Archive binges and the Trending list?

[packbat]

This is kind of half a technical question, but: has anyone else binged a fic, only to see it show up in the trending list the next day? I'm wondering how sensitive the algorithm is, and whether one dedicated reader can be enough to set it off.

 

[Empress_Omnii]

I have, but I believe it to be mostly coincidence, not causation.

 

[Zinless]

This is kind of half a technical question, but: has anyone else binged a fic, only to see it show up in the trending list the next day? I'm wondering how sensitive the algorithm is, and whether one dedicated reader can be enough to set it off.

If you like and comment a lot, possibly on every chapter, then you can definitely be the one who tickles the algorithm the right way. But, that's just a theory and speculation, nothing concrete is known about the algorithm.

 

[Amrasil207]

From what I understand, spikes in activity and update intervals can propel a novel onto trending.

 

[packbat]

From what I understand, spikes in activity and update intervals can propel a novel onto trending.

If I remember from researching Mastodon's algorithms for trending hashtags, links, and posts, a spike above the historical activity level was the main criterion - perhaps the Scribble Hub algorithm is similar, then.

If you like and comment a lot, possibly on every chapter, then you can definitely be the one who tickles the algorithm the right way. But, that's just a theory and speculation, nothing concrete is known about the algorithm.

We do often like and comment a lot, including in the cases we've seen a fic trend the day after we binged it. It would make sense for likes and comments to be weighted more heavily than pageviews.