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Where is the coRank community? (again.)
(5 comments,
+25 / -5 votes
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#5
You CAN see how friends/fans voted on a story, but you have to click on the more link (or comments, etc.). I'm sure you already knew this (the tabs are right up there ), so I'd guess you mean showing that info on the front page. That does make sense, since this is flavored a bit more social.
59 months, 5 days, 5 hours ago.
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#3
OOOOOoooooohhhhh. Completely agree on this! Vote up and it shows a comment or two below the summary, vote it down and comments (and possibly other stuff) goes away, since I'm not interested in the story anyway, what do I care how many comments it has, or how it is filed away in the system?
59 months, 6 days, 1 hour ago.
Only 12 Percent of Adults will Upgrade to Vista Next Year
(1 comment,
+24 / -4 votes
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Avg: Agree
#1
These speculations amuse me. I work in a small mom 'n pop store in a lower-middle class area and we've sold a number of Vista machines already not to mention a handful of the actual Vista software and I'm answering Vista questions daily. I've had to convince a few people that it wasn't worth the effort and money to upgrade their old computers just to install Vista.
I think the hype in either extreme is way off course.
59 months, 6 days, 4 hours ago.
Where is the coRank community? (again.)
(5 comments,
+25 / -5 votes
)
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#1
I hadn't commented on the original, but one thing that I think plays a major factor is that the comment link (and count) hides very well among the rest of the stuff after the submitter's summary. Honestly, I have to consciously make an effort to check if an interesting article has any comments (usually doesn't) , because most of the time, I'm skimming over stuff, clicking links, etc.
Maybe if the comments link was just a bit bigger and maybe relocated after the interesting/not for me voting or something similar. Er, the font not the link, that is.
59 months, 6 days, 14 hours ago.
RBA - Please enhance your threaded comments
(4 comments,
+28 / -3 votes
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Avg: Agree
#4
While we don't see much in the way of comments here (yet), I do agree with xpose, that is much easier on the eyes and is easy to distinguish what is threaded and what is new.
59 months, 7 days, 15 hours ago.
Tyndall Report
(1 comment,
+6 / -0 votes
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#1
This looks like a pretty cool find. I'm surprised more people haven't voted on this one...
59 months, 13 days, 23 hours ago.
Truely free SMS - anywhere in the world (GIZMOSMS)
(3 comments,
+21 / -1 votes
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#3
That fine print is pretty much standard cover-your-ass disclaimer.
While I realize the USA /= the world, I can't imagine standard cell phone plans differ much in this regard. If I am sending an SMS from my cell phone to another cell phone, one SMS is deducted from my personal phone plan and one is deducted from the recipient's cell phone plan. if the recipient is over their monthly allowed, they are charged for the message. This charge depends on their carrier and, often, their policy. That is, if I'm paying for 5000 SMS per month, anything past that point is likely just a US cent or two, but if I have a 100 SMS plan, each extra is likely 10 cents or more (thus, an incentive to subscribe to bigger, pricer plans up front). I would actually applaud gizmosms for making it pretty plain and obvious for people who don't realize that this may be the case, rather than hiding it on a separate legal disclaimer page. With all of that being said, here's a little constructive criticism--liquidboy, if you're going to submit your own blog entries with short write-ups on services, at least link to the actual service in your blog. What is the purpose of clicking through from coRank, to your blog just to have to search for the service anyway?
59 months, 1 week, 18 hours ago.
Dell Launches Linux Survey
(1 comment,
+4 / -2 votes
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59 months, 1 week, 1 day, 1 hour ago.
Negative voting on coRank, explained by coRank developer RBA
(14 comments,
+18 / -0 votes
)
Avg: Agree
#14
:) I'm glad to see that you replied. This type of conversation is much more productive--and I do see your point (more clearly now); the social features here really aren't anything revolutionary. It is how the features tie in with each other that provide a novel end result is where it's at. I still say that, ultimately, the end purpose of Clipmarks and coRank are different.
I see coRank as providing me with a means to find certain news and pages that are relevant based on sources I choose (based on their merits in submissions and like-minded voting, etc.). The more I toy with the settings, the more I've come to appreciate the fine grained control over what appears on my front page. It's not quick and easy (not that it's hard or anything), but for having just released, I think it is pretty stable in providing what I expect. I think that given time, coRank will polish nicely--let's not forget that Clipmarks has more than a few months over coRank in age. Truly, my jibe at your "whining" was not really aimed directly at you, but was an off-handed way of showing that coating a jab with "no disrespect" still carries a negative connotation. Seriously, I have no ill will towards you and I'm glad that you returned to comment. Let's shake hands and move on! :)
59 months, 2 weeks, 3 hours ago.
