Question about the Top Rank of Decks

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Posted on July 13, 2017, 8:01 a.m. by ChaosJester

I am not sure if I am in the right forum with my question but what exactly are affecting the Top Ranks of Decks? I always thought, that the quantity of upvotes were one reason but I am not sure about it. Thank you very much!

clayperce says... #2

ChaosJester,
I don't think anyone really knows the math behind the Top Decks. Probably because if we knew for sure, folks would game it.

That said, here's some speculation:

  • I think it's mostly votes over a certain time period (I've heard 10 days but I have no real idea).
  • But number of views is definitely part of it. E.g., as I type this there's a deck with 24 upvotes 'ranked' lower than two decks with 17. The decks with 17 have far fewer views though. So maybe it's something like votes/view?
  • Comments or maybe folders seems to be part of it too. E.g., as I type this, one deck with 17 upvotes has 13 comments and is in 6 folders, and it's 'ranked' higher than the one with 8 comments/in 4 folders, even though the 'lower' one has less views.

TL;DR: I've no real idea on the math. But stuff like this (and quality deckbuilding, of course) is the key.

July 13, 2017 8:50 a.m.

ChaosJester says... #3

clayperce Thank you for the very interesting and informative comment! You helped me a lot. :) By the way-can you explain what I have to write in my deck-description to let appear those update- respectively "click-and-show"-buttons? I want avoid long Descriptions for page visitors.

July 13, 2017 1:11 p.m.

clayperce says... #4

ChaosJester,
Glad that was of some use!

Here's the button I use on Serious Ponza:

<a class="vote-link btn btn-success btn-sm" href="/mtg-decks/serious-ponza/vote-up/?rc=True">+1 Upvote</a>

And though it proably goes w/o saying, I'll say it anyways: Please make sure any upvote buttons are VERY obvious. On every Edit page, it says "If you add additional '+1 Upvote' links, please make it clear that's what they are. Decks which contain misleading upvote buttons will be deleted without warning." And the Admins are SUPER-serious about that.

Good luck!

July 13, 2017 1:27 p.m.

clayperce says... #5

ChaosJester,
Re-reading your note, I think you may have been asking about Spoilers or Accordions, not +1 buttons
For those, check out the Formatting tips link (below the Comment window).

July 13, 2017 1:30 p.m. Edited.

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