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.
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.