Trending threads issues
Aug 28, 2018, 11:14 am
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Sep 5, 2018, 5:55 am
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Did the algorithm that selects the trending posts change when the new design was launched? It seems like there was significantly more change before, now it’s many of the same threads that stay up there for a long time (like the BoB success thread).
Sep 5, 2018, 10:02 am
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No, not to my knowledge. How long would you say they stay up there?
Sep 6, 2018, 9:31 am
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The BoB thread has been up there for 7 days now. The Marriott Silencing Bloggers thread was also up there for a while. Maybe it's my imagination, but I feel like even popular threads used to drop off the trending page after a day or two and there were a good number of new threads that would be shown.
Sep 6, 2018, 11:04 am
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The BoB thread has been up there for 7 days now. The Marriott Silencing Bloggers thread was also up there for a while. Maybe it's my imagination, but I feel like even popular threads used to drop off the trending page after a day or two and there were a good number of new threads that would be shown.
Sep 6, 2018, 11:23 am
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Sep 6, 2018, 3:50 pm
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Looking at some of the threads in the Omni/PR section for the first time ever, I would highly recommend that sub-forum be excluded from the trending threads page if at all possible. I really don't think FT wants some of the threads on that page being visible when you click the main forum page and considering how many posts some of these have, I'm certain they'd show up on the trending threads page often. This is the first time I've ever seen an Omni thread on the trending threads page despite having Omni access for a long time now so something must have changed regarding which sub-forums are allowed to populate the trending threads.
Sep 6, 2018, 4:01 pm
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The "ghost" threads are a result of a thread being merged/deleted. We're trying to figure out a way to possibly remove them or circumvent that. Omni, we'll talk discuss the pros and cons with tech.
Sep 8, 2018, 8:35 am
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I'm finding that these " ghost" threads can be over 30% of the listings - i.e. over 8 out of 25 threads are ghosts.
And the ones lasting multiple days seem to be increasing all the time.
Getting to be that this " trending" forum intro page is not very valuable.
And the ones lasting multiple days seem to be increasing all the time.
Getting to be that this " trending" forum intro page is not very valuable.
Sep 8, 2018, 8:42 pm
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There can't possibly be that many threads that qualify as "trending" that are getting deleted or merged. If a thread has enough activity to be trending, surely it is able to stand on its own. Is it possible that the trending threads algorithm just isn't regularly refreshing which is leaving some of these ghosts (and other older threads) on the page?
There are some trending threads on the page right now that have 7 or fewer posts in them over the course of a full day, there has to be something off in the algorithm.
There are some trending threads on the page right now that have 7 or fewer posts in them over the course of a full day, there has to be something off in the algorithm.
Sep 10, 2018, 10:28 am
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Right now, I'm counting 2 ghost threads (I believe it updates every 10min, so this could be different when you view it). I'll ask about the algorithm again, but everything I have heard indicates it was left alone when they changed the design of Trending.