other Should Popular Discussions Be Popular?

[Bob Hawkes]

I would like to suggest that we either change the title of the Popular This Week on the right sidebar, or change the definition of popular.

Too often this section ends up highlighting posts that are controversial or inflammatory, that get the number of replies to make them achieve Popular This Week status simply because many members post corrections or objections to what was the original post.

This is perfectly illustrated as I write this. The top of the Popular This Week is a post by a member with an impact score of 0 and the post itself also has a rating of 0. Many of the posts in the discussion object to the opinion expressed in the original post, but here it is prominently displayed.

One change would be to require both a significant number of interactions and at least some minimal positive score.

If this could not be done, a simple change to at least make it more accurate would be to call the list Active This Week (instead of Popular).

I would prefer having a requirement that the discussion original post have some minimal positive reception by the NamePros community, though.

Thank you very much for considering this suggestion.

Bob

 

[Bravo Mod Team]

Very fair point.

On some community websites, it's called "Hot" instead of "Popular." For better or worse, "Hot" topics are very popular in that many people want to know about them and read them.

"Active" is another good one, as you suggested.

Additional ideas:

• Trending
• Most Discussed
• Most Engaged
• Engaging
• Talked About
• Big
• Buzzing (Community Buzz)
• Busiest
• Crowd Magnet
• Most Replied
• Rising
• Top
• Top Active

As far as the technology goes, each widget can only be based on one metric currently.

A rename would be a much quicker change.

Which name do you like best?

Edited to add some more options above.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

First of all my apologies for a duplicate suggestion. Until the NamePros Similar Threads reminded me after I posted this, I had forgotten that I made essentially the same case in 2020, and the Community Favorite was started as a result.
https://www.namepros.com/threads/change-way-popular-is-determined.1175776/

As several pointed out in that discussion, it is likely that any rating would at times be gamed by those trying to get a thread suppressed, or elevated.

So if the solution is simply a renaming, of the possibilities mentioned, I think Hot is best. It represents hot as in active or trending, but might also subtly suggest that many times, not always, the topics will be things being hotly debated.

Thank you for the comprehensive reply.

Bob

 

[biggie]

one doesn't have to be liked, to be popular

johnn started a thread and got lots of dislikes in initial post, but it was a popular thread.
and his point was validated by actions taken later

so....either get rid of it like @equity78 said or leave it alone

who cares what or who is popular?

not me.

only interested in subject titles and content

imo...

Hi

lol, i just noticed @Samer gave me a dislike for above post back then.



still feeling the same way, though.

i'll check any alerts/pm first, then read the forum by clicking "New Posts", and rarely, if ever, click links on side bar.

imo....

 

[Bravo Mod Team]

I think Hot is best. It represents hot as in active or trending, but might also subtly suggest that many times, not always, the topics will be things being hotly debated.

Updated to "Hot" or "Hottest" everywhere that doesn't need a developer's help. A developer will have to update the "What's new" aka "Discover" ones.

 

[kor]

Top Active

I liked this one.