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: (days x M + 1) x votes = weight 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. On Nov 4, 2008, at 6:18 AM, Tomas Fulopp wrote:
I think you've made an excellent point, Ashraf. This really would solve the problem of "uninteresting" issues getting solved as well. We'd only have to find a way or relating votes and time. Some kind of rigorous and simple equation. Any experience/suggestion there?