How are the Hot Files determined?

[MentalGear]

Hello

 

 

I'm wondering quite a lot about the 'Hot Files' mods that are on display since the change of design. I see a horrific decline of quality. Is it just me or are there quite a lot of mods that really don't deserve to get the huge advantage of being shown on the home page? Huge advantage = mod on frontpage gets xxxtimes more views/downloads/endorsements than others.

I mean nothing against the mod authors. They do what they do best, but come on. A hat fix or a simple retexture of just one(!) object is deemed more worthy to be on the frontpage than the considerable number of mods which took a lot more work, time and include carefully balanced changes?

Why? Are we now a site that rewards the fast'n'easy mods for doing less?

That is lowering the standard of this site and it is unfair in my book.

 

Backstory: Mod authors like me spend months for their mods to deliver and raise quality, but now constantly see those 1 item mods getting all the homepage crowd. Its very demotivating.

Why should we carry on to raise quality and diversity when the cheap stuff gets much more attention?

 

I wish for a more reasonable choice of which mods get the mega-benefit of the homepage. ATM it seems almost random to me.

 

 

Cheers

MG

[Lisnpuppy]

I suspect its endorsements received by new mods in the last 7-10 days. If you look on the top mods listing with those parameters then you get about the same top 5 that is on the hot files.

 

That is the reason there are multiple filters available on top files listings so that people can find perhaps not AS popular mods in different categories.

 

Make a good mod and people will find it.

[MentalGear]

Make a good mod and people will find it.

 

Hehe, thats true. Word-of-mouth recommendation should even things out a bit, in fact I seem to profit from it.

But make a good mod plus recieve the honor of the homepage would mean xxtimes more satisfaction for more people who were downloading and the mod author.

I understand that its difficult to find a solution that would be fair for everybody. But it should be a good thing if we get the quality mods shown before we get to the small mods.

[Lisnpuppy]

Well I guess its opinion of what is "quality". Certainly enough people have found those on the list to be good enough to warrant an endorsement. I can not complain there. I don't think you could get 2 folks on this entire site to agree on "quality" so I really don't know what to say. I can only suggest if you have made mods or know mods that aren't getting what you think is enough attention...to take pics of them and upload as that will put them on the updated today list. Talk about them on the forums. Do what you have to do!

 

More than one way to skin a cat. :thumbsup:

[MentalGear]

How about 142 pictures and 5 updates with more content :smile:. Have already done those things you suggested and then some.

I'm not so sure about mods with 15 endorsements or less as the first thing you can see on the homepage, when there are 32 pages(!, using advanced search) of mods with 100 endorsements or more.

 

There is as you say the point 'meaning of quality', which will differ greatly from user to user, so its nearly impossible to say this one is quality and this one is not when standards are that divided.

Guess I just have to strain my brain to find more and new ways of advertising.

[Lisnpuppy]

Yes mods with 100 endorsements or more. But "hot files" I suppose to me anyway, implies something new. Of those pages with those 100 endorsements or more...how many are new in the last 10 days. The last 5 days?

 

We haven't always had the hot files so someone will have missed the boat on it I guess...but I am sure if you have a better idea Dark0ne will listen...maybe not implement...but listen!! LOL

[ub3rman123]

If the Hot Files covered everything regardless of upload date, all we'd see is Midas Magic and HGEC.

[MentalGear]

Nobody said anything about hot files covering everything. That would be nonsense.

The comparison was just to show there are 'hotter' files out there than the ones currently shown and their 'hotness' does not stop 10 days after release.

 

Just an example what I would call a 'Hot File' that isn't currently on the homepage for NV:

http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=44215

[Deleted1848331User]

I think that one was in the Hot Files. They're only in there for a week.

[MentalGear]

A week should normally be ok. I visit the site pretty often(daily), I have to admit that I missed that one. Never really look at the Hot files anymore, because there were too many disappointing files for me the past two months. Glad to discover it now and that wasn't thanks to Hot files. But it gets cold outside now, so maybe the good stuff will pick up too.