suggestion: Based on this discussion, put more weight/emphasis on users' TOP films in TCI calculations.
The idea is that my TCI with a user matching my top 5 films should be higher than with another user randomly matching 15 average films around the 50% percentile.
[considered] put more weight on users' TOP films
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[considered] put more weight on users' TOP films
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- mpowell
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Re: [new] put more weight on users' TOP films
Thanks for this suggestion! We do already have this one written down as a possible future enhancement -- weighting both ends of a user's ratings scale.
- livelove
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Re: put more weight on users' TOP films
Thank you for your reply. I admit I'am a bit torn on this one.
Because on the one hand there are very good arguments (see the discussion linked above) for tweaking the math by distributing the weight differently (and I agree that it would have to be done on both ends).
On the other hand, however, it's attractive how criticker is pretty straightforward without all the hocus-pocus of seemingly arbitrary tweaks (think IMDb's undisclosed calculations for their "weighted average").
So it's a tough call. I don't know.
However, what would definitely be a good idea (and certainly much less controversial) is to add a way for users to discover other users sharing your absolute favourite films – as they won't necessarily be among your best TCIs.
I'll add that as a separate feature idea here:
show users who love your top films
Because on the one hand there are very good arguments (see the discussion linked above) for tweaking the math by distributing the weight differently (and I agree that it would have to be done on both ends).
On the other hand, however, it's attractive how criticker is pretty straightforward without all the hocus-pocus of seemingly arbitrary tweaks (think IMDb's undisclosed calculations for their "weighted average").
So it's a tough call. I don't know.
However, what would definitely be a good idea (and certainly much less controversial) is to add a way for users to discover other users sharing your absolute favourite films – as they won't necessarily be among your best TCIs.
I'll add that as a separate feature idea here:
show users who love your top films