Google to adopt new privacy measures
(2 comments,
+6 / -1 votes
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#2
Ah, good catch. I try to follow a story back to its source whenever possible (rather than link to someone's blog). Even though it was on Yahoo! news, it was an AP release--I didn't even think about checking the Google Blog. :P
59 months, 2 weeks, 4 hours ago.
Negative voting on coRank, explained by coRank developer RBA
(14 comments,
+18 / -0 votes
)
Avg: Agree
#10
Watching usage patterns sounds like a sound idea--but, as evidenced by the small sample of people here, I think there remains a lot of confusion on how to use the votes. Doesn't this mean that the results will most likely mimic what we already have a la Digg, etc.?
The novelty of having control, on several different levels, of what gets my attention on My Front Page is what many of us ex-Diggers are salivating over. I like the idea, no I LOVE the idea that, with a little bit of work no and again, I have a reasonable assurance that 90% of what I see on My Front Page will be interesting enough to warrant a look. Being able to give weight to what is or isn't interesting to me via votes is quick, easy to understand, and /almost/ natural. I think the main issue is more about how negative votes will be perceived and how they affect not only myself, but others as well(fans, sources, and random Joes not in either category). Tell me "this is how it's used" and "this is how it affects things" and then watch usage. Yes, I know this is mentioned somewhere, but it wasn't obvious enough or persistent enough to keep me from wondering if I remembered this right. When I came across the blog post in discussion here, I started off by saying, "Aha! I was right..." and ended with, "Um, so is this going to change, is it broken, or what?" I say, keep the original intent of the voting, but clarify and nudge us in the right direction--then watch and adjust as needed.
59 months, 2 weeks, 19 hours ago.
Avg: Agree
#9
Comparing this site to Clipmarks is like comparing your house to your car. They really don't serve the same purpose and functionality overlaps in only minimal fashion.
Clipmarks is designed for "bite-sized" tidbits from the web. Its main purpose is giving visitors and users quick nibbles of the important parts of a page (this is reflected in the change with public clips being limited to 1000 characters). For the record, I've been (and continue) using Clipmarks for a while now (same name over there), so it's not like I've just run over there and read the FAQ page to make the comparison. This site (as well as others) deal more with linking to actual pages of interest--the difference from these sites and plain old link blogs (et al) is that the chaff gets filtered out and "the good stuff" is right in front of you. Yes, this is a difference from Digg and coRank. I've spent less and less time on Digg simply because I find more and more junk has to be waded through, just to find something of interest. The wisdom of the masses used to be people with interests similar to me--this is no longer the case. Here, I have control over who is influencing what as it appears on my front page. Even at this early stage I can control which categories each person influences and assign a weight on their influence. Show me where I can find this same functionality (or something equally as functional) and I will gladly check them out and decide which gets my daily visit. So, while you are entitled to think the features here are absurd, I think that making a brash judgment and criticizing without being constructive is a waste of everyone's time, especially your own. Regarding your last paragraph: nobody is dragging anybody from one site to another--we, as users, have control over where we click on the web. If you are that unhappy, you can either do your own thing, or try being productive and help make an existing site better. No disrespect, but whining about the state of things in a comments section under a post that is not really relevant to your complaint is far from productive.
59 months, 2 weeks, 19 hours ago.
Avg: Agree
#3
I found myself thinking this same thing and wondering, "Am I doing this wrong?" I think the up/down voting definitely carries the wrong connotation--especially for Digg converts, etc. More emphasis should be placed on it being a personal rating (and thus a rating for your fans). Maybe some way to segregate the up/down votes when looking at my front page and all sources, or something similar--a dual vote if you will.
59 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 4 hours ago.
gSyncit
(1 comment,
+11 / -1 votes
)
Avg: Irrelevant
#1
Also check out Calgoo.com. It is a separate app but will synch calendars from iCal, Google and Outlook. It is still in beta, but has really come along with the last couple of releases.
59 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 5 hours ago.
Dell Starts Linux Survey to Pinpoint what you want - CyberNet News
(2 comments,
+6 / -1 votes
)
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#2
While I agree that Ubuntu is probably the easiest mainstream distro for new/migrating users, don't forget that a significant number of their computers go to businesses. I think this is mainly for the end user who already reformats and installs their own distro of choice (be it an IT guy or savvy home user).
60 months, 3 hours ago.
WebSiteGrader: how search engines and users see your website
(1 comment,
+14 / -0 votes
)
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#1
Wow. This is a really, really nice find.
60 months, 4 days, 21 hours ago.
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