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Forum "persistence"
« on June 6th, 2013, 02:00 AM »
OK, this is the last idea I have .

For today. :)

Another idea for a feature.

This feature would not be meant as any indication of "value" per se, but simply as a way to see an activity level over time of members. It's an idea that may be another little feature that Wedge has to offer over other forums.

Since I muck around with electronics I'll compare it to an oscilloscope trace. The more often the trace goes across the screen the more the screen is refreshed and the longer the trace seems to persist. The less often the trace sweeps, the less the trace seems to persist. Same idea here. The more active you are over a time period, the higher your "persistence" is.

I will define a valid input to the tracking algorithm as a post per day, not simply logging in. So, it's a tracker of active participation, not passive participation. Only one post per day is needed to count.

Let's say it works with a simple moving window over time. Say the time period is two weeks for this example.

So, that's 14 days, and at least one post per day fills the bin with a "1". More posts don't matter here. So if you post once each day for 14 days, you would have a persistence of

14 posting days / 14 = 1.00 or 100% persistence

That's max forum persistence (duh).

Now, if you skip one day in the moving two week window, you have this -

13 posting days / 14 = 0.92 or 92% persistence.

and of course if you skip 7 days out of the 14 you have 50% persistence.

I would envision the Admin could make the window any size they want, depending on the forum they run. You could make it a month or six months. The same concept applies - it gives an indication of activity in the window. Whatever the window size is, everyone sees it something like this on the profile display -

4 Week Persistence

{some tidy little neato visual indication}


I would come up with a neat visual indication for this feature, there are many possibilities for that.

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Re: Forum "persistence"
« Reply #2, on June 7th, 2013, 02:49 AM »
Quote from Arantor on June 6th, 2013, 02:53 AM
Interesting idea, very interesting.
Thanks.

I have some ideas for the display for persistence, but I know you guys are concentrating on an Alpha release.

I have some ideas on post rank settings too, any time you need more diversions ... :)

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Re: Forum "persistence"
« Reply #3, on June 7th, 2013, 02:50 AM »
Well, it's also the fact that I'm headed out to America soon and will only have sporadic access for several weeks so I'm also trying to figure out what I can get done in that time.

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Re: Forum "persistence"
« Reply #4, on June 7th, 2013, 02:58 AM »
Quote from Arantor on June 7th, 2013, 02:50 AM
Well, it's also the fact that I'm headed out to America soon and will only have sporadic access for several weeks so I'm also trying to figure out what I can get done in that time.
Oh wow. Have you been here before? In any case I will send a pre-welcome to you from Texas. :yobrother:

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Re: Forum "persistence"
« Reply #5, on June 7th, 2013, 02:59 AM »
Yeah, I went to the US last summer, and I'll be over again shortly but unfortunately I won't really have time to hang around here much :(

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Re: Forum "persistence"
« Reply #6, on June 7th, 2013, 03:19 AM »
Quote from Arantor on June 7th, 2013, 02:59 AM
Yeah, I went to the US last summer, and I'll be over again shortly but unfortunately I won't really have time to hang around here much :(
Well I hope you have a good visit, and perhaps a deserved break from this project?

I'll dump all my ideas on you when you return ...

No, I won't. :)[1]
 1. I'll dump then on Nao

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Re: Forum "persistence"
« Reply #7, on June 7th, 2013, 03:20 AM »
I don't know, conversation of earlier today means I might end up doing some one-off development for a custom installation of Wedge (that I'll be running on my server but with things that aren't going to be stock features)... will see how the summer pans out.

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Re: Forum "persistence"
« Reply #8, on June 7th, 2013, 03:28 AM »
Quote from Arantor on June 7th, 2013, 03:20 AM
I don't know, conversation of earlier today means I might end up doing some one-off development for a custom installation of Wedge (that I'll be running on my server but with things that aren't going to be stock features)... will see how the summer pans out.
Well well, isn't that interesting. So many questions ... but, I've decided to support this project in any menial way I can, such as I am able. I'll take this chance to thank you and Nao for your hard work and all that.

Don't worry about the release date - a fine wine takes a long time to mature. :)