[Discussion] ranking is doing more work than we give it credit for
Something I keep coming back to: ranking is doing more work than we give it credit for.
Had a post removed, went to modmail, got a specific explanation and disagreed with it politely. It stayed removed and I understood why.
Sorted by controversial for a week and found four of the best threads I have read here.
Argued against the strict evidence rule for a year. Then read a supplier thread on another site and stopped arguing.
Not medical advice, obviously, and nothing here is approved for human use. One person with a spreadsheet.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Vendor source pages carry an outbound link to the supplier’s own storefront, marked nofollow and sponsored, disclosed on the page and again on the funding page. Nothing is received for it.
sort by controversial occasionally, it is worth it
Feed position is a function of early votes and time. That structurally favours agreeable early answers over correct late ones, which is why sorting by controversial occasionally is worth the effort.
Left up and flaired Proposal — it has replacement wording, which is what this board asks for.
Left up and flaired Proposal — it has replacement wording, which is what this board asks for.
Adding the practical note — the formula is published and you can reproduce the ordering yourself.
Yes — a proposal with concrete wording gets discussed. A complaint about the rules in general does not.
Checked the sponsor disclosure because I assumed it would be vague. It was extremely specific and slightly boring.
the wiki is editable by anybody with standing on the site
the ranking formula is published, go and read it
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What is the concrete wording you would replace it with?
ranked feeds mean the top comment is not the best answer
the archive-after-a-year policy is deliberate
Edited a wiki page for the first time and nothing bad happened, which is apparently the point.
Proposed a rule change here with actual wording and it was adopted. That is the process working and it is not fast.
Disagree with loosening that. The evidence rule is why a supplier report here means something.
That is a complaint rather than a proposal. Bring wording and it can actually be discussed.
Careful — that would make individual moderation cases public by default, which is worse for the person complaining.
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