Sounds a little like a cracked out superhero duo, huh?
Welcome to the first post of the Stormweight blog! Watch this space to learn about the exciting new developments taking place on Stormweight.
You’ll also notice a new feature when you manage your lists. You now have the option to expire rankings. When you select the checkbox next to the expire rankings options, two dropdowns appear allowing you to select a number and days, weeks, months, or years. We implemented this feature to keep rankings relevant even on lists where one or many users have stopped checking new ideas and revising their rankings. Now, list editors can decide how often list participants need to check in to keep rankings relevant.
If a user doesn’t check in on a list and revise their rankings for a period of time specified by the editor, their my rankings column is cleared and they no longer have weight in group rankings. As soon as that user logs back onto the list and makes new rankings, they influence group rankings again. If you’re on a list with an expiry period, but don’t feel that any of the new ideas merit revised rankings, you can always reorder a ranked idea and then switch it back immediately. Even the smallest change registers as activity and will keep your rankings from being dropped. May be a small pain, yes, but we think the situation where this is necessary should arise but rarely on a healthy, thriving list, and the ability to expire rankings should encourage healthy lists.