[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] benkxda:
Poll results: How often should this thread be updated?

Hello everyone. Here are the results of the last poll.

Thank you for vote and a very grand active participation. I didn't ever think about so many responses.

I was using a poll in my three main indexes, for the Google Nexus 5, the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE and the Samsung (Google) Galaxy Nexus, always with the same questions and answers. As expected, the Nexus 5 got the most votes (215), followed by the Galaxy Nexus (121) and the last one was the S3 LTE (81). So no surprising news. But I wanted to see, what the XDA members expect from an index. And here comes the surprise.

It doesn't matter if the device was released in November 2011, September 2012 or November 2013 - the average user of all three devices expects the same update frequency. To be very correct, the users of the oldest one expect a slightly higher update frequency, lowering towards the newest one.

I used a very simple algorithm to find out, that the average user expects an update twice a week. Every choice got points:

20 points for updating once within two weeks -> very low update frequency

40 points for updating once a week -> low update frequency

60 points for updating twice a week -> medium update frequency

80 points for updating three times a week -> high update frequency

100 points for updating even more often -> very high update frequency

Check out the graphics below.

Google Nexus 5 (215 votes, average: 60 points)

Representing 215 votes, diagram scaling up to 250 users

16 votes for once within two weeks (20 points)

91 votes for once a week (40 points)

33 votes for twice a week (60 points)

25 votes for three times a week (80 points)

50 votes for even more often (100 points)

Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE (81 votes, average: 61 points)

Representing 81 votes, diagram scaling up to 100 users

3 votes for once within two weeks (20 points)

33 votes for once a week (40 points)

19 votes for twice a week (60 points)

9 votes for three times a week (80 points)

17 votes for even more often (100 points)

Samsung (Google) Galaxy Nexus (121 votes, average: 62 points)

Representing 121 votes, diagram scaling up to 150 users

11 votes for once within two weeks (20 points)

48 votes for once a week (40 points)

14 votes for twice a week (60 points)

14 votes for three times a week (80 points)

34 votes for even more often (100 points)

Frankly, I would have chosen three times for the Nexus 5 and for the older devices twice a week, but I did not vote.

About updating the index

You may have seen, that I integrated some structure into the indexes, devided them in several sections like ROMs, kernels, mods/apps and so on. They are updated seperately and you can see the last update right next to them with a date. So if the date in the thread title is updated, it means I added a new thread to the index, updated a section or made an announcement. It does not mean the whole index was updated. Maintaining an index needs a lot of time and with this way more flexible updating process it's just easier for me.

So again, thank you very much for your votes. Please let me know what you think about the results and my flexible method of index updating. Also suggestions and ideas are always welcome. :)