Comments on: Threadless Numbers #1: Is it possible to predict how well a design submitted to Threadless will score? http://blog.fantasticbonanza.com/2007/07/16/threadless-numbers-1/ We Blog Indie T-Shirts Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:09:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Joe http://blog.fantasticbonanza.com/2007/07/16/threadless-numbers-1/#comment-16397 Joe Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:42:48 +0000 http://blog.fantasticbonanza.com/2007/07/16/threadless-numbers-1/#comment-16397 I'm glad you like it, Joe! I made this graph just for you: <a href='http://blog.fantasticbonanza.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/graph-for-joe.gif' title='Graph for Joe' rel="nofollow"><img src='http://blog.fantasticbonanza.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/graph-for-joe.thumbnail.gif' alt='Graph for Joe' /></a> It's not very good because I made it very quickly, but the x-axis is (number of comments received)/(total number of scores received) and the y-axis is the final average score. I don't completely understand how designs could be scored significantly less than others within the same period of time (except for people skipping them or for people driving traffic to their own submissions, but I'm skeptical that either of these could have a huge influence...), yet it certainly happens. Any insights? I’m glad you like it, Joe! I made this graph just for you: Graph for Joe

It’s not very good because I made it very quickly, but the x-axis is (number of comments received)/(total number of scores received) and the y-axis is the final average score.

I don’t completely understand how designs could be scored significantly less than others within the same period of time (except for people skipping them or for people driving traffic to their own submissions, but I’m skeptical that either of these could have a huge influence…), yet it certainly happens. Any insights?

]]> By: JoeMonster http://blog.fantasticbonanza.com/2007/07/16/threadless-numbers-1/#comment-16373 JoeMonster Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:59:41 +0000 http://blog.fantasticbonanza.com/2007/07/16/threadless-numbers-1/#comment-16373 Great work! I've been submitting to Threadless for a while and though I do agree with you the number of comments do suggest whether a design is going to do well or not, I think it might be interesting to also compare that to the number of people scored. Another interesting thing I noticed is that if there's close to zero comments on a design during the first two days of submission, or there are fewer people scoring it within the same period of time (you can do a quick comparision with other submissions sent in around the same time), there is a great chance that it will be dropped early. Great work! I’ve been submitting to Threadless for a while and though I do agree with you the number of comments do suggest whether a design is going to do well or not, I think it might be interesting to also compare that to the number of people scored.

Another interesting thing I noticed is that if there’s close to zero comments on a design during the first two days of submission, or there are fewer people scoring it within the same period of time (you can do a quick comparision with other submissions sent in around the same time), there is a great chance that it will be dropped early.

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