LJ is surprising me...
Maybe after all these years of constant complaining someone got the message. Part of me wonders if this is because of the new CEO Katya Akudovich who used to work for Google. I mean when was the last time LJ asked our opinion? And yet today they posted this over at news:
This is just a quick news post to let you know we're going to be reviving the
lj_feedback community. Be sure to join, watch, or track that community to follow the action there.
To get things started, a new entry has been posted there today about a possible new feature, so head on over to weigh in with your input and suggestions!
Could it be? Now the new entry they speak of talks of a +1 feature. This means you can say you +1 this post or if someone comments something brilliant you can +1 there comment.
Yes, this is very much like Facebook. But toss Facebook out the window for a minute. Go to Twitter. I can Favorite your post. Okay forget them. Got to Pinterest where I just Hearted your pin. Hmm see a pattern? Or do I have to go to Tumblr and WordPress? And I know some of you say, I'm at LJ because I don't like those platforms but the reality is LJ is trying to compete with these and this addition is absolutely minor in comparison to so many others.
Already there is nay sayers but think about this... how often do you read your friends posts and like what they said but didn't have anything to say or didn't know what to say? How often do you stumble upon a comment by a friend of a friend or someone in a community and you like it but aren't sure you want to comment?
I talk a lot (can't you tell) and while I try to comment as often as I can, sometimes I don't know what to post. I feel like that +1 could be just a little encouragement from someone who just doesn't know what to say.
My comment to LJ was this:
I don't mind the idea of the +1. This seems like a good idea for those friends who like what you said but don't know or have anything to say.
Then there is viewing. Being able to turn it off and on is great and I tend to think it should be just added to the post or comment area. I rather like the idea of making it flexible so we can have it set to show the most popular comments but I'd probably keep them in chronological order. Giving the viewer the ability to sort through community comments for "chronological or most +1" seems like a good idea. Since the communities are social settings it seems like it would be valuable in that situation.
Yes, they want to mess with the ordering but it sounds like they want to give us the option and they want to know what we think of it. I think the +1 would be rather valuable in a community setting. I mean what if you are in a fandom community and you are all talking about the latest episode and someone's comment just outshines everything others have read. But what if there is 300 comments, how will you ever see that?
I would change sorting for my own view in a community but I wouldn't force it on community members as the moderator.
That is just my 2 cents. You never have to agree with me. And whether you like the idea or not, I encourage you to go to LJ Release's +1 Post to vote and give your polite (please) opinion. Remember we can teach them!
This is just a quick news post to let you know we're going to be reviving the
lj_feedback community. Be sure to join, watch, or track that community to follow the action there.
To get things started, a new entry has been posted there today about a possible new feature, so head on over to weigh in with your input and suggestions!
Could it be? Now the new entry they speak of talks of a +1 feature. This means you can say you +1 this post or if someone comments something brilliant you can +1 there comment.
Yes, this is very much like Facebook. But toss Facebook out the window for a minute. Go to Twitter. I can Favorite your post. Okay forget them. Got to Pinterest where I just Hearted your pin. Hmm see a pattern? Or do I have to go to Tumblr and WordPress? And I know some of you say, I'm at LJ because I don't like those platforms but the reality is LJ is trying to compete with these and this addition is absolutely minor in comparison to so many others.
Already there is nay sayers but think about this... how often do you read your friends posts and like what they said but didn't have anything to say or didn't know what to say? How often do you stumble upon a comment by a friend of a friend or someone in a community and you like it but aren't sure you want to comment?
I talk a lot (can't you tell) and while I try to comment as often as I can, sometimes I don't know what to post. I feel like that +1 could be just a little encouragement from someone who just doesn't know what to say.
My comment to LJ was this:
I don't mind the idea of the +1. This seems like a good idea for those friends who like what you said but don't know or have anything to say.
Then there is viewing. Being able to turn it off and on is great and I tend to think it should be just added to the post or comment area. I rather like the idea of making it flexible so we can have it set to show the most popular comments but I'd probably keep them in chronological order. Giving the viewer the ability to sort through community comments for "chronological or most +1" seems like a good idea. Since the communities are social settings it seems like it would be valuable in that situation.
Yes, they want to mess with the ordering but it sounds like they want to give us the option and they want to know what we think of it. I think the +1 would be rather valuable in a community setting. I mean what if you are in a fandom community and you are all talking about the latest episode and someone's comment just outshines everything others have read. But what if there is 300 comments, how will you ever see that?
I would change sorting for my own view in a community but I wouldn't force it on community members as the moderator.
That is just my 2 cents. You never have to agree with me. And whether you like the idea or not, I encourage you to go to LJ Release's +1 Post to vote and give your polite (please) opinion. Remember we can teach them!