Hubscore Experiment

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   Rupert Taylorposted 3 years ago

   It's often been suggested that one of the factors involved in one's personal HubScore is engagement in the community. So, I tested the theory.
   
   Over a period of four weeks I responded to 132 submissions from hopeful contributors most of whom had no clue what HubPages is about. In the normal course, I would not offer advice in these situations but my experiment demanded that I did.
   
   When I started, my Hubscore was 98/99. After a month of forum engagement my Hubscore had dropped to 95/96. I know correlation is not causality - but still.

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      bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Mine coasts in the 92-97 range. Not sure what causes the ride. A couple of years back I even made 100 a few times. I thought engagement was a factor  too, but I see my score dip a hair when I've been active in the forums, commented on artiles, or shortly after posting (which I haven't done in a while). There really doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to the Hub Score.

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      tsmogposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      A great experiment and fun one at that, yet a downward trend follows the rules of entropy. Entropy basically says an ordered state will gradually decline to a disordered state. In other words a higher score will drop to what may seem as equilibrium, yet very slowly will continue to decline without new energy. In other words it is harder to go up than down.
      
      So, you would have to overcome that first. That occurs when you put new energy into the existing entropy. Remember HubPages and its algorithm is the initial entropy and anything you do is the new energy, yet you can add more energy than another form. However, we all know that HubScore and HubberScore has nothing to do with traffic regulating our earnings.
      
      Anyway, Here is what the FAQ says about how to improve HubScore and Hubber Score while they stated it always fluctuates and don't worry about them.
      
      
      ** Regularly publish high-quality articles
      ** Be active and contribute to the HubPages community in a positive way
      ** Avoid publishing a large number of articles all at once (even if they were just drafted elsewhere ahead of time and are already of good standing)
      ** Avoid following large numbers of Hubbers over a short period of time and following Hubbers of dubious merit. You should only follow people who you have a genuine interest in keeping up with.
      
      Then a little later in the FAQ for Hubber Score or collective score there guideline is:
      
      ** HubScores - the collective HubScores of your articles
      ** Passing the Quality Assessment Process - how successful your articles have been at passing the Quality Assessment Process
      ** HubPages Network Sites - how often your articles have been chosen for HubPages Network Sites
      ** Publishing articles - how often you actively publish new articles.
      
      Consider that a prioritized list just for giggles. Notice interactions with the community is not there, yet is in conflict with how they say to raise Hubber Score. So, flip a coin. Thus I would say it closer to nil than anything.
      
      My experiment on Hubber Score began back about 2016 when I deleted 200+ articles to five as they drew no traffic on the web. I wouldn't recommend that approach to anyone as it was my experiment. Then I published poems until I reached 31 articles today the last published 2017 and last update 2019. My score was always in the upper 80's sometimes breaching 90 upward to 92.Since deleting articles and not adding any new energy other than an occassional comment at an article or forum post my HubberScore dropped to 80 around 2018 and has hoovered there since.
      
      Soon, my next experiment will be adding greater energy with publishing articles, though I know poems are usually in the mid 60 range or less. The simple rule of averages comes into play in my view as the greatest energy would be seen with measurement of article score average and impacting the Hubberscore soonest. So, poems pretty much would lower my HubberScore. Alas, an information article is the solution.
      
      How to do that is by reading the FAQ and begin a learning adventure at the Learning Center
      
      Rupert, my humblest apology for hijacking your thread, yet I saw opportunity. The bit on entropy was meant to be a little humorous, yet food for thought. Again, my apologies.

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         Rupert Taylorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Tim. No apologies are necessary as I had already hijacked my own thread by introducing the nonsense about socks and Tupperware lids.

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            tsmogposted 3 years agoin reply to this

            Socks I am familiar with, yet have no Tupperware, so I will have to think about what science would aptly explain it. Maybe black holes will work for now and the dryer is the black hole. hmmmm . . .
            
            I hope some do wander and read the contribution and read the the recommendations for a magnificent journey at HP. BTW . . . for your experiment I noticed through my feed you published several articles over that period that I read, though did not add any energy to entropy

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   Rupert Taylorposted 3 years ago

   I've known for a long time there's no point to the Hubscore; I'm fairly sure that even HubPages doesn't know how it's calculated.
   
   I just wanted to test one hypothesis in my totally unscientific way.
   
   My next project is to discover why socks and Tupperware lids vanish without a trace. I've heard that the socks turn into lids that fit none of the containers you have. I wonder if I could get a research grant.

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      bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Ha ha! Can't wait to see what you come up with, Rupert. Both are conundrums that have nagged at me all my adult life!

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         Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Hey Rupert, did I heard you right? You test the waters for over a month but no more?                                           While  I'm on the same research for 13 months. I hope to end on the 24th month and draw conclusions.                                        Before I begin engaged in the community my hubscore was 85. Thereafter, it nose dive to 43/42.                                            Agreed that Hubpages staff don't know the computation. Nor is your Rutabagas influencing the fluctuations. But wait till I'm done with my research. Thanks.

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   Misbah786posted 3 years ago

   It's all a mystery to me. My scores fluctuate like a fuse bulb. I'm hoping it will reach at least 90 someday.... Lol

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   Kenna McHughposted 3 years ago

   I do see some writers constantly in the forums, moderately automatic. I wonder if they see it as a benefit than others do. Also, I see writers with huge numbers who never post on the forum. BTW: Sock and Tupperware lid disappearances can only be resolved by Inductive Logic.

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   Jodahposted 3 years ago

   I can relate to the sock and Tupperware problem (and there is no rhyme or reason to scores). People have started to look at me funny because I have started wearing a tupperware lid on one foot and a sock on the other..but what choice do I have?

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      bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Hilarious, John! If you put the Tupperware lid in the microwave long enough, it just may distort itself enough to fit your foot! You know, the one with the missing sock.

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      Kenna McHughposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Jodah wears a Tupperware lid on his foot.
      Jodah is an HP writer.
      All HP writers wear a Tupperware lid on one foot.

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         bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         That's funny, Kenna. However, any non-English speaking folks reading this thread might garner a misconception about the assumption. LOL Of course, they probably wouldn't get the humor in your comment, either. :-)

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   Jodahposted 3 years ago

   Lol funny.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 3 years ago

   Do you mean author score? HubScore is the individual grade that each article has. But I believe you're talking about the number associated with your profile/account?
   
   I'm glad that you're going to stop engaging with the crap in the forums. Better to let that stuff drop down and out imho.

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   Rada4Healthposted 3 years ago

   I believe Author Score depends on how much articles you have on Network Sites. Also, scores of your articles should be 80+.

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