Starting tonight, our leaderboard will track activity over a rolling 7 days instead of the previous 30. As the forum keeps growing, weekly feels like the right fit. A few reasons we’re making the change:
Newly active members show up on the board much faster, so contributions get recognized
It’s less intimidating for other members, especially our new members
The standings stay fresh and actually move week to week, instead of barely shifting over a long month
It’s a more accurate snapshot of who’s active right now
Lower barrier to climbing the ranks, since you’re not competing against a full month of accumulated activity
The monthly view made it tough to see any real movement, so this should make things more fun and a lot more dynamic. Jump in and see where you land.
The point of the leaderboard is to help showcase the most active contributors and provide a quick window into who our new members can look forward to engaging with in our community.
Note you can still sort by the old 30-day window by clicking on the “Community Leaderboard” link above the rankings. Then toggling the window: daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly.
Please don’t put me a the top of the mountain! I’m scared of tumbling down and shattering like Humpty Dumpty!
Out of curiosity, does the weighting score involve a factor reflecting the amount of “content” in any posting? If so, I’m not sure that it would be fair. I think it should weigh more heavily on perceived reception/value, as recognized by the hearts and others (a value scale?).
I’m in “the hunt” but you guys definitely are here more on most days and write a lot more than I do; I seem to come here and write several posts, but then it’s days until my next writing collection, so I think Eric is going to remain the champ unless @hydn includes his own stats in the collection!
