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person/popular not returning expected results?
posted by Andrew SimardSTAFFMOD on March 27, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Been using the person/popular API endpoint for a long time, but at some point in the past few days, the most popular people being returned are perhaps not the most popular people on TMDB? Even the main TMDB website looks like a different set of folks than I might have expected, but different again than those returned by the API. Has the algorithm related to who is "popular" been changed?
Reply by Travis Bell
on March 27, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Hi @500Foods,
No, it hasn't changed, there was an issue running the popularity jobs last weekend which messed with the values. They'll slowly reset themselves over the next few days.
Reply by Andrew Simard
on March 27, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Perfect, thank you.
Reply by Paradox Apps
on April 1, 2024 at 5:49 PM
@travisbell It still looks like the issue is ongoing (which make some wonder if something or someone is trying to mess with the stats on purpose). But i just wanted to check in:
Thanks
Reply by Travis Bell
on April 1, 2024 at 6:01 PM
The popularity scores are building every day, it will take another week or so I am betting to equalize out.
Reply by Paradox Apps
on April 1, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Ok thanks. Would still love a way to filter that list if you know of one. I didn't see it on the roadmap but maybe i didn't know what to look for.
Reply by Travis Bell
on April 1, 2024 at 6:23 PM
There is no such filters (or planned filters) on people at this time.
Reply by fluxcapacitron
on April 1, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Glad to see this explanation and that it will resolve itself. I was wondering what happened!