All right, I'm posting rankings for the following week in a bit. People have asked about the algorithm, here it is:
To be considered you must at first have a total of 7 non-spam posts for the week. If you meet this requirement, then your ranking is determined as follows:
1) Every non-spam post you make is worth 5 points.
2) The number of views of all the threads that you started within the week (both spam and non-spam) is divided by 100.
3) The number of replies to all of your non-spam threads is divided by 2.
4) The number of replies to all of your non-spam threads is divided by 5.
5) Participating in a back-and-forth with one person that lasts at least four posts within one thread (2 coming from you, 2 coming from one other person, no spillovers allowed, spam or non-spam) gets you 10 points.
6) If you tie with another person in the amount of points you receive, who ranks above whom will be determined by the number of reps each received within the relevant week.
So, let's go through this algorithm with an example:
For the relevant week, poster X made 10 non-spam posts, created 2 non-spam threads (the total view count for these threads is 6,000 and the total number of replies is 20), created 5 spam threads (the total view count for these threads is 4,000 and the total numbers of replies is 150), and got into three back-and-forths. Let's compute his score:
10 non-spam posts equals 50 points.
10,000 thread views equals 100 points.
20 non-spam replies equals 10 points.
150 spam replies equals 30 points.
3 back-and-forths equals 30 points.
Poster X receives 220 points for the week. All right, power rankings coming up in a bit.
