Random site redesign thoughts | 89 comments (89 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Random site redesign thoughts (4.00 / 2)

Oh, by the way, we can then use the ratings and bayesian analysis to show people what other users they are more likely to agree/disagree with, as well as "if you enjoyed this diary, you might also enjoy this other ones". or "if you found this comment hilarious, wait until you see these".

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 12th, 2007 at 08:18:14 AM EST
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Re: Random site redesign thoughts (none / 1)

And don't forget the rest of Technopolitical's wishlist.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 12th, 2007 at 08:20:17 AM EST
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I saw that one of them, internal username-based email, is implemented at TPM Cafe. It's also a feature of an unmentionable site that has been a centre of political activity for many years now.

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by technopolitical on Fri Jan 12th, 2007 at 02:50:02 PM EST
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Did I remember to mention expandable/collapsible comments (affecting their appended threads, of course). Giving commenters the ability to post default-closed comments (default-open to their recipients) would add a useful dimension of expressiveness, enabling one to say something that is a distraction from the main thread, but appropriate in a more local sense.

A further refinement would be to provide a rating dimension that can change default-open to default-closed for subsequent readers. This would be far short of calling "Troll!", but would gently say, "This doesn't really fit here", and move the comment out of the way.

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by technopolitical on Fri Jan 12th, 2007 at 02:52:18 PM EST
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Have you tried the "dinamic threaded" or "dynamic minimal" comment display options currently available on ET? You can test them by using the pul-down menu between any diary and its comments.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 13th, 2007 at 06:19:08 PM EST
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I've taken a look; they don't do what I suggest, of course, but they do decrease the cost of the problem that my suggestion is intended to address.

The mode I picture would, in its default behavior, act like the current default "nested" mode. It would increase expressiveness chiefly by by enabling commenters to choose an unobtrusive way to post. With this option available, I imagine that there would be moderate community pressure on commenters to select the full-display mode only for comments intended to advance the general discussion (vs., say, making a minor correction to another commenter, a semi-private joke, etc.).

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by technopolitical on Sun Jan 14th, 2007 at 02:45:32 AM EST
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[candidate default-collapsed comment:]

Did you know that Google thinks that you are the only person in the universe responsible for the mysterious character string, "It's the statue, man, The Statue."?

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by technopolitical on Sun Jan 14th, 2007 at 03:10:55 AM EST
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That actually conforms to Stigler's Law of Eponimy, namely, that nothing is attributed to the person that originated it.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 14th, 2007 at 11:18:26 AM EST
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"nothing is attributed to the person that originated it"?

Who said that?

And "It's the statue...."?

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by technopolitical on Sun Jan 14th, 2007 at 12:38:41 PM EST
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Stigler did say that no scientific discovery is named after its discovery, and my sig is thatbritguy's.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 14th, 2007 at 01:14:45 PM EST
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Re: Random site redesign thoughts (none / 0)

And therefore needs no explanation.

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