Decide on a rating system. about laravel.io HOT 8 CLOSED

Best Rating-Algorithm I know: Score = Lower bound of Wilson score confidence interval for a Bernoulli parameter

Sources:

• http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html (gotta scroll down a bit, article starts off with bad examples, good read anyway)
• http://www.goproblems.com/test/wilson/wilson.php?v1=0&v2=0&v3=3&v4=0&v5=0

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Different approach IMDB does: Bayesian estimate

Sources:

• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_true_Bayesian_estimate_mean_in_connection_with_the_IMDb_Top_250_ratings

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Hacker news has no downvotes until it gets to a certain karma level. I like this approach for articles as someone who goes through the trouble of writing one shouldn't have a terribly negative experience.

This may be different on forums, though.

http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/the-value-of-downvoting-or-how-hacker-news-gets-it-wrong/

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Another Rating System I like: http://www.remix64.com/articles/voting-system.html

Might ask them about their implementation, if wanted

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More articles:

http://amix.dk/blog/post/19588
http://amix.dk/blog/post/19574

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Here's a post that makes things pretty clear. http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html

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That's what I posted on my first comment :D

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Good point, sorry, someone twatter replied to me and I thought it was worth adding. Haven't had a chance to really dive into all of this yet!

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