tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post3615761322555329573..comments2023-10-24T15:18:37.944+02:00Comments on Ionian Enchantment: Fun with RSSAnony Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077107616686254136noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-68302023161834519842008-12-30T07:21:00.000+02:002008-12-30T07:21:00.000+02:00Oh... two more feature suggestions: the ability to...Oh... two more feature suggestions: the ability to set the rank thresholds for filtering. Currently, I take it, there are only four options: display all the posts, only "good" posts (>2.9?), only "great" posts (>5.5?) or only "best" posts (>7.5?). I'd quite like to be able to tweak this - say, setting a filter threshold for some feeds to 9, or to 4 or whatever. <BR/><BR/>Secondly, I'd like the ability to change the weightings in the algorithm. Like Pagerank uses incoming links (and whatever the hell else) as an imperfect <I>proxy</I> for the quality of a certain site, PostRank's algorithm uses comments, Diggs and so on as a proxy for the quality or interest of particular posts. But some low quality posts on highly trafficked sites -- e.g. <A HREF="http://skepchick.org/blog/?p=4943" REL="nofollow">this</A> -- get lots of comments which then gets it a high PostRank. Comments, it seems to me, is a very imperfect measure of quality, and the ability to change its weight would be nice.Anony Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077107616686254136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-50384434926915845992008-12-30T06:57:00.000+02:002008-12-30T06:57:00.000+02:00Thanks Melanie.The feature I'd most like the PostR...Thanks Melanie.<BR/><BR/>The feature I'd most like the PostRank team to create is better word filtering, specifically, the ability to filter with Boolean strings. (And thus the ability to filter posts with certain words OUT). If, for example, a blog has a regular feature I don't like -- Friday cat blogging or whatever -- the ability to filter that out would be very useful indeed.Anony Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077107616686254136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-26938051020579445042008-12-29T23:00:00.000+02:002008-12-29T23:00:00.000+02:00Hi Michael -- thanks for the blessing! ;)Always ve...Hi Michael -- thanks for the blessing! ;)<BR/><BR/>Always very cool to see new folks discovering our tools and getting real value out of them.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, while our <A HREF="http://www.postrank.com/publishers" REL="nofollow">widget</A> is intended to help publishers showcase <EM>their</EM> best content for their readers, we've heard from a number of people that it also helps do good things to get exposure to all the stuff once buried in their archive. (Of course topic search, which allows readers to find exactly what they're interested in, doesn't hurt, either.)<BR/><BR/>Do keep us in the loop as to how things work out for you. And, as always, we love feedback, suggestions, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-80420401671757331592008-12-26T16:43:00.000+02:002008-12-26T16:43:00.000+02:00Testing CoComment....Testing CoComment....Anony Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077107616686254136noreply@blogger.com