you sort by top rated, you'll never see something like this.

12 years ago
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Byron_tha_gr8
Posts: 4573 - Karma: 14,302
debates and drama are more fun to observe and a be part of than a conversation where everyone just agrees.
12 years ago
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Miomo
Posts: 4302 - Karma: 14,137
What he said^
12 years ago
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