Informative Reaction - Yummy Data!

[cooingdove]

LOL, we're not THAT strict on the usage.

Mostly, we don't want to see people using it for reacting to replies / posts like: "Ya I did the same thing!" or "Purple is my favorite color" or "Here's a cute picture of my dog", etc.

got it!

 

[aart]

Here are the most "informative" posts in the past 90 days based on our member's reactions:

Is this everyone's count?

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Is this everyone's count?

Great question!

It is just the top 40 or so posts with the most "Informative" reactions over the past 90 days.

Sorry, the was I presented the data is a bit confusing since it shows the name of the poster, but the links are to the specific post and the number of "Informative" likes on that particular post.

Example:

This post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...et-experiment-long-post.1435544/post-23740019

By AccidentalFarm on 12/23/2000, had 18 "Informative" reactions when I ran the report.

In about 5 days, it will drop off the list because by 3/23, it will be older than 90 days.

I hope that makes more sense?

 

[aart]

It is just the top 40 or so posts with the most "Informative" reactions over the past 90 days.

Well, I got curious and looked at my "I" reactions received,
and there's a bunch(20+) of them just in the last month or so.
Yet, I'm not on the list here, makes me wonder who else might have been left out.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Well, I got curious and looked at my "I" reactions received,
and there's a bunch(20+) of them just in the last month or so.
Yet, I'm not on the list here, makes me wonder who else might have been left out.

I think the number is not how many the poster received in the last month, but the number their specific post got.

 

[aart]

I think the number is not how many the poster received in the last month, but the number their specific post got.

Ahhh.....I wondered if I was missing something.
Sorry about that...

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Ugh, sorry my explanation wasn't clear!

@aart you've inspired me, so I'll work on writing the SQL query to pull up the peeps with the most informative reactions (per user) in the past 90 days.

 

[aart]

Ugh, sorry my explanation wasn't clear!

Oh, I think you were clear, I just didn't read it carefully enough,
both in your first post and the one that explained it again.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Important Reminder:

We understand that the idea of what kind of post is "Informative" is incredibly subjective. That being said, we're definitely seeing cases where some members are using this reaction in a way that our team has determined is not an appropriate application of the reaction.

It's important that our members use the "informative" reaction with a bit more mindfulness than they might with the other reactions. We want to be able to leverage the data we receive from the use of this reaction to identify truly helpful and "informative" posts... and unfortunately when this reaction is used improperly, it messes up our data.

Again, we know this can be pretty subjective, but our team believes there are some clear examples of when this reaction should and should not be used.

For Example:

"The correct dosage for that treatment is xyz."​

vs.​

"Ya, I agree!"​

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"Here is where I was able to find someone who hatches xyz breed: "​

vs​

"My favorite breed is a Buff Orp!"​

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"Here are instructions on how to tell the difference between x and y.........."​

vs.​

"Your post was really funny, LOL!"​

Over the last few months while the dust settled on this new reaction, we've been pretty forgiving as our peeps learned how to use it. Now that we've had it in place for a while, we're going to be a bit more strict on the usage, especially if we determine members are abusing the use of the reaction.

We don't want to be crazy reaction-police, but we also want our members to respect this new feature.

To that end, if our team notices that members are using the tool improperly, we'll send out a note to inform and remind them of appropriate usage (linking to this post). If after receiving that note, we see that the usage is still being abused, we may need to remove that person's own reaction points and/or their ability to use reactions. This is something we'd VERY much like to avoid, and hopefully y'all can help us by asking your friends to be mindful of their usage of the "informative" reaction.

Hopefully this helps everyone understand what we're trying to accomplish with this new reaction. We really appreciate those that are using it to help bubble-up truly "informative" posts!

 

[Laura_BelgianBantams_63]

Delicious data! Thank you so much!
It's good that you cleared things up! Thanks!