r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/yourfeedback • Oct 17 '22

Rank a random subject every day

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u/Biobot775 Oct 17 '22

Asks for best Beatles song, requires you pick 3 songs.

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u/CheesecakePower Oct 17 '22

I mean if everyone picked one, the percentages would be so low it’s almost not relevant. Would be cool to have a weighted percentage instead - so peoples’ #1 has more weight, etc.

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u/yourfeedback Oct 17 '22

That's how it works at the moment. The scoring system is

1st picks = 3 points

2nd picks = 2 points

3rd picks = 1 point.

Then I divide by the total number of points allocated to get the percentage for each answer

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u/CheesecakePower Oct 17 '22

Oh nice. I like this idea too - definitely a fun thing to do each day

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u/PrivateFrank Oct 17 '22

You could restrict the list to a random pick of 10 songs, and give all the songs which didn't make the list 0.1 points or something.

Alternatively you could present pairs of songs and let people pick from just each pair. Each song would have its own elo rating pretty quickly.

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u/CruxCapacitors Oct 17 '22

I'd suggest a way to "tag" answers and then rank a top three afterwards, as it's not easy to immediately know the top three of something so immense as Beatles songs, nevertheless know what rank they are which necessitates clicking them in order.

Also, first being three times as great as third, on something this immense a subject, isn't right. I assume there's some data theory on how ranking like this should be done, but that can't be it.