I would like to be able to view a sorted list of cubes based on some "trend score" calculated over some "rolling period".
The "trend score" here can be defined in a few ways, but the option that seems to most attractive to me is as a percentage of the number of followers gained since the start of the 'rolling period'. As an example, a cube that started the "rolling period" with 100 followers and gained 5 since would have a trend score of 5%. A cube that started with 10 and gained 1 since would have a trend score of 10%.
The "rolling period" would be some period of time defined as the last X days/weeks/months. This could either be a single fixed-option, or a (bounded) input in the UI/API. If this is to be a single fixed-option, one week, two weeks, or one month all seem like reasonable options
This sorted trending listing could appear on either:
the /explore page along with the "Featured", "Popular", "Recently Updated" and "Recently Drafted" listings
the /search page as a new "Sorted by: Trending" option
a new page dedicated to viewing trending cubes
Describe how you would use the feature
I would use this feature to discover cubes that are quickly gathering interest (at least, relative to the interest they already had). With CubeCobra's current feature set, it is hard to discover new cubes that aren't featured and don't have a large number of followers. Looking at some of the existing listings on the /explore page as an example:
"Featured" being a reward for subscriber's makes sense, and it is a good way to discover new cubes, but it serves as a stronger indicator of "designer investment" rather than "player investment"
"Popular" is dominated by a small number of well-known cubes and the rankings rarely change relative to each other. The rich get richer, so to speak.
"Recently Updated" is, similar to "Featured", a stronger indicator of designer activity than player activity
"Recently Drafted" is a solid indicator of player activity, but it can be dominated by the "Popular" and "Featured" cubes as they are more visible
I think a "Trending" cube listing could serve as a good complement to these. It would allow fun/interesting cubes that are too niche/new to be surfaced, and contribute to a more diverse cube ecosystem.
Additional context
First, I am willing to work on this myself. This will almost certainly require a new DynamoDB index to be created, but it doesn't seem like those are managed within this repository. I figured I would start the conversation with this issue.
Second, I could understand not wanting to pursue this if there are concerns it will cannibalize the monetization of "Featured" cubes. I predict that "Trending" cubes would only rarely overlap with "Featured" cubes, and that invested supporters would continue to support regardless. It is hard to say definitively.
Thank you for reading this far, and for all the hard work on CubeCobra!
What would you like to be able to do?
I would like to be able to view a sorted list of cubes based on some "trend score" calculated over some "rolling period".
The "trend score" here can be defined in a few ways, but the option that seems to most attractive to me is
as a percentage of the number of followers gained since the start of the 'rolling period'. As an example, a cube that started the "rolling period" with 100 followers and gained 5 since would have a trend score of 5%. A cube that started with 10 and gained 1 since would have a trend score of 10%.The "rolling period" would be some period of time defined as the last
Xdays/weeks/months. This could either be a single fixed-option, or a (bounded) input in the UI/API. If this is to be a single fixed-option,one week,two weeks, orone monthall seem like reasonable optionsThis sorted trending listing could appear on either:
/explorepage along with the "Featured", "Popular", "Recently Updated" and "Recently Drafted" listings/searchpage as a new "Sorted by: Trending" optionDescribe how you would use the feature
I would use this feature to discover cubes that are quickly gathering interest (at least, relative to the interest they already had). With CubeCobra's current feature set, it is hard to discover new cubes that aren't featured and don't have a large number of followers. Looking at some of the existing listings on the
/explorepage as an example:I think a "Trending" cube listing could serve as a good complement to these. It would allow fun/interesting cubes that are too niche/new to be surfaced, and contribute to a more diverse cube ecosystem.
Additional context
First, I am willing to work on this myself. This will almost certainly require a new DynamoDB index to be created, but it doesn't seem like those are managed within this repository. I figured I would start the conversation with this issue.
Second, I could understand not wanting to pursue this if there are concerns it will cannibalize the monetization of "Featured" cubes. I predict that "Trending" cubes would only rarely overlap with "Featured" cubes, and that invested supporters would continue to support regardless. It is hard to say definitively.
Thank you for reading this far, and for all the hard work on CubeCobra!