Top15 Videos: Bugged? • VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control

posted by Laekroth

11 months 1 week ago • 213 views

Hey all,

Something I don't understand is the top15 sifted list. It's the second time a video of mine that made it to the videosift top 15 suddenly disappeared from that list. If I'm correct this list should contain the recent (uptil a certain posted-date) videos that have received the most votes.

My video (http://www.videosift.com/video/Giant-Vortex-box-Blow-out-a-candle-from-20-meters) made it through the sift 2 days and 8 hours ago, received 77 votes in that period, but it disappeared from the top15 (it was second place last time I checked, which was a few hours ago). There are video's that have made it through longer ago AND received less votes, and are still in the top15.

The same happened a few weeks ago with http://www.videosift.com/video/Homer-kills-the-Grim-Reaper, it suddenly disappeared.

Can anyone reveil the mystery of the top15 list?

Cheers!
/Laek

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Expiry from Top15 goes by submitted date, not by published to frontpage date.

Hover your mouse over "published by" and you will see it was submitted over 4 days ago, therefore it does not appear in the top 15 new videos anymore.

http://www.videosift.com/faq-en.php#topvids

written by maatc

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The clock should count after it's published. No one counts back when they first posted it..they look at the time under the title.

written by swampgirl

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Yeah, for the longest time I just though it was either a bug or there was a Sift conspiracy against my videos.

I agree with swampgirl, I think the clock should start only after it reaches the front page.

written by blankfist

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Thanks for clearing this up Maatc

I agree with swampgirl as well, it should count from the time a video gets published, Especially since it can take a long time for a video to get through the unsifted phase (even potential good videos require one or two requeues lately).

My 2 cts.

written by Laekroth

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That's 3 votes for the clock to start at time of publish! Anyone else?

written by blankfist

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I'll go in on it too, I think date of publishing, not queue should be counted for the 4 day top 15 expiration as that is the day they appear on the front page. 10 votes for publish may take some time but I have seen videos skyrocket once they reach the front page.

However keep hitting the queue folks!

written by thesnipe

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Guess it depends on how you define "new" in the title of the Top 15 list.

Right now it means "new to the site".
If we go by published date it would mean "newly published".

I remember dag saying something about how it keeps things a lot fresher in that list if we go by queued date because there is more video fluctuation that way.

I kinda like it the way it is now.

written by maatc

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^ Fair enough.

written by blankfist

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And I've argued that it doesn't keep the top 15 very fresh, because there is always a couple that shoot right out of the queue and stay in the top five for nearly 4 days. A fresher and fairer listing would go by the published date and give each video 2 or 3 days in the sun. Combine that with a 3 day queue length. It's all in how you look at things.

written by twiddles