Comparison

There are several methods to compute a weight for the members of a community. All these methods are interesting but they are all limited.

Some methods are based on the web sites' audience, others on the number of links.

Only the Alenty degree use all the available information!

Information	Comment	Alenty degrees	Forums	Technorati, Feedburner...	Venyo, Spotback...
Links	Articles writen "about of"	X		X
Audience (number of readers)	does not take into account the quality of the readers	X		X
Writing (number of contributions)	Gives more exposure to the old members, not the most relevant ones	X	X
Grades (stars...)	Take only into account these who make the effort of voting	X			X
Weight of the other members	My weight depends on the weight of the ones I read, who read me, who give grades to my articles....	X
Passive members	99% of members are only reading	X		X

Read also these articles (in french) in Alenty's blog:

• http://www.alenty.com/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/LaPertinenceLesContributions
• http://www.alenty.com/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/LaPertinenceLAudience
• http://www.alenty.com/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/LaPertinenceLesVotes