[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2686: Plugin search should also take into account the number of ratings

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#2686: Plugin search should also take into account the number of ratings
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 Reporter:  bfintal           |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Plugin Directory v3 - Future
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by gibrown):

 Ah ya an example doc would probably help.

 Here is Jetpack:
 https://gist.github.com/gibrown/f236af8a1e5365f7c8493ad601d25b74

 And here are the mappings for the index:
 https://gist.github.com/gibrown/49262d39edb5ce7936fc001990ece560

 At a quick glance, my main concern is that having a fixed number as a
 filter creates a step function and I think that in general we'd do better
 to have smooth functions in how we rank things. So I'd rather have a decay
 for small numbers of ratings.

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