Confused by poetry top lists

[SimonDoom]

I'm confused by the poetry toplists.

I have a poem that shows up on the "most read" toplist for the last 12 months. However, I have three other poems, published at about the same time, which have MORE views than the other one, but that don't show up on the list. What would cause that?

Is there a threshold view/vote number for getting on the highest rated poem toplist?

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Goes by votes I think, not by how many times they are viewed.

 

[SimonDoom]

Goes by votes I think, not by how many times they are viewed.

No, if you look at the "most read" toplist, it's clearly ranked by views, not votes. In the case of the one poem of mine that does appear, the view number corresponds to the number on the toplist. Besides, the poems that are missing from the list have more views AND more votes than the one that's there. So I don't understand it.

 

[Jada59]

No, if you look at the "most read" toplist, it's clearly ranked by views, not votes. In the case of the one poem of mine that does appear, the view number corresponds to the number on the toplist. Besides, the poems that are missing from the list have more views AND more votes than the one that's there. So I don't understand it.

Jinxy. I wll have to look at mine. I didn't know there was such a thing.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Can't say I've ever bothered, the only time I've ever competed with my poetry was for Survivor (which I won) and I haven't submitted anything for ages. It used to be more fun when their was a rota for New Poetry Commendations but that fell by the wayside.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Can't say I've ever bothered, the only time I've ever competed with my poetry was for Survivor (which I won) and I haven't submitted anything for ages. It used to be more fun when their was a rota for New Poetry Commendations but that fell by the wayside.

Darkmaas and I were mulling over re-starting that. I did look at what was on offer.....not very edifying.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Darkmaas and I were mulling over re-starting that. I did look at what was on offer.....not very edifying.

Last time I looked I wasn't overly impressed either, the poets that actually post in the forum don't post in New Poems anymore.

 

[RejectReality]

There are both view and score toplists for poetry.

If it follows the same rules as it does for stories, then the 30 day toplist has no minimum requirements. The 12 months and All Time do, and it depends upon category.

Looking at the toplists, I'm assuming that there's a minimum 10 vote threshold to make those toplists.

So your poem can have more views than another and still not show up if it hasn't met the minimum vote threshold.

I'm confused by the poetry toplists.

I have a poem that shows up on the "most read" toplist for the last 12 months. However, I have three other poems, published at about the same time, which have MORE views than the other one, but that don't show up on the list. What would cause that?

Is there a threshold view/vote number for getting on the highest rated poem toplist?

 

[SimonDoom]

There are both view and score toplists for poetry.

If it follows the same rules as it does for stories, then the 30 day toplist has no minimum requirements. The 12 months and All Time do, and it depends upon category.

Looking at the toplists, I'm assuming that there's a minimum 10 vote threshold to make those toplists.

So your poem can have more views than another and still not show up if it hasn't met the minimum vote threshold.

That doesn't explain what I'm seeing. I have poems that have met the thresholds but that do not show up on the lists.

 

[bronzeage]

I have no idea how any of it works. This is a constant question among authors of poetry and prose.

If I had to speculate, I would think a filter algorithm was at work. For more than a decade, it's been possible to skew read statistics with a bot. It's not more complicated to skew votes in the same way. Some kind of filter has to be in place, or reads and votes would have no meaning at all.

This means it is inevitable that legitimate votes will get swept out in the process.

Whether this mean reads and votes actually have mean is something everyone must decide for themselves.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Perhaps if you joined in the forum and learned to write in more than rhyming couplets you'd get more forum users willing to read (and vote on) your poems.

 

[AmericanTrash]

It's a nonsense system. Better than votes and badges, just keep writing. Keep reading. Always try to write better. Badges and accolades mean nothing unless you have respect for the person who honors your work with commentary.