How often does "lurve" get updated?

If I’m not mistaken, you don’t get any points for merely answering a question. It has to be chosen as a “great answer” and then you get 5 points each time a member selects that option.

http://www.fluther.com/scorehelp/

How long that takes someone else can answer, but to me, it seems pretty fast.

In order to get points, members must mark your answers as great ones using the cute little link under each answer.

Ahah! That makes sense. Thanks.

Anecdotally speaking, I’ve noticed that my Lurve listing will update with all flagged GQs and GAs, as one would expect.

But…

My Lurve score will not increment if the GQ/GA is awarded while I’m viewing the page on which the GQ/GA exists.

I’ve reported this in Man o’ War already. And yet it continues. Of course, the Lurve score means little other than boosting my own ego… and so, it’s of minimal import. My ego needs no further assistance. :-D

@robmandu Is that even if you refresh? Do you mean it totally negates the scores given while you are on that page?

It never catches up. The points for that lurve is gone.

While it has the potential to limit score a little, it’s not a massive problem. The GA count and GQ count on the individual items remains correctly for each. In the end, that’s the most important feature (to my way of thinking) as it provides detail feedback in context about your input to the collective.

@robmandu
It’s true that we don’t update score totals in javascript (i.e., without refreshing), but upon refresh it should be exactly the same.

The situation you’re describing I think is actually is an anecdotal experience from another effect. We have certain hard caps for Lurve between users. If a user gives you many GAs or GQs within a specified amount of time, at some point they won’t add to your overall Lurve score. But it doesn’t matter if you’re viewing the question or not.

Hope that clears things up.

@Ben, for my latest question, I was monitoring the page when it was awarded its first GQ. My score before and after the GQ remained 1561. After refresh. In different browsers.

Then, whilst surfing elsewhere, a second GQ was awarded. Score upped to 1564. (And now a third GQ, up to 1567 now).

Again, the score only increases if I’m not on the page. And it’s the same for GAs, too.

Can likely test/prove it with you offline in Man o’ War, if you want.

(I’m a web-based app developer, too… and have experience with this kind of thing.)

It updates as soon as you do te following:

Get a great answer star (5 points)
Get a great question star (3 points)
Get online 2 days in a row (1 point)

BTW, @ben, I’d think that, since my Lurve listing is complete, it should be a simple matter for someone with access to the db to add all of those up and see if the total from there matches my published Lurve score..

Another way to ask is, how is the Lurve score actually calc’d? My guess, based on the behavior described, is that the grand total is stored as a standalone value, and a subroutine somewhere just adds (+1, +3, +5) to it on demand. Whatever fires that subroutine off needs to be looked at as it might not trigger properly if the intended recipient is viewing the page that displays the Lurved item at the time it’s tagged.

Of course, I have no idea whatsoever what you guys deal with… and like I said earlier, it’s no big deal to me, personally… so do whatever you gotta do. ;-)

And… it just happened again. Left the browser on this page and then my first quip above was just GA’d (confirmed by looking at its placement in my Lurve listing)... and my score remains 1567… not inc’d to 1572.

Writing this response in a different browser, started from scratch. It’s not a refresh issue.

[update]
Well, crud… now I just another GA from the Reese’s thread, which I was not viewing, and it showed up in my listing… but my score remains 1567. There might be a plethora of things going on. Or the Fluther dba’s are monkeying with my records.

So, the way I’ve understood it, it’s more a matter of who gives you a GA or GQ than when or where. If certain users have already given you x amount, any further lurve from that person won’t increase your score, but still show in the list…...yes?

Yah, that makes sense… except that, unless some multiple folks are stalking me, I don’t think it applies here. I got 6 Lurve hits today: 4 GQ’s for the Reese’s thing, 1 GA for this thread, and 1 for visiting back-to-back days.

(If my math and recollection is right then, my score should now be around 1578, but still only 1567 at this moment.)

One person cannot multiple GQ/GA a single item. So for that scenario then, like I said, would require multiple stalkers who’ve exceeded their respective caps over more than one day. I doubt it.

I haven’t tracked it closely, but I think on average my score goes up for every 3–4 hits I get.
And as for stalkers….I wouldn’t worry until you get PM’s saying “if I can’t have you, noone can”

@robmandu I’ll hang out in Man o’ War, where we can discuss this further:
https://fluther.campfirenow.com/61287