<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Darren Oh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darrenoh@sidepotsinternational.com">darrenoh@sidepotsinternational.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Letting people re-vote after a period of time might be better than an automated system. However, the idea of an equation was interesting, so I had to come up with one:<br>
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(days x M + 1) x votes = weight<br>
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M can be tuned to control the effect of time on an issue's weight. An M value of zero would mean that time does not affect the weight of an issue. Negative values of M would reduce the weight, and positive values would increase it.<div>
<div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>I would suggest adding a delay, such that the time doesn't contribute to the weight until some grace period (for example after the first week). I also wonder whether "days" should be since reported or since last updated. </div>