Keeping Up With the Top Reviewers Ranking

[wowwee123]

Here are some combinations of what will help to contribute in landing yourself as part of the top rankers:

1. A lot of ratings & lists (0 reviews)
2. A lot of reviews & lists (relatively few ratings. Ex. reviews = amount of ratings)
3. Members adding movies from your lists/5 star ratings etc. and receiving them.


As per UncleBob's great suggestion, I've created a group where, you can join, and we can continue the discussion. Click here for the link..


(Discussion Title Changed from: "Who is #9 of the top 10? - Anyone figured it out yet?".2/18/08)

[UpcomingCinema]

Nope....

I've been looking hard but so far no dice.... I have #11 and a few others in the teens.

[dlukenelson]

No idea, anyone tried to compile a list beyond the top 10 like maybe a top 25?

[droidmaker]

I'm torn, of course. I could do some analysis and post results... but the list not only changes a bit each week, but i was more interested in whether the "Community" could work together to solve this scavengerish hunt.

[wowwee123]

Michael, out of what, 10 mil. subscribers (over?)? Couldn't netflix have it automated somewhere on the netflix site a list of who are the top 10, 100, 1000 etc. for the week/month? Or even top 5000 so I could make the list too hehe.

[ColdOne]

I don't think you should run the query - let the community figure it out. If you want to eventually make the top ten a part of the Netflix community section, that's a different matter.

[UpcomingCinema]

I prefer that the info not be too easy to find.... once a top 100/500/1000 list is posted it will be harder to improve your ranking... and will be a disincentive for those of us not in the top tiers to post reviews and participate. Specifically... people would click on the top rated ones and move their rankings to unobtainable heights . The top ten isn't so bad... most of the people with top ranks are deserving, have done much to achieve their positions, and will be hard to catch anyway.

[pterosaur]

I agree. If you post a ranking list, it might encourage more plagiarism, "cheating" and less participation from those not in the top.

[The Real Uncle Bob]

people would click on the top rated ones and move their rankings to unobtainable heights .

You can't go higher than #1. And there are algorithmic ways to insure fluidity; for instance to boost whichever parties have increased their rank the most in a given month toward the top of the heap.

[wowwee123]

I hear that, can't argue with. As to reviews, I think there should be a date stamp attached to it, so I would know when it was written.

[UpcomingCinema]

I stand by my assertion. You can't go higher than #1, but you can move the bar so high that the folks below can't climb up. If you put the top ranked people in front of everyone, people will fill their queues from their lists, read and rate their reviews and put the upper echelon out of reach. I prefer that everyone ranks by their own merit. The Netflix review system already demonstrates the effect of being on top.... the first two reviews get all the helpful votes and stay on top, everyone else drowns.

[droidmaker]

I sort of agree. On the other hand, i look through those top 10, and if they don't work for me, regardless of how popular they are, i wouldn't keep them around long.

But anyway, this is precisely why we won't "promote" the top reviewers by featuring them. They are featured enough on the movies where they are important. (I thought this top 10 list was most interesting because of the way the list arose, not simply its content.)

[Walt D in LV]

I try to always put dates in my reviews. As I've been writing reviews for several years, I feel this does make a huge difference, like you suggested.

Walt D in LV
2/13/2008