affected page: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/recommended.php

Currently this list is for me empty (strictly speaking it contains two locked threads that can not be rated).

My guess is that it caused by generation mechanism ("Based off the 50 users most like you.") selecting only users without stories new for me.

I am certain that there are still unrated stories rated by users that are quite like me (for some time I had more locked threads).

I see some ways to solve this problem (it assumes that my guess is correct)

1. It is a feature, not a bug and it is supposed to work this way (though I hope that I will be able to use this awesome feature)
2. Increase number of users to generate list (though it would increase server load and generation time)
3. Increase number of users to generate list, only for accounts that receive list that is empty/only with locked threads (may be more complex to do it properly)
4. Discard similar users that add no unlocked threads (should be done carefully to avoid DDoS, may be complex to do it properly)
5. Publish dataset of stories and story ratings, what would allow me to make clone of the tool that would work properly (publication of this data [even anonymized] may be violation of users' privacy, generating it may be more complex than properly fixing problem)

Ad (2), (3) and (4) - is software used to run this site published as open source? Especially part used to generate suggested stories?

 

There's an open source API for the Library which includes story ratings.

 

Thanks! I hope that it allows to query individual ratings, not only aggregated scores.

 

Dig into it and have a look.