The fluctuation was probably caused by the fact that the original trail bot (written by @ms10398 and @elear) would only start voting at 98% voting power. As you know @utopian-io was having some trouble staying above that amount lately, so sometimes the trail wasn't being voted on at all.
The need for an early review for visibility is a great point. But also from the point of view of fairness it would be good if all reviews could be done as early as possible. A review late on day 3 or on day 4 may only leave three voting windows for a chance to be amongst the highest ranked posts, whereas a review early on the first day could give six window opportunities and so a greater chance for an upvote.
I get the feeling that most posts are moderated within 24 hours (particularly in analysis - great service, thanks!) although I haven't run the stats. Looking at utopian.rocks at the moment there is one post approaching the four day mark. I would assume that there's only one potential moderator for that post, so specialisation could be an issue. But there's also a few graphics posts near the top. If lots of posts from the same category get bundled through late, particularly from the more popular categories, then there could be bottlenecks.
Maybe it isn't a huge issue as the highest scoring posts will still get upvoted, but more of an issue for posts that are on the borderline. Something worth some consideration.
The fluctuation was probably caused by the fact that the original trail bot (written by @ms10398 and @elear) would only start voting at 98% voting power. As you know @utopian-io was having some trouble staying above that amount lately, so sometimes the trail wasn't being voted on at all.
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Thanks @crokkon!
The need for an early review for visibility is a great point. But also from the point of view of fairness it would be good if all reviews could be done as early as possible. A review late on day 3 or on day 4 may only leave three voting windows for a chance to be amongst the highest ranked posts, whereas a review early on the first day could give six window opportunities and so a greater chance for an upvote.
I get the feeling that most posts are moderated within 24 hours (particularly in analysis - great service, thanks!) although I haven't run the stats. Looking at utopian.rocks at the moment there is one post approaching the four day mark. I would assume that there's only one potential moderator for that post, so specialisation could be an issue. But there's also a few graphics posts near the top. If lots of posts from the same category get bundled through late, particularly from the more popular categories, then there could be bottlenecks.
Maybe it isn't a huge issue as the highest scoring posts will still get upvoted, but more of an issue for posts that are on the borderline. Something worth some consideration.
Thanks for the review!
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Thank you for your review, @crokkon! Keep up the good work!