Social Web Links On Profile Pages August 7, 2007 4:32 PM Subscribe
New profile feature: link to your stuff at other social sites. [more inside]
What, no Fark? No LGF? No ratemycock.com?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:41 PM on August 7, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:41 PM on August 7, 2007 [3 favorites]
We'll be adding some note about this to the FAQ including how to get your real login name on Flickr etc. so if you notice anything that could use a little extra spelling out, please let us know. Props to LibraryThing for the good idea.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:43 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:43 PM on August 7, 2007
I've always thought you could tell an awful lot about a person by perusing his Amazon wish list, even if you don't intend to send them a gift.
posted by Dave Faris at 4:44 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Dave Faris at 4:44 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
pb: "Flickr photos on profile pages went over well..."
Okay, it's nice that I can link to my Wikipedia username and whatnot, but I think the reason that Flickr went over so well is because you got extra content on your profile page and you got the all recent photos page.
Is it possible to get these same sort of things here? Recent music listened to by Mefites on Last.fm? Recent Twits?
posted by Plutor at 4:47 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
Okay, it's nice that I can link to my Wikipedia username and whatnot, but I think the reason that Flickr went over so well is because you got extra content on your profile page and you got the all recent photos page.
Is it possible to get these same sort of things here? Recent music listened to by Mefites on Last.fm? Recent Twits?
posted by Plutor at 4:47 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
Neato. Added a long list. I spend too much time on the net.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:47 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:47 PM on August 7, 2007
Woohoo! Works fine for me.
This is as good a place as any that I was geeky enough to put a MeFi userbox on my Wikipedia userpage (self-link).
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:47 PM on August 7, 2007
This is as good a place as any that I was geeky enough to put a MeFi userbox on my Wikipedia userpage (self-link).
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:47 PM on August 7, 2007
Very cool feature!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 4:48 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 4:48 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
(Also, I was kinda hoping for what Plutor was asking for there...)
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:48 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:48 PM on August 7, 2007
As with Flickr, we plan on pulling in your data from these other sites eventually where possible
Whoops, never mind.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:49 PM on August 7, 2007
Whoops, never mind.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:49 PM on August 7, 2007
I guess since there's more than 11 services we may need to boost the "11 links max" option, huh?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:50 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:50 PM on August 7, 2007
Gah, thanks stavros. Replace my entire earlier comment with the following:
Wow, this is fantastic, pb. Thanks to you and Matt and Jess and cortex for putting up with users who don't RTFM and forget to say thanks. I'm looking forward to further developments in the exciting world of MeFi profile technology.posted by Plutor at 4:52 PM on August 7, 2007
jessamyn, I'm pretty close but I don't have an account at every site listed in the menu. I bet that's going to be an edge case.
posted by pb (staff) at 4:53 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by pb (staff) at 4:53 PM on August 7, 2007
I bet that's going to be an edge case.
Waaaah pb called me an edge case!!
Well, I have eleven now, though to be fair anything else I would add at this point would be sites that I don't really participate in. It might not be intuitive that once you have eleven you have to blank one out in order to add a new one. I saw the "11 sites max" when I was trying to add a 12th when I was added four at once, but once I went back to customize my user page, it wasn't immediately obvious why I couldn't add a 12th service (except that I remembered that it was 11 max). Maybe a little "you have reached the maximum" message?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:58 PM on August 7, 2007
Waaaah pb called me an edge case!!
Well, I have eleven now, though to be fair anything else I would add at this point would be sites that I don't really participate in. It might not be intuitive that once you have eleven you have to blank one out in order to add a new one. I saw the "11 sites max" when I was trying to add a 12th when I was added four at once, but once I went back to customize my user page, it wasn't immediately obvious why I couldn't add a 12th service (except that I remembered that it was 11 max). Maybe a little "you have reached the maximum" message?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:58 PM on August 7, 2007
oh, good point. And I meant edge case in the best possible sense.
posted by pb (staff) at 5:00 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by pb (staff) at 5:00 PM on August 7, 2007
Thank you for making it easier for me to stalk everyone, pb. This is much good.
posted by iconomy at 5:01 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by iconomy at 5:01 PM on August 7, 2007
You don't have to go through your profile to edit preferences. Just click the link next to My Profile there at the top called Preferences.
