Phirate - Popularity

1/12/08 08:20

As others have said, your popularity is your popularity among Entrecard users, not the public at large. Most of those who are now in the top 3 in the popular categories have been relatively aggressive both at getting their readers on-board, and heavily active within the community itself - both actions which lead to more drops and thus an increase in their drop rating/popularity.

To be quite honest, at the moment I believe "chain droppers" are disproportionately represented in the popularity statistics. If you end up on their drop list you're basically guaranteed a drop a day. As the site matures this is likely to level out as users move from their initial addiction to a more sustainable level of interaction and larger numbers of users bring it more in line with "the public".

But that said, it is likely to always be true that those who interact heavily on Entrecard will see the most gains from it. It's not necessary to do so, merely being present appears to convey a reasonable benefit, but you do get what you put in.