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What Does the "Popular" Sort Method Do?

When you click explore or a tag or somethnig and a list of Instructables shows up and there's the option to sort by "Popular". Lol. I'm confused.

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mikeasaurus says: Jul 18, 2012. 1:27 PM
The POPULAR tag is triggered when a project receives a certain amount of hits in one day. Some projects hit that mark soon after publishing, others spike months later when they are picked up by a blog or other party that refers hits to it.

Think of it as one way to reference how much traffic a project gets. However it's by no means the only way as many VERY successful projects have a "long tail" and preform well over years, and may never hit the 'popular' trigger of so many hits in a 24 hour period.
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canucksgirl says: Jul 18, 2012. 7:02 AM
I'm reviving this topic because I can't figure out what stats determine the order of my Instructables on my profile page, when I sort them by "popular".

The one that appears in the first spot (presumably the most popular), has been there for quite some time now (weeks). It is not my most recent Instructable. Its not the most viewed (today or all time), and its neither the highest rated or the most commented on....

So could somebody please tell me what sorting my ibles by "popular" is doing?
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Kiteman says: Jul 18, 2012. 9:46 AM
Popular used to be a measure of very recent views and frequency of comments.

What it means now, I have no idea.
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canucksgirl says: Jul 18, 2012. 10:05 AM
That's not good (imo). I have on many occasions looked at other members Instructables and sorted them by "popular", thinking that I was in fact viewing that members most popular projects... 

If its not representing the word "popular" then (imo), it should be removed or replaced since that option is on our NEW Profile Pages and seems a little misleading...

Could you move this topic to Feedback or something?

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Kiteman says: Jul 18, 2012. 10:53 AM
Your wish...
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canucksgirl says: Jul 18, 2012. 11:07 AM
Thank you.
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StumpChunkman says: Jul 18, 2012. 1:31 PM
Forwarded to our coders.
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caitlinsdad says: Jul 18, 2012. 3:24 PM
Is reference to "codemonkeys" no longer popular?
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StumpChunkman says: Jul 18, 2012. 4:02 PM
I really like that phrase, and wish I could be considered a "code monkey." The problem is I don't want to equate our team of developers to monkeys banging on a keyboard. While they may not mind, it's not a liberty I really want to take. They do a TON of stuff on this site, and I really don't want to undermine that aspect when I refer to them. I really don't like calling them coders either, but I don't think as many people will follow what I mean when I say "Developers."
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caitlinsdad says: Jul 18, 2012. 4:08 PM
How about "toners"?
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StumpChunkman says: Jul 18, 2012. 4:15 PM
I think that might possibly make even less sense.
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caitlinsdad says: Jul 18, 2012. 4:20 PM
btw, is Rachel still there as chief domain mistress?
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StumpChunkman says: Jul 18, 2012. 4:51 PM
Nope. And she's been relegated to the Squid Labs Community on the About page.
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trebuchet03 says: Jun 9, 2007. 6:57 PM
Tell me what you think it should do -- what you want it to do ;) We're listening :)
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Tool Using Animal says: Jun 10, 2007. 7:20 AM
Well, right now, i think it's perfect just the way it is. ;-)
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Tool Using Animal says: Jun 9, 2007. 6:15 PM
it's a list of the most visited in the last x but I don't know what x is.
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Aeshir (author) says: Jun 9, 2007. 7:18 PM
Probably just today.
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