Now, where do I heap all this praise? Heads up, pb!
posted by carsonb at 5:05 PM on August 7, 2007
Now, where do I heap all this praise? Heads up, pb!
posted by carsonb at 5:05 PM on August 7, 2007
Neat. Can we get SportsFilter included?
posted by Ufez Jones at 5:08 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by Ufez Jones at 5:08 PM on August 7, 2007
So for MySpace, do I put the MySpace URL or my username, or what?
posted by sciurus at 5:09 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by sciurus at 5:09 PM on August 7, 2007
pb: "I bet that's going to be an edge case."
Zero-One-Infinity rule
posted by Plutor at 5:09 PM on August 7, 2007
Zero-One-Infinity rule
posted by Plutor at 5:09 PM on August 7, 2007
Nevermind, I figured it out. Just the last bit of the MySpace URL. Can't figure out LinkedIn though.
posted by sciurus at 5:13 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by sciurus at 5:13 PM on August 7, 2007
Beauty! Only a couple are places I actively participate but I've added some of the rest anyways. Not that I was all that hard to stalk anyways.
posted by Mitheral at 5:15 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by Mitheral at 5:15 PM on August 7, 2007
Needs reddit, bad.
That, or remove the option for Digg. Because it sucks.
posted by loquacious at 5:20 PM on August 7, 2007
That, or remove the option for Digg. Because it sucks.
posted by loquacious at 5:20 PM on August 7, 2007
While I don't care very much about this new feature set, I'm happy it exists, and also, I agree wholeheartedly that Digg sucks and reddit's not only better, but actually incomparable to Digg, which, as previously noted, sucks.
posted by cgc373 at 5:31 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by cgc373 at 5:31 PM on August 7, 2007
Very nice, thanks!
posted by languagehat at 5:35 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by languagehat at 5:35 PM on August 7, 2007
Facebook? I mean I guess most people are private, but at least you could friend someone. Or do only college kids use that.
Also, so everyone can see these links right, not just logged in users?
posted by ALongDecember at 5:42 PM on August 7, 2007
Also, so everyone can see these links right, not just logged in users?
posted by ALongDecember at 5:42 PM on August 7, 2007
SportsFilter, Facebook, and some other service we'd like to add use numeric IDs in the URL or long alphanumeric strings. People don't generally know these numbers offhand. (And yes, this is the pot talking to the kettle.) So we just need to have some help documentation available for some of those services that tell people how to find those IDs. Until then, we've gone with the "easy" ones.
Thanks Plutor, but we are following the zero-one-infinity rule. We allow one set of up to 11 links.
posted by pb (staff) at 5:46 PM on August 7, 2007
Thanks Plutor, but we are following the zero-one-infinity rule. We allow one set of up to 11 links.
posted by pb (staff) at 5:46 PM on August 7, 2007
Tiny bug: The labels aren't linked quite right. The label for the Flickr field has for="aimname" instead of "flickrname". And the labels for the new fields have for="service_n" instead of "servicename_n".
posted by Plutor at 5:49 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by Plutor at 5:49 PM on August 7, 2007
I do like how we can rearrange the favicons by choosing which services are first and last.
I reiterate: Digg sucks so much it's like an electrified sucking machine. I can't even remember if I have an account there or not. Don't care, frankly.
But I don't begrudge it being in the options for this feature. I just like talking about how much Digg sucks.
posted by loquacious at 5:50 PM on August 7, 2007
I reiterate: Digg sucks so much it's like an electrified sucking machine. I can't even remember if I have an account there or not. Don't care, frankly.
But I don't begrudge it being in the options for this feature. I just like talking about how much Digg sucks.
posted by loquacious at 5:50 PM on August 7, 2007
Dailymotion? Uses a username like youtube. Also, blogger. Also, thanks. Keep up the good work.
posted by puke & cry at 5:51 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by puke & cry at 5:51 PM on August 7, 2007
"Digg sucks so much it's like an electrified sucking machine."
