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Bug or misunderstanding: Yesterday's second most popular deal is Yesterday's Sponsored Pick

Of yesterday's sponsored deals http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/8f2ac4bb-b701-4f5b-a97d-204ca647182c/acer-aspirerevo-mini-desktop-pc-intel-atom-n230-1-6ghz-1gb-160gb-hdmi-windows-x gathered more votes and comments than http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/bd32fe20-859a-4d58-8f9c-427d92c61de8/prescription-glasses, but the latter is listed as "Yesterday's Sponsored Pick. You voted. We listened. Here's yesterday's top sponsored deal."

Is this a bug or do I misunderstand exactly what yesterday's top sponsored deal is?

by chris12345
asked 2 years ago

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If they put up the top sponsored deal, top community deal, or top voter, and the statistics change during the day, then those items change, right out from under us. It's a bit annoying, actually.

For example, if someone other than the top voter had voted for things on Fresh on the day before, and then those things moved to Popular on today, who the top voter is will change.

If something other than the top community or sponsored deal continutes to receive votes, those items also will change.

Welcome to the Monkey House.

shrdlu
2 years ago

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@chris12345: I may have misunderstood slightly your question. What I said is still useful, so I'm leaving it.

It isn't how many votes something gets, alone, that counts. It's WHEN the votes arrive, and when they started arriving. I probably look at the leaderboard more than any other six non-staff people here (although not as much, now that the weather is nice).

[Edit] I note that the top voter is now someone different than it was most of the day.

It used to be this person:

http://deals.woot.com/deals/users/ariely2009/voted

shrdlu
2 years ago

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@shrdlu: What you said is useful. Most of what you say is. I still don't understand why the second most popular deal gets top billing on the leaderboard, though. I checked the main page a few times yesterday, and the glasses deal trailed the computer deal every time.

chris12345
2 years ago

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@chris12345: PM. I'll wait.

shrdlu
2 years ago

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@chris12345: I agree with your sentiment, but I suspect that I'm correct.

shrdlu
2 years ago

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@shawnmiller?

chris12345
2 years ago

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@chris12345: or @josefresno ?

shrdlu
2 years ago

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I have a theory but I want to see what @jumbowoot says first.

hobbit
2 years ago

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@chris12345: This is a regression bug. I'm fixing it now.

shawnmiller
2 years ago

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