From 52b201ff87ecd663cb136e682a966d49aa4f8747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ajay Ramachandran <dev@ajay.app>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 21:43:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Change to vary boost by votes

---
 src/routes/getSkipSegments.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/routes/getSkipSegments.ts b/src/routes/getSkipSegments.ts
index 5e15b1a..04600dd 100644
--- a/src/routes/getSkipSegments.ts
+++ b/src/routes/getSkipSegments.ts
@@ -169,9 +169,11 @@ function getWeightedRandomChoice<T extends VotableObject>(choices: T[], amountOf
     //assign a weight to each choice
     let totalWeight = 0;
     let choicesWithWeights: TWithWeight[] = choices.map(choice => {
+        const boost = Math.min(choice.reputation, Math.max(0, choice.votes * 2));
+
         //The 3 makes -2 the minimum votes before being ignored completely
         //this can be changed if this system increases in popularity.
-        const weight = Math.exp((choice.votes + 3 + choice.reputation));
+        const weight = Math.exp(choice.votes * Math.min(1, choice.reputation + 1) + 3 + boost);
         totalWeight += weight;
 
         return {...choice, weight};