OK, OK, you've convinced me. I'll try it.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:56 PM on August 7, 2007 [3 favorites]
OK, OK, you've convinced me. I'll try it.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:56 PM on August 7, 2007 [3 favorites]
Thank you, pb! Now I have to join nine other social bookmarking sites to prove my worth, but it's all good.
posted by misha at 6:04 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by misha at 6:04 PM on August 7, 2007
Woot! Now everyone can see how I have a 3-digit Slashdot userid too.
posted by smackfu at 6:06 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by smackfu at 6:06 PM on August 7, 2007
oh w00t!!1
posted by ArgentCorvid at 6:09 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by ArgentCorvid at 6:09 PM on August 7, 2007
Very neat -- thanks, pb. One thought: a privacy setting so that this information is restricted to other logged in members, as for our email addresses, would be a nice option to have.
posted by melissa may at 6:13 PM on August 7, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by melissa may at 6:13 PM on August 7, 2007 [3 favorites]
I knew it!
Bloody ace, anyway. Can't wait until stuff starts getting pulled in from the various also ons.
Vimeo might be a nice addition?
posted by jack_mo at 6:20 PM on August 7, 2007
Bloody ace, anyway. Can't wait until stuff starts getting pulled in from the various also ons.
Vimeo might be a nice addition?
posted by jack_mo at 6:20 PM on August 7, 2007
Ah, look at loquacious! I've never seen him so damn happy.
pb, you rock!
Am I the only one using stupid Photobucket? (flickr drops me because of my sporadic, seldom, occasional use.)
I've been avoiding myspace, but I guess this is a good excuse to fire it up.
Thanks!
posted by snsranch at 6:28 PM on August 7, 2007
pb, you rock!
Am I the only one using stupid Photobucket? (flickr drops me because of my sporadic, seldom, occasional use.)
I've been avoiding myspace, but I guess this is a good excuse to fire it up.
Thanks!
posted by snsranch at 6:28 PM on August 7, 2007
a privacy setting so that this information is restricted to other logged in members
If that's not too tough, that would be a really nice thing to have.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:33 PM on August 7, 2007
If that's not too tough, that would be a really nice thing to have.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:33 PM on August 7, 2007
Oh, and the Furl icon is weird. See the real on on furl.net.
posted by ALongDecember at 6:35 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by ALongDecember at 6:35 PM on August 7, 2007
Marvelous, love it, thank you so much. Any thoughts about adding Upcoming as an option?
posted by madamjujujive at 6:46 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by madamjujujive at 6:46 PM on August 7, 2007
My first impression was, "Crikey, not another social thing. Because, you know, I don't have enough friends that I can actually spend time with so I want create artificial ones via this fancy television/typewriter thingie I sit in front of all day."
Then I thought...
Oh wait, that was my last impression too.
posted by cedar at 6:46 PM on August 7, 2007
Then I thought...
Oh wait, that was my last impression too.
posted by cedar at 6:46 PM on August 7, 2007
Finally starting to get my five dollars worth! Thanks for this.
posted by Sailormom at 6:55 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by Sailormom at 6:55 PM on August 7, 2007
smackfu: "Woot! Now everyone can see how I have a 3-digit Slashdot userid too."
Oh Man. I thought I was cool with my five digit ./ id.
posted by octothorpe at 7:04 PM on August 7, 2007
Oh Man. I thought I was cool with my five digit ./ id.
posted by octothorpe at 7:04 PM on August 7, 2007
That's cool but one suggestion: Instead of icons, just plain text links so a user doesn't have to scrub over small icons to figure out what the hell it is. Plus the icons just seem kinda thrown up there, layout wise.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:05 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:05 PM on August 7, 2007
"at other social sites"
MeFi is a social site? Are you sure it's not the other kind? You know, the direct and diametric opposite of social?
posted by Eideteker at 7:09 PM on August 7, 2007
MeFi is a social site? Are you sure it's not the other kind? You know, the direct and diametric opposite of social?
posted by Eideteker at 7:09 PM on August 7, 2007
Great, thanks pb.
"This user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently." {gnfti} That's what the internet is doing to me!
posted by peacay at 7:10 PM on August 7, 2007
"This user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently." {gnfti} That's what the internet is doing to me!
posted by peacay at 7:10 PM on August 7, 2007
Eideteker has a point. Let's add some really antisocial sites.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:17 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:17 PM on August 7, 2007
More blogging services, please (Blogger, TypePad, Movable Type, etc.). (And are there many LiveJournallers here? I'd got the notion somehow it was mostly for goths and people aspiring to move out and show their parents how things are done.)
