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Old 04-19-2006, 11:56 AM   #16
Gromble
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Ok, I hear what you're saying. But there is a disservice being done to new members of the MUD community that I think is worth addressing.

These lists are being pawned off as "Top 10", which carries the connotation of popular high quality MUDs, when they're really just a measure of traffic as Matt put it - with some MUDs putting in more effort to mobilize their player base than others. At a minimum, some kind of disclaimer should be attached.

So, is there a another means of measuring popularity (which typically implies high quality)?  With music you can simply look at sales figures, so is there something analogous that can be used for MUDs?

One possibility (frought with issues) is periodic automated polling of active users (e.g. login and do a "who").  Any other ideas?
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