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ttadej
Advisor
7 years ago

Difference between popularity and kudos.sum(weight) API v2 sort

I'm curious what the difference is between the API v2 messages sort when using 'popularity' vs 'kudos.sum(weight)'. The docs say that 'popularity' is based on kudos, so are those two sorts the same o...
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TariqHussain
Boss
7 years ago

ttadej - Popularity does work with the time period.  e.g 

 

Message A has 20 kudos in 1 week 

Message B has 15 kudos in 2 days. 

 

Message B will always have more popularity than message A.  There could be multiple criteria for this(example) which lithium support can answer. 

 

 

  • ttadej's avatar
    ttadej
    Advisor
    7 years ago
    That is interesting and I will have to ask Lithium. I've also noticed that DESC and ASC return the same results and if you make the call multiple times you will get different results that toggle back and forth.
    • VikasB's avatar
      VikasB
      Boss
      7 years ago

      ttadej  That seems your instance-specific issue.  It works fine in our instance.  Definitely, you should reach out to support.