Popularity

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[ngungo]

How is popularity defined? Some kind of mathematical formula?

[michael]

Where I grew up, it was generally a combination of a cool car, parents with money, and being a starter in a varsity sport.  None of which applied to those of us in the band.


Actually, this topic has been debated before.  The last I saw, I think the conclusion of the braintrust here was that popularity rested on the number of recent clicks to view the borrower's profile.

[Henry]

That's what I always thought it was, but Diane suggested it was some formula more secret than the recipe for KFC!

[Diane R]

I wish I could find a reference.... but I was told it was a combination of clicks, loan amount raised so far, and length of time on the site.  And probably some magic multiplier in there somewhere, too.

--Diane.

[ngungo]

Are you referring to the Einstein's fudge factor?

[AccountAbility]

It definitely is influenced by recent lenders committing to it, but includes other factors as mentioned. 

In reality it is simply a formula for attempting to display the loan listings in a randomize order even though they are dumped in bunches.  Of course it doesn't work when there are only one or two bunches. 

Dan