Character count and thread depth (number of replies deep threads go) are interesting, while imperfect.
A language model could rate discussion quality.
User surveys…
Hard to think of anything perfect.
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twilightwolf90@lemmy.world 6 months agoHow about a ratio of post upvotes to avg upvotes per post in a community? At least upvotes somewhat correlate with post quality.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
I like this, but I think that upvotes correspond to things people enjoy, which may or may not be of high quality. I.e., shitposting subs would probably be rated “high quality”.
Also, as stated, that means we have to sum over the entire time history of the community. We would probably want to limit the time history of what is summed over, subject to a maximum for subs with high post counts (like the shitposting subs.
IMO it’s a great suggestion, but I think it needs to be part of a weighted combination of factors.