And yeah, privacy settings would be spifferiffic supercool (public/logged-in only/contacts only? or at least logged-in vs. public).
posted by Tuwa at 7:20 PM on August 7, 2007
And yeah, privacy settings would be spifferiffic supercool (public/logged-in only/contacts only? or at least logged-in vs. public).
posted by Tuwa at 7:20 PM on August 7, 2007
I think I just discoverd a bug. Clicking the following link seems to clear out any saved social sites: example.
posted by scottreynen at 7:25 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by scottreynen at 7:25 PM on August 7, 2007
Yay! And double yays for adding MetaChat!
Reminder pony: add Yahoo! IM to the IM section. Purdy please. With pancakes on top.
posted by deborah at 7:34 PM on August 7, 2007
Reminder pony: add Yahoo! IM to the IM section. Purdy please. With pancakes on top.
posted by deborah at 7:34 PM on August 7, 2007
Maybe add Facebook, Blogger, and GoodReads?
Awesome overall, though I also can't figure out how to make LinkedIn work.
posted by mattbucher at 7:40 PM on August 7, 2007
Awesome overall, though I also can't figure out how to make LinkedIn work.
posted by mattbucher at 7:40 PM on August 7, 2007
I also can't figure out how to make LinkedIn work.
I'm not sure if this works for everyone, but if you go look at your public profile ID (you'll have to log in if you haven't already) it will show you your public profile URL and whatever is at the end is what you need to enter.
So mine is http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessamyn for example.
We're planning to add the other major IM services. There are a lot of livejournallers here. The blogging sites are a little difficult because the user id line is a bunch of numbers, so not as easy as entering your username as pb said above, but we're working on it.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:06 PM on August 7, 2007
I'm not sure if this works for everyone, but if you go look at your public profile ID (you'll have to log in if you haven't already) it will show you your public profile URL and whatever is at the end is what you need to enter.
So mine is http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessamyn for example.
We're planning to add the other major IM services. There are a lot of livejournallers here. The blogging sites are a little difficult because the user id line is a bunch of numbers, so not as easy as entering your username as pb said above, but we're working on it.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:06 PM on August 7, 2007
And are there many LiveJournallers here?
I've been on Livejournal longer than you've been on MetaFilter. In fact, I've been on LJ for longer than cortex has been on MetaFilter. Save your hatred for the cross-burning, Adolf. Most of the livejournallers I know are happier and more well-adjusted than the sort of cranks we keep around in this place.
posted by Eideteker at 8:08 PM on August 7, 2007
I've been on Livejournal longer than you've been on MetaFilter. In fact, I've been on LJ for longer than cortex has been on MetaFilter. Save your hatred for the cross-burning, Adolf. Most of the livejournallers I know are happier and more well-adjusted than the sort of cranks we keep around in this place.
posted by Eideteker at 8:08 PM on August 7, 2007
I'd love facebook, so I went to find my user id: if you go to your profile page, I assume that your user id is the string xxxx at the end - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=xxxxx
In my case this is 9 digits long, but I don't know if this is constant. Is this the sort of thing you need?
posted by jacalata at 8:10 PM on August 7, 2007
In my case this is 9 digits long, but I don't know if this is constant. Is this the sort of thing you need?
posted by jacalata at 8:10 PM on August 7, 2007
Instead of icons, just plain text links so a user doesn't have to scrub over small icons to figure out what the hell it is. Plus the icons just seem kinda thrown up there, layout wise.
We got this idea from LibraryThing and I'm pretty sure they just list the names. If you thought 11 tiny icons look kinda thrown up there, you should see what a huge paragraph of service names all hyperlinked looks like (hint: it's worse). We shot for a solution that allows you to convey a lot of info in a small space, and favicons were the way to go.
More blogging services, please (Blogger, TypePad, Movable Type, etc.)
Blogger, Typepad, and MT don't have nice simple (guessable) user pages. The list of social services is a way to share your user page on other systems. Stuff like MT doesn't have that, so it's not listed.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:21 PM on August 7, 2007
We got this idea from LibraryThing and I'm pretty sure they just list the names. If you thought 11 tiny icons look kinda thrown up there, you should see what a huge paragraph of service names all hyperlinked looks like (hint: it's worse). We shot for a solution that allows you to convey a lot of info in a small space, and favicons were the way to go.
More blogging services, please (Blogger, TypePad, Movable Type, etc.)
