Antigravitas Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) Like the name, it would be helpful to have an option to sort by endorsement ratio, endorsements per unique downloads. This ratio is a way to evaluate files quickly. Also, interestingly, the #1 endorsed mod of all time, immersive Armors, actually has a slightly below average endorsement ratio when compared to average quality mods. Other, far lesser known mods have high, extremely high or outstanding ratios; there is no real way to collect these into a query currently. Here is an excellent example; not the cup of tea for me but a very well made mod I would never have seen if it were not for word of mouth. Edited November 17, 2014 by Antigravitas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetbulge Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Sounds like a useful metric at first, but I see big practical problems. You'd only get comparable results if "one download" meant exactly "one decision to endorse (or not)". Like when a mod consists of only one "main file" in its first version.However, many mods consist of more than one file. Do we want a ratio that gets divided by the number of downloadable files? Certainly not, that would be unfair by whole factors.So only let the downloads of the first "main file" count towards the ratio? Doesn't work either. Frequently updated mods accumulate many downloaded file versions but no new endorsement per user. Hell, I recently updated my mod and would have more endorsements than downloads! Then also count files that moved into the "old versions"? Same problem. And which ones, if any?I'm afraid there isn't any fair and meaningful count of downloads to which the number of endorsements can be compared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balx2 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Well if you could sort by more then one criteria but that may or may not be feasible.ie: Most downloaded + Most endorsed - seems like more work then its worth though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGMage2 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 It wouldn't hurt to have more stats. It doesn't need to be definitive in any way, most stats are open to interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 A quote attributed to Sam Clemens ( Mark Twain) "There are three kinds of lies. Lies, Damned lies and Statistics." My graduate level Statistics teacher told us that the first day of a statistics course.What did we learn?Always take all statistics with a grain pound of salt. most stats are open to interpretation.ALL statistics are open to interpretation. That's what statistics are - an interpretation of a set of data. :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGMage2 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 A quote attributed to Sam Clemens ( Mark Twain) "There are three kinds of lies. Lies, Damned lies and Statistics." My graduate level Statistics teacher told us that the first day of a statistics course.What did we learn?Always take all statistics with a grain pound of salt. most stats are open to interpretation.ALL statistics are open to interpretation. That's what statistics are - an interpretation of a set of data. :blush:Of course you are right bben. I was trying to refute, diplomatically, the argument that this feature shouldn’t be added because it wouldn’t identify what the best mods were, as if any statistics could actually do that. What I see is that if this sort option were available it might bring some lesser known mods in to the spotlight. I’m going to interpret your answer as suggesting that you might be in favour of adding this option, or at the very least you are not objecting. :tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 No objecting at all. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoSxorpio Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 A quote attributed to Sam Clemens ( Mark Twain) "There are three kinds of lies. Lies, Damned lies and Statistics." My graduate level Statistics teacher told us that the first day of a statistics course.What did we learn?Always take all statistics with a grain pound of salt. most stats are open to interpretation.ALL statistics are open to interpretation. That's what statistics are - an interpretation of a set of data. :blush:Thank you for posting this, saves me time to look up who said it. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 @Moto - any time you are unsure of who to attribute a quote - Sam is always a good option, another good choice is Yogi Berra. "I never said half of the things I said." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaAl Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I also would like this, I think it could deliver some very interesting insights.I do not know how the unique downloads statistics work, but as it is only possible to endorse a mod once, the ratio should be:number of (registered) people having downloaded anything from a mod / number of endorsements for this mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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