I once read a book about a couple of autograph hounds who ranked celebrities by their willingness to meet with fans and sign autographs. If this system were ported to the web and opened to the public, allowing anyone who's had contact with a celebrity to rank their experience, how could you validate that the encounter actually happened? [more inside]
posted by bjork24 on Dec 24, 2007 - 5 answers

In a ranking system, when you have multiple items with similar rankings, how can you give more weight to those with the most votes? [more inside]
posted by bjork24 on Nov 18, 2006 - 14 answers