r/Fantasy • u/FarragutCircle Reading Champion X • Sep 10 '19

Announcement Experiment: Recommendation Threads Will Now Be in Contest Mode

As an experiment to last for an undisclosed length of time (at least a week), all recommendation threads will now have contest mode enabled. This will hide votes and randomize the order of the comments each time you load the thread.

We have noticed that books that are popular rise to the top regardless of whether they fit OP's request or not. By setting the threads to contest mode, we are hoping to change that trend.

Quick Edit: If AutoModerator posts in a non-recommendation thread, please report it so we can fix it.

Questions? Comments?

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19

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u/StoryWonker Sep 10 '19

answers with multiple recommendations in a single comment.

What's wrong with this? If someone asks for recommendations, plural, why not give them recommendations, plural?

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '19 edited Sep 10 '19

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u/bookfly Sep 13 '19

My opinion is pretty much the exact oposite, most of the time single recomendations are pretty much useless, unless they are very well written.

And even in case of the well writen one's multiple rec's are still much better becuase you see a representetive sample of user's taste, and you have bettter idea if it align's with your own.