[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2114: Possible abuse on popular themes list based on active installs

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#2114: Possible abuse on popular themes list based on active installs
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 Reporter:  acosmin          |       Owner:
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  low              |   Milestone:
Component:  Theme Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close            |
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Comment (by MH Themes):

 Regarding the popular list issue like pointed out by @thinkupthemes in
 ticket #2840, wouldn't it already help if the time parameter in the
 algorithm would be adjusted? At the moment new themes will appear on the
 popular list after 2 weeks. You could for example adjust this to 3 months,
 that way it would be much harder to game the system because while it's
 quite easy to get 2-3k active installs, it's much harder to get 10-20k.

 Usually after 3 months most of the new themes with only 2-3k active
 installs rank already much lower because they fail to attract more users.
 So if you adjust the algorithm from 2 weeks to 3 months, that would
 possibly prevent new themes with only 2-3k active installs to appear in
 the top spots on the popular list right after release. If these themes
 really become popular and achieve 10-20k active installs or more, then
 they will rank accordingly anyway.

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