tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post8515532459431811157..comments2024-03-07T16:08:49.323+00:00Comments on London, Lanka and drums: Sorry, Stuff and A Bit Of Lately In The Lankanosphere...Rhythmic Diasporahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184142486414379805noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-83773254518741295872011-09-21T11:55:29.616+01:002011-09-21T11:55:29.616+01:00Hey, those trishaws with fare-meters are pretty go...Hey, those trishaws with fare-meters are pretty good. I went from Union place to Bamba the other day for just Rs. 120. A normal trishaw would have charged me anything from Rs. 200 to Rs. 350 depending on it's driver's mood.Bimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123814876608036530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-21876058864644713992011-09-14T18:10:09.485+01:002011-09-14T18:10:09.485+01:00Thanks Chavie, I'll read this in more detail a...Thanks Chavie, I'll read this in more detail and try to figure it out in the morning! <br /><br />I like what you've done so far, looks like you've improved on something good.Rhythmic Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184142486414379805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23964814.post-27573181928554544652011-09-14T15:57:15.685+01:002011-09-14T15:57:15.685+01:00Hey RD,
Since you mentioned Chilis: We used to ha...Hey RD,<br /><br />Since you mentioned Chilis: We used to have a percentage based system, but Indi reckoned that it was harder to follow, so we switched having 1-5 instead. <br /><br />We calculate popularity using this formula:<br /><br />Post Buzz =<br />(No. of tweets / Max tweets for a single post in the last 24 hours) +<br />(No. of FB likes and shares / Max) + (No. of clicks / Total no. of clicks)<br /><br />Due to it being possible to use "click buying" on Facebook (through ads and whatever), we have weighted the factors as follows:<br /><br />35% for Twitter, 20% for Facebook and 45% for clicks off Kottu itself (We track IP addresses to prevent fraud.)<br /><br />Then begins the hazy bit. We multiply the floating point number that is your popularity by 100, to get a percentage. If this percentage is less than or equal to 1, you get 1 chili. Between 1% and 15%, you get 2 chilis. Between 15% - 35%, 3 chilis, and between 35% - 55%, you get 4 chilis. To get 5 chilis, you must get more than 55%, and only 7 posts have achieved this thus far (and this was before we reduced the Twitter and FB weights. <br /><br />Indi and I have tried to keep the process of the new Kottu as open as possible (we even <a href="https://github.com/janithl/Kottu/" rel="nofollow">released the source code</a> under the Affero GPL), but we're kinda late with the documentation. Must write it down when I get the time. :)<br /><br />Also, planning to roll out post categorisation very soon. Stay tuned! :DJanithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712087828463895910noreply@blogger.com