Blogger, Typepad, and MT don't have nice simple (guessable) user pages. The list of social services is a way to share your user page on other systems. Stuff like MT doesn't have that, so it's not listed.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:21 PM on August 7, 2007
I'd love facebook, so I went to find my user id: if you go to your profile page, I assume that your user id is the string xxxx at the end - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=xxxxx
In my case this is 9 digits long, but I don't know if this is constant. Is this the sort of thing you need?
Aren't Facebook profiles only visible to people in your "network", who are also logged into Facebook (or even less people, if you set the privacy settings)? Doesn't really make sense to provide a way to link to them if no one is going to be able to see them.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:23 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
In my case this is 9 digits long, but I don't know if this is constant. Is this the sort of thing you need?
Aren't Facebook profiles only visible to people in your "network", who are also logged into Facebook (or even less people, if you set the privacy settings)? Doesn't really make sense to provide a way to link to them if no one is going to be able to see them.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:23 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
Thanks Plutor, but we are following the zero-one-infinity rule. We allow one set of up to 11 links.
Is this a joke? I'm tired, so might be off.
posted by bonaldi at 8:25 PM on August 7, 2007
Is this a joke? I'm tired, so might be off.
posted by bonaldi at 8:25 PM on August 7, 2007
Facebook has "public profiles", that will show even to non-members. The URL looks like:
http://www.facebook.com/p/Ron_Paul/732025404
It's pretty worthless, and you need both the name and the # for it to work.
posted by smackfu at 8:30 PM on August 7, 2007
http://www.facebook.com/p/Ron_Paul/732025404
It's pretty worthless, and you need both the name and the # for it to work.
posted by smackfu at 8:30 PM on August 7, 2007
Hmm, that's true. If you use the profile link of someone you have no connection to, you see what you would in a search result (photo if available, plus option to add to friends or send message). I don't know if that's worth having or not.
posted by jacalata at 8:52 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by jacalata at 8:52 PM on August 7, 2007
I am so happy that pb, our real-life "Skippy" is aboard, making all this wonderful Web 2.0 stuff available to us. Thanks, pb and thanks, Matt for this latest shiny-coated pony! Who else remembers the old days, when Matt was being urged to purchase a RAID array to keep our archives readable 4-evah?
posted by Lynsey at 8:54 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by Lynsey at 8:54 PM on August 7, 2007
I've been on Livejournal longer than you've been on MetaFilter. In fact, I've been on LJ for longer than cortex has been on MetaFilter.
I've been on LJ longer than either I or cortex have been on Metafilter, too. And it's not hatred, more of an amused shrug about most of the journals I've run across there. No point in Godwinning the thread, though.
posted by Tuwa at 9:11 PM on August 7, 2007
I've been on LJ longer than either I or cortex have been on Metafilter, too. And it's not hatred, more of an amused shrug about most of the journals I've run across there. No point in Godwinning the thread, though.
posted by Tuwa at 9:11 PM on August 7, 2007
This is cool if for no other reason than reminding me of the crap I've signed onto and never bothered going back. Apparently I recently joined StumbleUpon? 43Folders, wtf?
So, uh, thanks!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:20 PM on August 7, 2007
So, uh, thanks!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 9:20 PM on August 7, 2007
OKCupid! That would take care of this idea.
Also, if you're going to have LibraryThing, why not Shelfari?
posted by jejune at 9:24 PM on August 7, 2007
Also, if you're going to have LibraryThing, why not Shelfari?
posted by jejune at 9:24 PM on August 7, 2007
I reiterate: Digg sucks so much it's like an electrified sucking machine.
OK, that's just stupid. Digg is fine and quite useful, if, as applies to most sites other than Metafilter, you stay out of the comment threads, which will suck your brain straight out your ass before you can say 'Henry Kissinger'.
Me, I think reddit sucks. What are ya gonna do, cry?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:33 PM on August 7, 2007
OK, that's just stupid. Digg is fine and quite useful, if, as applies to most sites other than Metafilter, you stay out of the comment threads, which will suck your brain straight out your ass before you can say 'Henry Kissinger'.
