Curious ...

February11

I was just looking in the "best of" section and was curious to know what that area is meant to be, as I noticed virtually every thread dates back to 2015?

I've been there before, but hadn't noticed the dates.

filipomel

This is a foreign section to me, one that I have never even heard of until now.

February11

@filipomel have you had a look at it?

If not, at the top of the forum there's - Categories - Discussions - Activity - Best Of...

Kathykins

It might be posts with lots of likes/awesomes/insightful, from what I can tell. Not sure if the posts have also been "promoted", which I think the moderators/EA/Maxis staff can do.

greenXen

"Best Of" is supposed to be what it sounds like, but I think their algorithm for determining what posts are highlighted is way off. For example, it doesn't pay much attention to the date so many old posts get put up there way more than they should. It's not just for promoted items. The wonkiness of the "Best Of" page was a big reason it was so nice to have @EA_Mage's human-selected Friday highlights.

You can read more here.

February11

Thank you both for that. That link was helpful. I just couldn't understand why most of them dated back to 2015 when there are ruled about reviving threads beyond a certain date.

simgirl1010

If someone goes back and 'likes' a post that initially received a lot of likes that thread will usually pop back up in the 'best of' category. Hopefully @EA_Tom will surprise us with a highlight thread on Friday.

February11

simgirl1010 wrote: »

If someone goes back and 'likes' a post that initially received a lot of likes that thread will usually pop back up in the 'best of' category. Hopefully @EA_Tom will surprise us with a highlight thread on Friday.

Oiay, that make it more clearer now. Thanks.