Add 'Solved' flag in 'Related Content'

[Andrew Neil]

When viewing a post, the forum gives 'Related Content' to the right:

It would be useful if this identified 'Solved' posts.

 

[Lina_DABASINSKAITE]

Hello @Andrew Neil , 

Let me check if this is something we can easily add or requires a more extensive customization. I will get back to you once I have an update. 

Regards,
Lina

[Andrew Neil]

Ha ha - I see someone's suggested that it should just be removed completely!

 

it was @waclawek.jan :

https://community.st.com/t5/feedback-forum/please-remove-related-content/td-p/647298

[Tesla DeLorean]

I do kind of like having this, not sure how good the heuristics are, but it helps to find other threads.

It shouldn't list the current threads, that's just circular, and makes no sense.

On mobile it's at the end of the page.

Needs up/down voting to improve relevance metrics to teach the algorithm. 

[waclawek.jan]

Hi @Tesla DeLorean ,

> it helps to find other threads

Does it?

I mean, did you, personally, ever found a related thread through that search?

> Needs up/down voting to improve relevance metrics to teach the algorithm.

That won't improve *mutual relevance* relationships.

JW

PS. Sorry for starting the somewhat duplicate thread.

[Andrew Neil]

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@waclawek.jan wrote:

did you, personally, ever found a related thread through that search?

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Yes.

Not often, but occasionally 

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@waclawek.jan wrote:

> Needs up/down voting to improve relevance metrics to teach the algorithm.

That won't improve *mutual relevance* relationships.

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Well, it could  (should?)

If a thread has been "down-voted", that should decrease its chance of appearing in the 'Related' list.

 

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PS. Sorry for starting the somewhat duplicate thread.

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No worries on that score - it's an entirely separate suggestion!

 

[waclawek.jan]

> I use Google mostly, but the quality of that is not nearly as good as it was two decades ago.

It started with altavista (remember that?) and perfect match with wildcards, exactly as we've been used to at the computers, whatever that meant back then.

When google kicked out the door, they dropped the wildcards, deliberately, citing severe search speed impact (I can imagine how and why it's true). However, that also lead to less hits for the marginally literate, so they made it "fuzzy" quite quickly.

Now the days of algorithmic search is long gone, I believe, it's more of a fishing in murky waters these days, occasionally throwing in bonus catches from the paying customers. Welcome to 21th century. We've got facebook, remember, instead of the Mars colonies.

However, returning to the original topic, I requested removing the "related content" exactly because it creates false hits when searching in google.

JW

[Andrew Neil]

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@waclawek.jan wrote:

altavista (remember that?) .

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Oh yes!

[Andrew Neil]

I note that "Solved:" now appears in the Chrome browser tab name for solved threads:

 

So can't the 'Related Content' also do that?

[Lina_DABASINSKAITE]

Hi @Andrew Neil,

I’m not sure I get it. Do you mean a word “Solved” appearing in front of the text? I used your screenshot to illustrate.

Let me know if you mean otherwise. 

BR,
Lina

[Andrew Neil]

Or the green tick - as in the main forum listings; eg,

And search results:

 

I think the green tick is preferable for consistency - also so people don't get the idea that they have to edit their post titles!

 

If it can be added in the main forum listings, and search results, and browser title - surely it could also be included in the 'Related Content' list?

[Andrew Neil]

Just seen this:

Excellent - thanks!

@Lina_DABASINSKAITE 

[Lina_DABASINSKAITE]

Yes, it's been pushed last week. Happy to hear you like it! 

[Andrew Neil]

Does "The Algorithm" used the 'solved' state in deciding what to promote as "related"?