Do you keep lists of your favorite things, such as movies, books, recipes, or music albums? You might keep list(s) that looks like this:

  • Network (1976)
  • Lone Star (1996)
  • Devils (1971)
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
  • Many more films

But how do you rank these?

You might be tempted to order them by preference, but this could quickly get overwhelming for long lists.

A much easier method is to use pairwise comparisons, which shows you single head-to-head pairs, and has you choose which one you like best.

After doing a small number of these matchups, Rank-My-Favs can confidently create a ranked list for you.

Under the hood, Rank-My-Favs uses the advanced Glicko rating system, to determine how many matches are necessary, and for ranking.

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  • @emb
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    74 months ago

    That’s fun! It’s silly, but I do enjoy thinking about what my favorite thing in xyz category is and jotting them down, from time to time.

    Would be cool if this included some pre-populated sample lists out of the box. Love that the import option is readily available though.

    Also, mild inconcevenice - after I view a list, rank some things, maybe repeat a few times, pressing back takes me from list, to rank, etc, when I want it to go back to all lists page. If that makes sense.

    • @emb
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      14 months ago

      Another would-be-nice - a button to sort the list alphabetically, so I can see what’s already on it.

      • DessalinesOP
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        24 months ago

        There’s a search button that would probably serve that purpose, but you could open up an issue on the github for it.

        • @emb
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          24 months ago

          Is there? I might be blind, or the F-droid version might be behind. Either way, not a big deal, but I don’t see it.

            • @emb
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              4 months ago

              Thanks for updating it! Newer version is all around much better.

              Only nitpicky wishlist item I have left is for an undo button on the match screen. (Though it’s not really needed since you can reset an item’s stats.)

              • DessalinesOP
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                14 months ago

                Another thing you can do now (probably even better than clearing stats), is go to that item, and force-train it a bunch more. The rating algorithm in use is the same one they use for chess matches, so it can handle a “loss” or a “misclick” by doing more matches eventually beating the old one.

  • @[email protected]
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    24 months ago

    Thanks for making this. I love it. Idk if this is the right method but whenever I’m conflicted with multiple things, i instantly rank them to get which one to start first.

    • DessalinesOP
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      14 months ago

      No probs! Ya I’ve noticed it can help even for small things.