On 11/7/08, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
Or just randomly display one? (Can be done via JS, so no caching interaction)
What would be shown for those not using javascript? Hopefully not a blank space :-)
I guess the sensible default would have to be both articles but with shorter excerpts so they don't stretch the layout too much.
Every 12 hours would mean that some geographies would mostly see one, others the other. I don't think that is desirable.
If we are gaining more featured articles than days I think the best solution would be to continue related articles to feature together. I think the novelty of this model would create enough targeted motivation to improve certain articles where a natural rivalry or yin-and-yang perception exists, even if it stems from an elaborate inside joke (examples upon request).
This would at least avoid over-depleting the surplus with no rhyme or reason (by featuring two every day with no commonality at all).
—C.W.