Yup, i believe the bot did not miss any article so far, even though some of them have been upvoted after 5 days. So that´s pretty close to the 7 days window - It already happened for your article :)
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
Yup, i believe the bot did not miss any article so far, even though some of them have been upvoted after 5 days. So that´s pretty close to the 7 days window - It already happened for your article :)
Interesting. I wonder if the @utopian-io voting bot software is configured to reduce the voting-power threshold should the backlog start nearing 7 days.
I could imagine an algorithm where the oldest post in the backlog determines at what power to vote. For example, if max_age < 3 days, vote at 100%. If 3 < max_age < 4 vote at 90%, etcetera. Even better could be a continuous function (rather than a step function).
Yeah, but wouldn´t that be unfair? If your post gets to the upvote bot later (because sometimes it´s just pretty full) then you get less - even though your post may be worth more in general...
Less unfair than not getting a vote at all because your post expires. I don't see any other solution than having an adaptive voting threshold. But perhaps there is a more elegant implementation.
Also it's not necessarily a bad thing to encourage posts when the usage is low, to help create a consistent reviewer load.
Well.. that is true. The problem is, commits have to be 14 days old max, so sometimes you cannot wait for a less full queue. But I am sure they will come up with something good if needed :)