Me, I think reddit sucks. What are ya gonna do, cry?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:33 PM on August 7, 2007
Any chance Picasa Web Albums could get some love? It's better than Flickr.
posted by Rock Steady at 9:35 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Rock Steady at 9:35 PM on August 7, 2007 [1 favorite]
Note: please do not cry, or I'll feel bad.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:35 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:35 PM on August 7, 2007
Whoops.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:57 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:57 PM on August 7, 2007
Keep in mind you can always link to stuff like your Facebook profile using good old-fashioned HTML inside your "Blurb about you". Not as much fun as a tiny icon, but it would work to let others know you have a profile there.
posted by pb (staff) at 10:05 PM on August 7, 2007
posted by pb (staff) at 10:05 PM on August 7, 2007
*points and laughs at tehloki*
Not that it matters, because there's nothing there, but one of my Vox links throws up an error when clicked on from my profile:
No big deal, of course, but maybe a bug that will affect others as well?
posted by dg at 10:39 PM on August 7, 2007
Not that it matters, because there's nothing there, but one of my Vox links throws up an error when clicked on from my profile:
Firefox can't find the server at d%2dg.vox.com.. The address should be d-g.vox.com, which is what shows in the status bar when I hover over the icon.
No big deal, of course, but maybe a bug that will affect others as well?
posted by dg at 10:39 PM on August 7, 2007
Very, very, very cool!
posted by soundofsuburbia at 1:50 AM on August 8, 2007
posted by soundofsuburbia at 1:50 AM on August 8, 2007
Not wishing to turn this into a thing where we just list every web 2.0 startup and then say "pleeeeease" over and over, but... could we get some Trusted Places as well? Not one of the biggies yet, but it's got good crossover with plenty of AskMe/TravelFilter stuff, so could be useful.
posted by flashboy at 2:03 AM on August 8, 2007
posted by flashboy at 2:03 AM on August 8, 2007
Bug; links to Wikipedia userpages are only possible for the English-language Wikipedia, as far as I can work out.
/me is also an edge case.
posted by Aidan Kehoe at 3:12 AM on August 8, 2007
/me is also an edge case.
posted by Aidan Kehoe at 3:12 AM on August 8, 2007
BTW, the Flickr thing has never worked for me. I don't really understand why - my username on Flickr is adrianhon and that's what I typed into the box. Oh well.
posted by adrianhon at 3:58 AM on August 8, 2007
posted by adrianhon at 3:58 AM on August 8, 2007
Agree with Plutor. It'd be neat if this actually aggregated recent comment as the Flickr photos does.
Also, would like to see Upcoming added to the list.
Also, I contend that the ability to add profile photos to our userpages would reduce snarking by about 7% on the site.
posted by nthdegx at 4:21 AM on August 8, 2007
Also, would like to see Upcoming added to the list.
Also, I contend that the ability to add profile photos to our userpages would reduce snarking by about 7% on the site.
posted by nthdegx at 4:21 AM on August 8, 2007
BTW, the Flickr thing has never worked for me. I don't really understand why - my username on Flickr is adrianhon and that's what I typed into the box. Oh well.
Try adding a space: Adrian Hon. I don't know why the actual username doesn't work, but that's been my experience.
posted by jejune at 7:06 AM on August 8, 2007
Try adding a space: Adrian Hon. I don't know why the actual username doesn't work, but that's been my experience.
posted by jejune at 7:06 AM on August 8, 2007
Seconding the Picasa request. They've got a fancy api and everything to get the latest 5 (or whatever) pictures, or latest album name, or whatever!
posted by inigo2 at 7:12 AM on August 8, 2007
posted by inigo2 at 7:12 AM on August 8, 2007
adrianhon, try this. We'll add this to the planned FAQ entry for finding your username/ID at other sites.
posted by pb (staff) at 7:45 AM on August 8, 2007
posted by pb (staff) at 7:45 AM on August 8, 2007
I think it would be really sensible to have users opt for "show to non-Metafilter members too" per site, via a checkbox.
For example, John A. Mefite might want to share his del.icio.us bookmarks with the world, but his OKcupid profile only with Mefites.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:45 AM on August 8, 2007
For example, John A. Mefite might want to share his del.icio.us bookmarks with the world, but his OKcupid profile only with Mefites.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:45 AM on August 8, 2007
As long as we're mentioning other services to add, I'll mention Tribe.net (logical user-page URLs in the form of people.tribe.net/username )
posted by adamrice at 8:38 AM on August 8, 2007
posted by adamrice at 8:38 AM on August 8, 2007
Nifty, thanks pb.
snsranch : Am I the only one using stupid Photobucket?
