Front Page Changes With New Algorithm

I've made changes to the front page that shows the most popular stories of the day. It's to help people find new and interesting stories that other people also currently find interesting. The most popular stories of the day section will mainly feature authors with stories without much prior exposure but other people have found interesting. The algorithm is loosely based on Reddit's ranking algorithm (extra points if you know what that is).

By the way, this is an email I received from a user complaining about the layout change:

How are new authors supposed to gather attention with the way the site has been changed? Only the popular authors will stay popular, and the unknown will stay unknown. I don't think that's fair at all, and neither should you.

You used to allow new stories to appear on the front page, but now they have to be searched for. We all know the majority of people nowadays are lazy and only like to be spoonfed. Now, the only 1/1,000,000 way to get noticed is through the random feature, but how RARE is that?!

I am completely dissatisfied with the new layout and I await for it to be changed.

My Response:

No, you never gave it a chance. It has been 2 hours. You don't even know how it works. Did you even look at the stories? They're not all by the most popular authors. It is what is most popular for today even for stories with unknown authors. Email us back in a week when you've had the proper time to evaluate its usefulness without jumping to conclusions.

Before you email me something like this, make sure you had a few days of trying it out before you make any snap judgments about a new feature without actually giving it a chance.

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quexiyun #1 Dec 17, 2012 16:57:00

Ouch, in two hours, already calling the design out?

I'm going on this website less and less now (sob school leave me alone TT o TT) so I'm just flat out disoriented, haha. I'll get used to the change over break though! I'm sure lots of nice new features were implemented :D

uikaxxlockheart #2 Dec 14, 2012 18:49:03

This is great!

tofuuchan #3 Dec 12, 2012 23:11:05

Love the new layout, Nichiren. I have to be honest, it's much better than the last one. But the last one also didn't s-u-c-k a bit. (sorry had to do that - thingy or else the word would've be censored. xD) Don't let those whiny people get to you.

meia_neko #4 Dec 12, 2012 15:33:02

Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!!! ;)

janie6789 #5 Dec 12, 2012 12:20:52

Interestinggg. How often is that updated? So I guess my question is, what constitutes a "day"?

HYUKslave #6 Dec 12, 2012 08:50:26

I found better ways in getting good fics: search by tag, select fic n read the first chapter.

If the first paragraph already uninteresting then I leave, but if I like it: go back to foreword then subs

There ... I found many good fics even from less subs author :))

Thanks J for putting lots of effort <3

KibummieWaifu #7 Dec 12, 2012 07:32:55

Thank you for the new layout :)

ll0vex3_her #8 Dec 12, 2012 07:09:13

The moment I came here I knew something changed, LOL XD

Awake-In-The-Night #9 Dec 12, 2012 05:37:15

I actually like the new changes! But there is sth I´m missing: I liked one of the popular stories for the day and started reading it, but then I had to leave and forgot to subscribe and I don`t remember the name of the fic. It would be nice if you could make it like the featured fics, where one can see the past featured fics too!
Anyways thanks for your hard work!! I love this site the way it is ;)

kpopartory #10 Dec 12, 2012 04:48:23

It looks promising
Thank you for the ward work

SHINeeIceCreamNinjaa #11 Dec 12, 2012 04:02:33

I like this new layout, thanks for the hard work :)

baoZicaekeu #12 Dec 12, 2012 03:57:52

i like this layout!!!^^ thanks