Suggestion to Seun and His Mentors

I think it would be nice if you give your users the opportunity to decide threads that should appear on the front page just like "Delicious, Twitter,Stumble, etc" does.A thread with great amount of "Likes" should appear on the front page. You can set it to update every 3 days, or one week depending on your choice.

You can also set it that each of the category have equal opportunity. For example since most of the users here visit politics, followed by romance, business, web,etc, you can give your popular category like politics 3 front page slot, or divide the slots for each category.

Sometimes some threads that make it to the front page don't always make meaning and users do complain about it

I share your suggestion but you have to understand that Nairaland is not a democracy. It's a totalitarian run website that shoots anybody that tries to democratize it. Even when elections are allowed, it is rigged. Nairaland is Nigeria and Nigeria is Nairaland.

Good idea, just like Digg.

Nairaland front page is not bad sha and sometimes boring. But check the name "naira" which gat to do with Nigeria. And it truely reflects to the concept. Most of the articles placed on the front page are truely nigeria related.. The major fact is that, everyone cant be satisfied at the same time. Some may like it that way while others dislike. The only problem which am having with the front page is, sometimes in an attempt to click and enter a particular thread, I get redirected to travel section. I dont know if am the only one experiencing that

I think your thread should make front page.

That concept won't work. The charm of Nairaland is not knowing what u'll see on the frontpage, b*tch*ng about useless articles being put on the frontpage, swearing for m_ds ( u have to blame somebody ) and more. The Digg concept worked way back then, but seriously, sites that used digg then don't anymore.

Vive le Nairaland!

If you use a computer algorithm or logic to post topics to the Nairaland home page will cause a lot of not too good topics making it to the index page. People will be able to doctor the pattern and get their threads to be featured.

These are the logic used in ranking topics:

1.) Most viewed
2.) Most commented
3.) Most liked

All these metrics can easily be forced. I can refreshed my topic several times to have a large view count, or create several accounts to make a lot of comments or likes.

What NL needs is a way to marry both (Human and Algorithm).

afam4eva: I share your suggestion but you have to understand that Nairaland is not a democracy. It's a totalitarian run website that shoots anybody that tries to democratize it. Even when elections are allowed, it is rigged. Nairaland is Nigeria and Nigeria is Nairaland.

Doesn't it mean that Seun and His Workers do not not practice what they preach? I thought the average Nigeria believes in democracy.

nairawall: If you use a computer algorithm or logic to post topics to the Nairaland home page will cause a lot of not too good topics making it to the index page. People will be able to doctor the pattern and get their threads to be featured.

These are the logic used in ranking topics:

1.) Most viewed
2.) Most commented
3.) Most liked

All these metrics can easily be forced. I can refreshed my topic several times to have a large view count, or create several accounts to make a lot of comments or likes.

What NL needs is a way to marry both (Human and Algorithm).

Refreshing you page cannot increase the view count because your view will be monitored by your username, ip,browser used,time of visit, and most important your computer SERIAL NUMBER.

Regarding the most commented, it can easily be prevented. All it takes is to avoid counting you as the commenter if you are the started of the post. And also the commented won't be limited to some number of comments

As the most liked, simply count the number of users per like. The user cannot be allowed to double like the same thread

will.i.am:
That concept won't work. The charm of Nairaland is not knowing what u'll see on the frontpage, b*tch*ng about useless articles being put on the frontpage, swearing for m_ds ( u have to blame somebody ) and more. The Digg concept worked way back then, but seriously, sites that used digg then don't anymore.
Vive le Nairaland!

Don't tell me that you enjoy the swearing. I know it get some people's day rolling but swearing and cursing can leave some people unhappy.

chrishenzo:

Doesn't it mean that Seun and His Workers do not not practice what they preach? I thought the average Nigeria believes in democracy.



Refreshing you page cannot increase the view count because your view will be monitored by your username, ip,browser used,time of visit, and most important your computer SERIAL NUMBER.

Regarding the most commented, it can easily be prevented. All it takes is to avoid counting you as the commenter if you are the started of the post. And also the commented won't be limited to some number of comments

As the most liked, simply count the number of users per like. The user cannot be allowed to double like the same thread



Don't tell me that you enjoy the swearing. I know it get some people's day rolling but swearing and cursing can leave some people unhappy.

Not that i love the swearing, but these are some of the things that make Nairaland special. People getting banned,then popping up with a new username, begging to be unbanned, etc.

Nice suggestion. But sadly u've forgotten something VERY crucial: this is no longer Nairaland; it is now MUKINAland.

kay9: Nice suggestion. But sadly u've forgotten something VERY crucial: this is no longer Nairaland; it is now MUKINAland.

Haba!

^^ But its true na! Check the topics on the frontpage. Seun's busy promoting some new mobile nigerian forum he recently created, he's abandoned nairaland to mukina.

Which wan? Pls give me d link abeg

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