Thread win pony request

November 27, 2013 8:36 AM

Pony request! The threadwin extension is very useful. I would like it to play well with AskMe & MetaTalk.

In the script, just after
// @include http://www.metafilter.com/*

I added

// @include http://ask.metafilter.com/*
// @include http://metatalk.metafilter.com/*

however, the script borks on questions that have "best answers" marked, or, I think, replies from the OP (does not sort the list properly)…..and also on metatalk threads.

I'm unsure of the subtle formatting differences that AskMe and Metatalk have vs regular mefi. Userscript mavens, hope me!

FYI I'm running tampermonkey on the latest version of chrome 31.0.1650.57 on OS X 10.6.8.

posted by lalochezia to Feature Requests at 8:36 AM (23 comments total)

I thought this was going to be a script that auto-Godwinned threads
posted by kagredon at 8:44 AM on November 27, 2013 [6 favorites]

Yes, it changes the bylines on each comment to e.g. "you know who else this was posted by at 3:27 PM on..."
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:46 AM on November 27, 2013 [16 favorites]

...September 1st, 1939?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane (staff) at 9:05 AM on November 27, 2013 [6 favorites]

So this is the Thanksgiving thread we can argue about the usage of favourites in? You cannot rank my fabulousness!

15, if you must know
posted by arcticseal at 9:15 AM on November 27, 2013

No, this is the Thanksgiving thread where we who have titles turned off complain about posts in which the title is an integral part of understanding the topic of the post.
posted by Curious Artificer at 9:47 AM on November 27, 2013 [4 favorites]

Oh, I love that one.

*fetches Festivus pole*
posted by arcticseal at 10:48 AM on November 27, 2013 [2 favorites]

No, no, this is the thread where I ask why we non-database keyholders can't easily see a list of all the items we've marked as FANTASTIC.
posted by tilde at 10:51 AM on November 27, 2013

This is the thread where we complain....

Like all other threads.


As it was, so shall it be
posted by edgeways at 10:57 AM on November 27, 2013 [3 favorites]

So this is the Thanksgiving thread we can argue about the usage of favourites in?

It's the Thanksgiving thread where everyone personally thanks everyone who gave them a favorite the past year.
posted by Room 641-A at 11:12 AM on November 27, 2013

I thought the annual airing of the grievances wasn't until next month. But, then, I'm Canadian and maybe we do it differently.
posted by bonehead at 11:17 AM on November 27, 2013 [5 favorites]

*howls at moon plaintively*
posted by lalochezia at 12:32 PM on November 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

I am eating lunch at a Thai joint right now where there is a precocious three-and-three-quarter-year-old named Arlo.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:35 PM on November 27, 2013 [3 favorites]

This is the thread
Beautiful friend

This is the thread
My only friend, the thread

Of our elaborate plans, the thread
Of everything that stands, the thread
No safety or surprise, the thread
I'll never look into your eyes...again
posted by Kabanos at 12:41 PM on November 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

That song would work better if it was an ode to your friend who just happens to be called Fred.
posted by tigrrrlily at 1:16 PM on November 27, 2013

I'm guessing threadwin is mostly useful for AskMefi. Sorting comments by favorites on the blue would make the page unreadable.
posted by Kevin Street at 2:03 PM on November 27, 2013

It works on the blue! (albeit in a non linear chronology way).
posted by lalochezia at 3:11 PM on November 27, 2013

There was a old sort-by-favorites greasemonkey script for AxMe that's long since broken. I miss it, and would also support this pony with carrots and daily brushing.
posted by leotrotsky at 8:21 PM on November 27, 2013

Sorting comments by favourites would indeed break the thread continuity. Have you considered GraphFi for your favourite tracking needs?
posted by arcticseal at 8:58 PM on November 27, 2013

You can get a sort of similar function on all three (AskMe, MeFi and MetaTalk) with the Metafilter Multifavorited Multiwidth greasemonkey script--it doesn't sort for you but it can visually draw your attention to the more favorited items in a thread. I use it with favorites turned off, and it sort of works a little like a simple favorites on/off toggle since I can enable and disable it from my greasemonkey icon in my browser address bar.
posted by gubenuj at 9:10 PM on November 27, 2013

To fix it in Ask, edit the script - find the line

if (stuff[j].nodeName.toUpperCase()=="DIV" && stuff[j].getAttribute("class") == "comments") {

and replace it with

if (stuff[j].nodeName.toUpperCase()=="DIV" &&
(stuff[j].getAttribute("class") == "comments" ||
stuff[j].getAttribute("class") == "comments bestleft"||
stuff[j].getAttribute("class") == "comments best")) {

dunno about MeTa, might look later.
posted by the agents of KAOS at 1:09 PM on November 28, 2013 [1 favorite]

I am eating lunch at a Thai joint right now where there is a precocious three-and-three-quarter-year-old named Arlo.

At this restaurant, can you get almost anything you want?
posted by zamboni at 1:23 PM on November 28, 2013 [1 favorite]

the agents of KAOS : that seems to do the trick for AskMe! Many thanks!
posted by lalochezia at 8:49 AM on November 29, 2013

I think I might know that Arlo, really.
posted by safetyfork at 10:58 PM on November 30, 2013