Sort by new is more fair, or maybe have the two posts be the ones that are growing the fastest and are growing faster than a certain threshold. Like let's say the fastest growing post is growing by 12 votes a month, even though it's fastest it doesn't get to be at the top because the threshold is 15. That threshold would be calculated by the number of new posts in it's category and the comments on itself.
Also, HOW DO I CHOOSE??? There's so many posts to look at, I want to be impartial, but at the same time I can't look at every one. Maybe make the post expired if it isn't growing and is older than a certain age which is unique and calculated for each post by how many votes it has and how many comments (comments with more words being more valuable.)
Maybe a better version of how Ifunny does it. Flags like Reddit maybe? I can and want to elaborate.
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We are definitely thinking about technical improvements that would allow users to choose their own default views (like this) when logged in. This, however, will likely need changes within the software itself. We know that every "default" view has advantages, and disadvantages. We know this system should probably be left up to the user. That requires technical features in the profiles and views that do not currently exist.
We do know that the default "top votes" has resulted in less duplicate posts. That's a win, less moderation time for me means more interaction on threads and more time to communicate hot issues to teams in a faster way. :)
It's not the best win, but it's an achievable one.
We do know that sort by new only encourages people to "idea spam" so that their posts are the only posts seen at the top, every single day. (With a long history of community and moderation, I assure you this is not a new phenomenon, and our team has "been there, seen that", regardless of community size :) ) Still, some people like that view.
Some people only want to see things that are actually under review. Or things they're following. Or certain categories, and nothing else.
The ways people interact with the Minecraft feedback site is fascinating.
We are happy to let you know that there are ways coming that will help surface more ideas to view that are coming with our visual refresh (date has not been announced, stay tuned :). We are going to implement things such as this.
I really look forward to seeing how that helps surface posts that currently don't get enough deserved "airtime", and how people like (or don't like) that.
Things like this have also been suggested.
We do not believe that 'more is better' when it comes to posts OR comments. :) Some ideas are simple, and good. They don't need a lot of discussion. We don't want people feeling like they need to "game the system" to get views/votes/attention. (People will always feel like this regardless of what we say to the contrary.)
With regards to expiring posts, we are open to ideas, but understand that certain topics have a "slower growth", and given the relative negativity that occurs when any idea is removed, we are unlikely to pursue any ideas that "retire" older posts in favor of newer ones in the near future. Still happy to leave that open for discussion if as a community we can help devise a system that is fairly driven, though. In the meantime, we'll keep working on improvements to search and sort that will help make the task less daunting for folks that want to contribute in a good way.
Also, people can - and should - vote on their own posts. Mods don't need to fill that function.
Still, there's some technical issues involved here as noted up top, but definitely something that's solvable to a small degree once people have the tools that don't exist available to them right now to choose their own views. The rest has given us a lot to think about.
Thanks for the feedback! :)
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