64Digits

So me and my fits of insomniac boredom decided to come up with a way to quantify how objectively popular a given blog post is.

The formula is as follows:

(A + 3B + 30C + D) * log10 ( E )

over

1 + F

A: Number of comments a blog has

B: Number of +1's tagged on the blog post

C: Whether or not the blog is pinned

D: The number of +1's on the one comment with the highest amount of them

E: The user's total page views

F: Full 24-hour periods that have elapsed since posting of blog

Hey, RC posted a blog!

At this exact moment it's sitting at 42 Hotness Points. 4 comments, +1, highest rated comment is +2…

I went and calculated a few others.

Dumb sharing: 286 points

Creme egg: 153 points

Thank you blog: 172 points

Finn the baby, 2 days ago: 228 points

Finn the baby, today: 195 points

Favorite chords: 40 points

Day 54: 212 points

It doesn't do so well when faced with old blogs though.

64jam: ~~40 points~~ damn it this blog is pinned I MEANT 54

Inability to Anything: 19 points

Music Challenge: 25 points

Taizen Chisou's Blog of Horribleness: 0.03 points

Its nothing serious. I was just bored >_>;

Oh well. I'll probably be referring to this when we get more of those surge blogs where everyone stays online and does nothing but 4chan it the fuck up. Those are fun.

firestormx 11 years, 9 months ago

A "what's hot" would be completely useless on 64D at the moment.

This would only be around for fun. Also, the page views really throws stuff off. I'd rather have blog views.

For v3, wanted to incorporate blog views in, but didn't have time. It would show the number of blog views for new blogs, and for blogs created before the launch date, the blog views would have an asterisk beside it, and a hover note that says "views since x date", to show that the view counter may be inaccurate for that particular blog.

bendodge 11 years, 9 months ago

Because we're all about accurate stats…

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