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Front page: what are the numbers on tags and how are avatars selected?
 
   
  
 
 
I noticed couple of strange bugs in the content of the (right hand side of) front-page of askbot installations :
 
     
  • The numbers next to the tags are wrong. For example, 'askbot' tag shows 4. When I click on the tag there are actually 87 questions with 'askbot' tag.
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  • How is the contributors listed on the left side ? Are they the recent contributors ? On my site, it shows only 6 contributors when there are actually 10 contributors.
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Edited the title, b/c it was not very meaningful. Also it's better when titles more or less sound like questions.
 
 
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The contributors and tags are shown for the currently selected questions, not for all questions.
 
So the numbers next to the tags are - how many times those tags were used in the questions matching the current selection constrained by tags, search query or what we call "scope" (all/unanswered/followed).
 
 
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So they are shown only w.r.t the 30 questions shown on the front page ?
 
 
 kintali's avatar kintali (12 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
It should be for current matching selection. Effectively every time content you see is essentially result of search, constrained by any parameters - like tags, query string or scope (all/unanswered/followed).
 
 
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So - to be honest I don't even care about those numbers. If we remove them, then there will be less db activity and display will be simpler and there will be less confusion.
 
 
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Yes. I am planning to remove them on my site.
 
 
 kintali's avatar kintali (12 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
Yes, less clutter is good.
 
 
 jimt's avatar jimt (12 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
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