Conversation started Feb 8, 2013 at 7:23.
Feb 8, 2013 07:23
@YannisRizos thanks! and - congratulations with mod anniversary to you. :) While I have your attention, would you mind advising on a "suggested edit" to hotness formula?
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Q: Trial run of modified "hotness formula" for Programmers questions

gnatCould we please make a trial run of modified "hotness formula" for Programmers questions? Modification details are described in this MSO post as follows: As far as I can tell, substantial part of Qanswers in current formula is fake. (log(Qviews)*4) + ((Qanswers * Qscore)/5) + sum(Ascor...

Looking at recent "hot questions" (1, 2, 3) it really feels fake hotness impacts answers quality like a Black Saturday fire...
@gnat Did you try it out on SEDE?
Feb 8, 2013 08:02
@YannisRizos I don't quite follow, what do you mean by trying on SEDE?
@gnat Your formula, did you try it out on Data Explorer?
@YannisRizos not (yet), I just can not figure how to replicate conditions of running this formula (it's dynamic, depends on Qage and on how answers come in). That's why I thought it would be more realistic to run it as limited experiment at Programmers to see how it would go compared to current formula runnning on other sites
depends on Qage and on how answers come in... and of course on how votes come in
...oh and on how views come in
 
Conversation ended Feb 8, 2013 at 8:07.