I made a test.
Post with 200 5 stars and 1 4star
Post with 4 5 stars.
The post with 4 5stars beat the 200 post.
Yea…. I am a pro subscriber and will not be renewing my sub if this stays the case.
I am sure it is hard for you guys to come up with algo changes and test them, but it just isnt worth it to me if it isnt fixed.
Sorry.
Maybe for every 10 5star votes.. it beats 1 4star, or something like that.
Hi @jseber1982,
First of all, since we are not tracking the support forum on a daily basis, if you want to get a quick response time, contact us via https://rating-widget.com/contact/.
With regards to your suggestion to change the algorithm – you have a good point! The problem is that one formula can work for you, while it might not work for others.
What you are suggesting is adding weight for number of votes, something like:
(v1 + v2 + … + vN + N*Weight)/N
In your specific example, Weight = 0.1, so for example, when there are 9 5-star votes, and 1 4-star votes, the avg. rate would be:
(9×5 + 4 + 10×0.1)/10 = 5
In any case, I will open a task on our side so we can set a meeting to discuss it internally. I don’t know if / when we’ll implement a new algorithm, but if we’ll find something that would make sense for all – we will do it.
I’ll keep you posted.
Thanks
Yea maybe there can be different algorithm options for different kinds of sites.
I have a picture site with about 500 posts currently. Half of them have 75+ votes and they are all beat by posts that have 3×5 stars.
I guess one way to do it would be for me to use the option to only show posts that have 10+ votes in the rating screen
