what projects I have voted for November 27, 2006 6:15 PM Subscribe
Ok, so I'm really a MeFi n00b even though I pretend I'm not. Is there a list somewhere of what projects I have voted for somewhere?
This is one of several reasons why voting for projects should be merged with the favorites system, at least in terminology. They're conceptually identical.
posted by gsteff at 6:19 PM on November 27, 2006
posted by gsteff at 6:19 PM on November 27, 2006
no, it's just you and gsteff....
wait, that's wrong, you gsteff, and myself
posted by edgeways at 6:27 PM on November 27, 2006
wait, that's wrong, you gsteff, and myself
posted by edgeways at 6:27 PM on November 27, 2006
I totally agree, and I'm surprised this never occurred to me before - when you "vote" for a project, it should be identical (in the db) to "favoriting" a comment or thread.
posted by jonson at 6:38 PM on November 27, 2006
posted by jonson at 6:38 PM on November 27, 2006
Or, I could just list votes on projects like comments.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:41 PM on November 27, 2006
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:41 PM on November 27, 2006
(and, on lack-of-preview)
That would be very nice, mathowie. Here I've been voting left and right, and I don't even know what for...
posted by niles at 6:43 PM on November 27, 2006
That would be very nice, mathowie. Here I've been voting left and right, and I don't even know what for...
posted by niles at 6:43 PM on November 27, 2006
Here I've been voting left and right, and I don't even know what for...
This is why democracy will never work.
posted by Meatbomb at 6:47 PM on November 27, 2006
This is why democracy will never work.
posted by Meatbomb at 6:47 PM on November 27, 2006
(well, voting for the left and right, so it evened out. Law of Averages, you know.)
posted by niles at 6:55 PM on November 27, 2006
posted by niles at 6:55 PM on November 27, 2006
of rather,
Metafilter: This is what democracy not working looks like
posted by allen.spaulding at 8:28 PM on November 27, 2006
Metafilter: This is what democracy not working looks like
posted by allen.spaulding at 8:28 PM on November 27, 2006
I'd recommend two changes.
1. list votes on projects like favorites/comments [still keep the big number though, I think they're useful]
2. totally remove the "fantastic post" option from the flagging queue and just have favorites serve the same purpose as (formerly) fantastic.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:06 PM on November 27, 2006
1. list votes on projects like favorites/comments [still keep the big number though, I think they're useful]
2. totally remove the "fantastic post" option from the flagging queue and just have favorites serve the same purpose as (formerly) fantastic.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:06 PM on November 27, 2006
yeah, I could make this so.
Make it so, number 1.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 2:27 AM on November 28, 2006 [1 favorite]
Make it so, number 1.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 2:27 AM on November 28, 2006 [1 favorite]
Psh, that's so an "engage" gesture. Picard didn't point when he said "make it so". He nodded smartly.
posted by Plutor at 4:20 AM on November 28, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by Plutor at 4:20 AM on November 28, 2006 [1 favorite]
True, I Googled for 'picard engage' because it was a more recognisable gesture than a nod.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 4:26 AM on November 28, 2006
posted by EndsOfInvention at 4:26 AM on November 28, 2006
2. totally remove the "fantastic post" option from the flagging queue and just have favorites serve the same purpose as (formerly) fantastic.
So what are those of us who want to bookmark comments and threads supposed to do? I really wish Matt would change the name "favorites," but he's mulish about it.
posted by languagehat at 5:39 AM on November 28, 2006
So what are those of us who want to bookmark comments and threads supposed to do? I really wish Matt would change the name "favorites," but he's mulish about it.
posted by languagehat at 5:39 AM on November 28, 2006
2. totally remove the "fantastic post" option from the flagging queue and just have favorites serve the same purpose as (formerly) fantastic.
I thought the purpose of the fantastic flag to bring things to your attention. Are there still public parts of the site that aggregate it?
posted by cillit bang at 6:30 AM on November 28, 2006
I thought the purpose of the fantastic flag to bring things to your attention. Are there still public parts of the site that aggregate it?
posted by cillit bang at 6:30 AM on November 28, 2006
I agree with languagehat - I really liked being able to use favorites to bookmark on-site, but since "favorites" are widely used simply to show visible appreciation for a post or comment, that dilutes its usefulness for bookmarking.
It would be great to have those two uses separated out - but if that's not feasible, perhaps add an extra step: when you "favorite" something, you go to a page where there's a checkmark box that asks "do you also want to bookmark this favorite?" Then only those you specifically request to bookmark are on your profile page; the rest are just marked to show that you liked that post/comment.
posted by Melinika at 9:54 AM on November 28, 2006
It would be great to have those two uses separated out - but if that's not feasible, perhaps add an extra step: when you "favorite" something, you go to a page where there's a checkmark box that asks "do you also want to bookmark this favorite?" Then only those you specifically request to bookmark are on your profile page; the rest are just marked to show that you liked that post/comment.
posted by Melinika at 9:54 AM on November 28, 2006
So what are those of us who want to bookmark comments and threads supposed to do? I really wish Matt would change the name "favorites," but he's mulish about it.
Agreed, but yeah, it's not going to happen. As such, IMHO, the best alternative is to use favoriting to show appreciation, and standardize on one social bookmarking system (read: del.icio.us) and set of tagging conventions for bookmarking. In particular, on del.icio.us, people seem to use "mefi" and "metafilter" to tag MeFi posts, with "metafilter" being significantly more popular. There's more variety for AskMe posts, with "askmefi", "askme", "askmetafilter" and "ask.metafilter" all being used, in order of popularity. Again, it might be nice to standardize on "askmefi" because of inertia, or "askmetafilter" for typographic consistency with the described tagging patterns for the blue.
But this is metatalk, and we can't make anyone do anything.
posted by gsteff at 1:02 PM on November 28, 2006
Agreed, but yeah, it's not going to happen. As such, IMHO, the best alternative is to use favoriting to show appreciation, and standardize on one social bookmarking system (read: del.icio.us) and set of tagging conventions for bookmarking. In particular, on del.icio.us, people seem to use "mefi" and "metafilter" to tag MeFi posts, with "metafilter" being significantly more popular. There's more variety for AskMe posts, with "askmefi", "askme", "askmetafilter" and "ask.metafilter" all being used, in order of popularity. Again, it might be nice to standardize on "askmefi" because of inertia, or "askmetafilter" for typographic consistency with the described tagging patterns for the blue.
But this is metatalk, and we can't make anyone do anything.
posted by gsteff at 1:02 PM on November 28, 2006
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Or am I just missing the "I voted for..." link?
posted by niles at 6:16 PM on November 27, 2006