Threads advertised in the daily newsletter

I think there is an algorithm which puts up the threads with the most traffic

GNHQ are in my good books at the moment as I posted a wrong photo on Sunday (showing GC and others faces) by accident, it was taken down minutes after I reported it ???

GrannyGravy13

I think there is an algorithm which puts up the threads with the most traffic

GNHQ are in my good books at the moment as I posted a wrong photo on Sunday (showing GC and others faces) by accident, it was taken down minutes after I reported it ???

That's good to hear. GG13
I always check my photos twice in case I've selected a personal one!

An algorithm?
I think that it's more likely to be someone wfh's cat. ?

Might have been an oversight, someone was poorly and so on. Most of us have slipped up at work occasionally, I know I have.

Similar things happen regularly Jacky
I'm not being nasty, honestly, it just seems like there is very little interest from the management about the site

Its an algorithm. Just like the one which decides what goes in the "Trending" box.

I don’t know how many people ‘manage’ the site, what their responsibilities are or anything. I’ve opted out of newsletters as I am on most days and can search for topics of particular interest. But I’m happy how it works for me, other people may well have a different perspective/expectations.

FannyCornforth

Similar things happen regularly Jacky
I'm not being nasty, honestly, it just seems like there is very little interest from the management about the site

Maybe it's being run by Boris Johnson

JaneJudge or Dominic Cummings to make a point ?

Alegrias1

Its an algorithm. Just like the one which decides what goes in the "Trending" box.

Today's headlining thread wasn't even on the 'Active' list.

In fact, all three of them weren't.

And yes, I am aware that I am a boring so and so

Let's be boring together

I don't get the email; what were the three headline threads?

All three advertised threads are now in the top five, which shows that the newsletter really does provide traffic to those threads mentioned

Ooh thanks Alegrias! I've got a mate now! ?

Headlining - When sexism and ageism collide (something like that)

Stork versus Butter

Front Gardens

That's quite an esoteric selection of popular threads

All from about four or five days ago
Perhaps the algorithm is going backwards...

JaneJudge

Maybe it's being run by Boris Johnson

What difference does it make? That is a serious question - I have never understood why people set so much store by the newsletter, or why they wait for it to arrive before logging on. You can just come to the site and see what is trending, or what interests you. It won't necessarily be the thread with the most views.

I don't think the threads with the most traffic are always the best or most interesting because as already said, people pile in without reading the previous messages and just repeat the same thing over and over again. It's may be a subject that draws people to comment but that isn't always a good thing.

I come straight to the site and see what's active.