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Thread Of The Day

stevenmu · 2005-10-27 20:58:23

I noticed the new TOTD feature in the drop-down menus there recently (at least I think it's new, I never noticed it before the upgrade). Does anybody know how threads get selected for it ? Are they based on posts, views, ratings, is somebody selecting them, purely random etc ? No particular reason for asking, I just…

27-10-2005 8:58pm

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stevenmu

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I noticed the new TOTD feature in the drop-down menus there recently (at least I think it's new, I never noticed it before the upgrade). Does anybody know how threads get selected for it ? Are they based on posts, views, ratings, is somebody selecting them, purely random etc ?

No particular reason for asking, I just haven't noticed any pattern to them yet, and I'm nosy. Whichever way it works, it's a good feature anyway, it's pointed me at a few threads I probably wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

Post edited by Shield on December 2021

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#2 27-10-2005 9:02pm

Matthewthebig

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Here!

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#3 27-10-2005 9:05pm

stevenmu

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oops, I do this every time the search goes down

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#4 31-10-2005 7:14pm

biofreak

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I see its chosen completely randomly. Shouldn't people be able to vote for their fave thread of the past 24 hours and that becomes the thread of the day?

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#5 31-10-2005 8:35pm

CuLT

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The only people who bother voting on threads populate After Hours anyway, so it'd be just tripe.

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