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djoseph
Jun 5, 2007, 12:14 AM
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Hi -- probably little chance of this happening, but I think it would be great to have a Digg.com comment-style interface for threads. (i.e., each comment can be "dugg" up or down, with a minimum threshold for views.)
My guess is that most forums/message boards will eventually go this way in the future.
One of the benefits is that it eliminates lengthy flame-fests because posts can simply be "buried."
Digg users will know what I'm talking about....
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stymingersfink
Jun 26, 2007, 2:45 AM
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sounds kind of like the old "trophy" system that used to be in place around here.
The lack thereof might be the only point on which i disagree with curt's thread in this forum. It sure made it easier to find high quality posts by some users when they could be found on the user's "posts" page, regardless of the age of the post.
DDT: i know you probably get tired of hearing it, but when guys like curt and jt think a post is worthy of reading, it's nice to be able to find that post again and again, sometimes even years later. Do you think there's a good way to accumulate links to the best posts?
In lieu of a "better way" i guess I'd be willing to try my hand at accumulating links to the "best of the best" posts.
Stay tuned. 
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ddt
Jun 27, 2007, 2:57 AM
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stymingersfink wrote: DDT: i know you probably get tired of hearing it, but when guys like curt and jt think a post is worthy of reading, it's nice to be able to find that post again and again, sometimes even years later. Do you think there's a good way to accumulate links to the best posts?
Actually, I don't get tired of hearing this. I agree that it would be a good thing to easily find those worthy posts. I am not convinced about what exactly the best solution is though. And implementing it is a matter of finding time and resources.
DDT
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stymingersfink
Jun 28, 2007, 6:00 AM
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ddt wrote: stymingersfink wrote: DDT: i know you probably get tired of hearing it, but when guys like curt and jt think a post is worthy of reading, it's nice to be able to find that post again and again, sometimes even years later. Do you think there's a good way to accumulate links to the best posts? Actually, I don't get tired of hearing this. I agree that it would be a good thing to easily find those worthy posts. I am not convinced about what exactly the best solution is though. And implementing it is a matter of finding time and resources. DDT
Honestly, i don't know the answer. all i know is, the old way seemed to work pretty good, in that it allowed one to examine any user's profile, where links would be found to the posts which other users felt were most worthy of interest.
i suppose in lieu of such a user-rated system, perhaps a "nominate to best of" page link might be started... where below the "shortcut to post" link to the left of the post is found the link to aforementioned "best of" page might nominate a post to a "best of" forum, containing the top 100 posts as voted by the users group.
the top 100 would remain a very fluid topic, as it would need to accumulate a significant numbewr of votes in order to hang out for any length of time on the forum...
IDK, but IKYKWIM, so...?
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stymingersfink
Jul 18, 2007, 10:54 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: i suppose in lieu of such a user-rated system, perhaps a "nominate to best of" page link might be started... where below the "shortcut to post" link to the left of the post is found the link to aforementioned "best of" page might nominate a post to a "best of" forum, containing the top 100 posts as voted by the users group. the top 100 would remain a very fluid topic, as it would need to accumulate a significant numbewr of votes in order to hang out for any length of time on the forum...
any feedback on this idea, ddt?
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ddt
Jul 19, 2007, 5:21 AM
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stymingersfink wrote: any feedback on this idea, ddt?
I don't have a specific answer yet to your suggestion in general. What I'm currently focused on is to create some sort of "Beginners Central" (for lack of a better term) page for new climbers / new users of the site. A place where we can put everything we want newbies to read first, such as:
1. Relevant help files for using the site
2. General tips for finding information before just posting the same old questions
3. What to expect in the forums
4. Links to the climbing dictionary, getting started articles etc.
5. Links to a selection of quality threads in the Beginners Forum which should answer the most frequently asked questions
Perhaps my number 5 above is a good candidate to start testing your idea. We'll need to determine what the best threads are to link to. Initially this may not be automatic functionality, but simply another thread where we ask users to nominate the best of the best Beginners threads. A manual process can then take toll and determine the initial list.
DDT
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stymingersfink
Jul 19, 2007, 4:16 PM
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ddt wrote: stymingersfink wrote: any feedback on this idea, ddt? I don't have a specific answer yet to your suggestion in general. What I'm currently focused on is to create some sort of "Beginners Central" (for lack of a better term) page for new climbers / new users of the site. A place where we can put everything we want newbies to read first, such as: 1. Relevant help files for using the site 2. General tips for finding information before just posting the same old questions 3. What to expect in the forums 4. Links to the climbing dictionary, getting started articles etc. 5. Links to a selection of quality threads in the Beginners Forum which should answer the most frequently asked questions Perhaps my number 5 above is a good candidate to start testing your idea. We'll need to determine what the best threads are to link to. Initially this may not be automatic functionality, but simply another thread where we ask users to nominate the best of the best Beginners threads. A manual process can then take toll and determine the initial list. DDT 
afterall, if a new user doesn't read the FAQ and the TOS, why in the heck would they bother reading the beginners section?
O'course, as I think about it, perhaps for their first 30 logins or so, you could present a new page for them to read and answer questions on, just to prove they're paying attention. Once they finish their page, they can take care of business on the site, and once they finish their "probationary" Y-number of pages, they wouldn't have to look at them any more.
Serving up all the pages at once would help weed out the troll accounts (maybe), but would be most annoying to new (genuine) users.
Serving up the pages one at a time for each login might be least annoying, but perhaps some sort of compromise where the (new) user can get it all over with at once if they wish, or pick up on their next login where they left off.
IDK. It's kind of difficult to mandate intelligence on the intern00b. If they can't or won't read the "Sticky" at the top of the Beginners forum, making a larger one isn't really going to help much is it?
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making it easier to consistently find the high-quality posts though... that's worth spending time on, IMHO.
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