Suggestion: Making better use of the Files of the Month database

[dikr]

As of now the Mods of the Month listing gives you an overview of 5 mods per month. Which yields a functional listing of the most voted for mods in a quick glance, no contest there. That overview is as it should be. Actually in my opinion it's the best browsing methods to discover worthwhile content on the site when you're not looking for something specific. (As the 'most popular mods of all time' listing is heavily biased towards early mods with huge amounts of people playing a game).

 

Only problem is that it leaves out all other mods that people have voted for and didn't make it to the top 5 for whatever reason. In that sense, a lot of worthwhile mods can easily drop of the radar when it expires after a few weeks in the trending and most popular overviews and just didn't cut it to be part of the 'lucky 5'.

 

I reckon the site tracks all votes for all files but it isn't fully exploited beyond those 5 each month. So it would be great to have a button on top of each month's listing with "view all voted mods this month", leading you to a listing, similar to all other listings that sort most endorsed, most popular, but of course, with all the voted for mods that month. That way all those voted for files would always be accessible without cluttering up the current overview.

 

Cheers,

 

Dikr

 

p.s. Here's a mock-up with the button to make it clear at a glance what I'd like seeing added. The button text could probably be better worded though.

 

Edited September 20, 2018 by dikr

[Dark0ne]

I'll have to check, but I don't think we actually store that information. It gets cleared each month and reset so the next month's voting can begin fresh.

[dikr]

Ah, to allow mods to get a second chance next month around, I reckon. I hope it is stored, or if not, that it could be implemented without much of a hassle.