Nope, I use it as well.
I've been avoiding myspace, but I guess this is a good excuse to fire it up.
No, myspace is the devil. Try virb instead.
posted by quin at 9:37 AM on August 8, 2007
snsranch : Am I the only one using stupid Photobucket?
Nope, I use it as well.
I've been avoiding myspace, but I guess this is a good excuse to fire it up.
No, myspace is the devil. Try virb instead.
posted by quin at 9:37 AM on August 8, 2007
Very nice. Any chance of adding BlinkList?
posted by thatwhichfalls at 10:19 AM on August 8, 2007
posted by thatwhichfalls at 10:19 AM on August 8, 2007
Can we get an msn messenger field? We Canadians are pretty big on it.
posted by ODiV at 11:20 AM on August 8, 2007
posted by ODiV at 11:20 AM on August 8, 2007
Can we get an msn messenger field? We Canadians are pretty big on it.
Not until I get my Yahoo! IM field 'cause I asked first! Nyah nyah nyah!
posted by deborah at 12:11 PM on August 8, 2007
Not until I get my Yahoo! IM field 'cause I asked first! Nyah nyah nyah!
posted by deborah at 12:11 PM on August 8, 2007
Yay, thanks! You've reminded me of some services that I have accounts on that I haven't really maintained lately. I guess I'm not truly Web 2.0 compliant. Having somewhat of a life can do that to a person, I guess.
posted by matildaben at 12:18 PM on August 8, 2007
posted by matildaben at 12:18 PM on August 8, 2007
Quick update: you can set your social app links to be visible for "members only" or "everyone".
And now the profile editing page submits to itself and redirects to the profile page when you're finished. This will close up problems like the one scottreynen pointed to, and I think it makes more sense than the old page devoted to saying "Your changes have been submitted."
posted by pb (staff) at 12:21 PM on August 8, 2007
And now the profile editing page submits to itself and redirects to the profile page when you're finished. This will close up problems like the one scottreynen pointed to, and I think it makes more sense than the old page devoted to saying "Your changes have been submitted."
posted by pb (staff) at 12:21 PM on August 8, 2007
P.S. Although now everyone can see that the last bunch of bookmarks I added to del.icio.us are for plus-size lingerie shops. Kind of embarrassing. Yeah, I got a new boyfriend -- wanna make something of it?
posted by matildaben at 12:22 PM on August 8, 2007
posted by matildaben at 12:22 PM on August 8, 2007
Howzabout adding weendure.com, where 52 mefites are currently rolling in the MeFi Cycling Challenge? The URL format is an intuitive www.weendure.com/user/username.
posted by mumkin at 3:48 PM on August 8, 2007
posted by mumkin at 3:48 PM on August 8, 2007
Yay!
In addition to the other sites people have mentioned, I'd love to see Sonicliving. Maybe Bookcrossing too, or is it pretty much dead?
posted by roll truck roll at 8:50 PM on August 8, 2007
In addition to the other sites people have mentioned, I'd love to see Sonicliving. Maybe Bookcrossing too, or is it pretty much dead?
posted by roll truck roll at 8:50 PM on August 8, 2007
Redirecting to the userpage after changes made? Slick glowing/fading "Changes Saved" box at the top? Holy shit that's awesome! I was always frustrated that I had to click a link (and it was the last option out of three given) to see my userpage after I changed something.
Thank you!
posted by carsonb at 10:20 PM on August 8, 2007
Thank you!
posted by carsonb at 10:20 PM on August 8, 2007
I think the only "social site" I use besides this one is Pandora. can you add that one?
posted by bluefly at 6:27 AM on August 9, 2007
posted by bluefly at 6:27 AM on August 9, 2007
Give an inch, and they want a mile.
posted by Dave Faris at 7:26 AM on August 9, 2007
posted by Dave Faris at 7:26 AM on August 9, 2007
Hmm. Now I need to sign up for each and everyone of those services.
