There's a new feature on the homepage listing the "Top Sex Stories" and so I'm curious as to what constitutes a "Top Sex Story". Some are pretty easy to understand how they got there, but others?
The following formula is used to calculate the Top 10 stories (and Top 10 chapters). It takes into account the number of votes each story has received, minimum votes required to be on the list, and the mean vote for all stories: weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C Where: R = average for the story (mean) = (Rating) v = number of likes and dislikes for the story = (votes) m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 10 (currently 50) C = the mean vote across the whole list
I could use an example with numbers filled in. I'm not understanding "C" in particular. And "R" is somewhere between +1.0 (all likes) and -1.0 (all dislikes)?
Sure, it's actually pretty simple. Take for example your story Lucy's Portion: likes = 61 dislikes = 1 R = average for the story (mean) = (Rating) = (likes/(likes+dislikes)*100) = (61/(61+1)*100) = 98.39 v = number of likes and dislikes for the story = (votes) = (likes+dislikes) = 62 m = minimum votes required to be listed in the Top 10 = 50 C = the mean vote across all stories = AVG(likes/(likes+dislikes)*100) = 89.66 weighted rating (WR) = (v / (v+m)) * R + (m / (v+m)) * C = (62 / (62+50)) * 98.39 + (50 / (62+50)) * 89.66 = 94.49%
Okay, I think I see what's going on. The more votes your story has over minimum, the more the weighted rating depends on that story's own votes; the closer to minimum, the more the weighted rating is averaged toward the mean story rating. Thanks.
