What is the criteria for being promoted to the front page?

I always presumed that you only needed three or four votes to get promoted to the front page. I mean Listal is a relatively small community isn't it? Sometimes the front page hardly changes at all which I'm guessing is either a bug in the system or the likely hood that nobody is really voting. It seems to me Listal has a lot of casual users who maybe create a profile stick around for a while and then never use the site again and a tiny minority of hardcore users.There was a reason it became pretty obvious when certain people used fake profiles to vote for themselves, it's because getting a vast amount of votes is actually pretty rare. Iv'e been using the site for over two years now (Yeah I had an old account; Orpheus.). I agree with JohanleFourbe as regards to not changing the way lists are promoted. After all we have had this argument a while back you know, and this site really isn't/shouldn't be a competition.

...Well one things to be sure, Onion Jack is going to give his opinion that's to be sure. His opinion on absolutely EVERY topic on the forum. Got a problem? Just call Onion Jack, hell he's better than all Moderator's. Hell why do we even bother with Mod's we've got Onion Jack. You know for somebody who's been using the site for a few months you've certainly made your presence felt and I'll tell you know I'm not the only person you're beginning to tick off.

You've been rattling a few cages for a while now. You're just so utterly full of yourself you weren't aware of it. Nice day to you too.

@Onion Jack

If was the sheer arrogance to say:

"It should just be set and left alone... every ten votes means promotion.
Simple, clear and consistent." that got under my skin so much. Trust me, if ten votes were the requisite the front page would be stagnant for some time. Thus only a few lists would dominate the front page, which would undermine the rest of the community and alienate newcomers to the site. Most lists build up over a period of months (sometimes years)

@Anautix

The fact that it takes so few votes to make the front page gives you the impression that the community (or more to the point the amount of users using the site at one time) is much bigger than it really is. Trust me if it took ten votes to be promoted you would definitely notice the difference.

I totally agree with Onion Jack that the site should be about:

a) interest in a subject.
b) interest in learning about a subject.

And the reasons the site shouldn't be a competition is because it becomes about:
a) The lowest common denominator (I.E Endless lists of Porn babes etc, something the sites recently been trying to eradicate).
b) Users creating fake accounts to vote for themselves (something that has plagued the site)

Hey Johanlefourbe yeah it's me lol:)

Yeah I overreacted and I apologize to Onion Jack. But I still stand by my points I made that 10 votes to make the front page would be absurd. Iv'e been off and on the site for over two years and I can't remember it ever being the case that ten votes promoted a list to the front. You've been here way longer than that so you'd know, was that ever the case?

I guess what i'm trying to say is if y'all don't care whether your lists are promoted to the front page why make the point in the first place? Surely the way it is it's actually a lot fairer regarding a larger percentage of the community getting to the front page, whether they newcomer, casual user or hardcore Listal nerd. Sure some of those lists may be of a poor quality or whatever but that's a matter of taste after all and ones things to be sure what with the speedy fluctuation of the front page constantly changing means it would soon be replaced. My problem is that very good point you made: It would discourage newcomers and casual users and it would encourage competition thus detracting from simple enjoyment of the site in which to share and explore interests in film, video games, fashion, art etc. That's what Listal means to me and the push for it be too much of a competition (as is what happened when the whole fake accounts fiasco happened) is something that would undermine the site. Just My opinion, but there you go:)

Do item counts make a difference for promotion? Yesterday or day before that, there was a promoted list with 5 items (www.listal.com/list/cities-i-want-to-visit). And I recall seeing a promoted one with 3 items about a month ago. It didn't seem rational for that to be promoted (unless the subject of the list itself lends to a very narrow set of items in the 1st place).