posted by yeoz at 8:31 AM on August 9, 2007
posted by yeoz at 8:31 AM on August 9, 2007
Don't sign up for more than eleven. Ours only goes to eleven.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:33 AM on August 9, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:33 AM on August 9, 2007 [1 favorite]
In lieu of posting this as a new question to MeTa,
Is there a way we might be able to produce lists of MeFi users by also one classification? i.e. all MeFi flickrers?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:54 AM on August 9, 2007
Is there a way we might be able to produce lists of MeFi users by also one classification? i.e. all MeFi flickrers?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 10:54 AM on August 9, 2007
sorry, by "also on" classification
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:06 AM on August 9, 2007
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:06 AM on August 9, 2007
It's in the works, AV. I have seen a test in action, but that page is a secret that would kill a person without the proper authorization were they to attempt to load it.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:16 AM on August 9, 2007
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:16 AM on August 9, 2007
Hmm. Now I need to sign up for each and everyone of those services.
Good luck... some of them are in closed private beta.
posted by smackfu at 1:08 PM on August 9, 2007
Good luck... some of them are in closed private beta.
posted by smackfu at 1:08 PM on August 9, 2007
Thanks, doll. You're making my day ten ways to sunday, aren'tcha?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:35 PM on August 9, 2007
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:35 PM on August 9, 2007
Yeah, I would have taken one of those hugs you gave out a while ago if not for the fact that you're a total pimp and I'm still not sure if that's 100% free from its literal origin, and if not, what implicit contractual obligation or pimplike power to turn out by touch such a hug might carry, in these mean metaphorical metafilter streets.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:19 PM on August 9, 2007
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:19 PM on August 9, 2007
Any chance of getting Xbox Live and Wii support?
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:28 PM on August 9, 2007
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:28 PM on August 9, 2007
Hah. I just finished making my own text-link "Also on" list in my profile in the past week. I left the ones that aren't in the list.
And you should see the stack of badges (service-provided and self- created - including MeFi) on my page.
posted by timepiece at 7:05 PM on August 9, 2007
And you should see the stack of badges (service-provided and self- created - including MeFi) on my page.
posted by timepiece at 7:05 PM on August 9, 2007
I set up a page on the MeFi Wiki. If people can list the sites they'd like to see and also an example of what a profile page/user page URL looks like, that would be helpful. The main page of the wiki explains what you need to do to be able to edit it.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:47 AM on August 10, 2007
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:47 AM on August 10, 2007
Since there's no page support for Wii and DS Friend Codes, would it be possible to have the icons reveal said codes on mouse over?
posted by robocop is bleeding at 10:25 AM on August 10, 2007
posted by robocop is bleeding at 10:25 AM on August 10, 2007
Second the request for Wii codes.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:02 PM on August 10, 2007
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:02 PM on August 10, 2007
would it be possible to have the icons reveal said codes on mouse over?
That would be pretty slick.
posted by quin at 12:30 PM on August 10, 2007
That would be pretty slick.
posted by quin at 12:30 PM on August 10, 2007
facebook? And also, that glowing flashing changes saved box is slick.
posted by MadamM at 8:54 PM on August 14, 2007
posted by MadamM at 8:54 PM on August 14, 2007
I would like to see a few additions, primarily a search function to view all the users who have chosen to associate with specific services.
I'd also like to see the AIM/ICQ/Flickr section of the profile condensed into the Social Networking pane if possible, I'm not sure I perceive a distinction there.
Another vote for Xbox/Wii codes, although I see they are now represented in the Wiki.
posted by prostyle at 8:58 AM on September 5, 2007
I'd also like to see the AIM/ICQ/Flickr section of the profile condensed into the Social Networking pane if possible, I'm not sure I perceive a distinction there.
Another vote for Xbox/Wii codes, although I see they are now represented in the Wiki.
posted by prostyle at 8:58 AM on September 5, 2007
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Once set, check out the left column of your profile. You'll see a list of little icons for the sites you link to. Each icon links to your page at that particular site. Check out mathowie's profile for an example. He has links to his stuff at del.icio.us, digg, Last.fm, Twitter, etc.
If you want to remove a link to a site you've added, go back to editing your profile. Clear your username for the link you want to remove and click "Save your Preferences". The link won't show up on your profile anymore.
As with Flickr, we plan on pulling in your data from these other sites eventually where possible. First up will probably be your x latest del.icio.us links since it seems there's a bunch of MeFites using that. As with anything new and Web, there are probably a few bugs to be squashed. Post 'em if you got 'em.
posted by pb (staff) at 4:33 PM on August 7, 2007