Comments on: sort comments by number of favorites? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites/ Comments on MetaTalk post sort comments by number of favorites? Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:16:04 -0800 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:16:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 sort comments by number of favorites? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites The title kind of says it all. <br /><br /> Maybe this has been proposed before. I would search for it, but it would be kind of hard to separate the noise from the signal. Anyway, for some posts, reading the comments in chronological order isn't necessary. Often, I'm just interested in what the most favorited comments are. It would be more efficient to be able to sort comments by number of favorites than browsing. post:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:10:52 -0800 cupcake1337 By: ericost http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902059 There are greasemonkey scripts that will allow you to do this, I believe, but there is a widely held opinion, shared by the mods I believe, that adding this sort to the site proper would over-emphasize the value of favorites. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902059 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:16:04 -0800 ericost By: donnagirl http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902060 There's a <a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/19911/Now-we-can-sort-yay">bookmarklet</a>, but the consensus on adding it as an official feature has been a resounding no. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902060 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:18:47 -0800 donnagirl By: bru http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902061 I understand but what you are asking is contrary to MeFi culture.<br> <br> You are supposed to read all comments to be able to participate.<br> <br> Here at least, the number of favorites is more decorative than valuable. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902061 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:19:28 -0800 bru By: jessamyn http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902062 <em>adding this sort to the site proper would over-emphasize the value of favorites.</em><br> <br> Basically this. While it's fine if people want to find ways to do this using scripts or whatever, this is not going to become part of the way the site works. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902062 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:24:57 -0800 jessamyn By: box http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902063 What everybody else said.<br> <br> I would strongly encourage anyone to use these kinds of tools, but, when they do, I would prefer they didn't also comment on these threads they're reading. <br> <br> This is just my personal preference. Like how sometimes I like to skim things. Not milk. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902063 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:26:39 -0800 box By: box http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902064 Okay, maybe 'I would strongly encourage anyone to use' is too strong. It's more of an 'I don't mind, much, if someone sometimes uses' kind of thing. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902064 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:28:31 -0800 box By: Brandon Blatcher http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902065 This came up in<a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/19985/Sort-by-favorites"> 2010</a>, sort of. There's extension mentioned in the thread that does what you want. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902065 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:29:14 -0800 Brandon Blatcher By: grouse http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902066 <em>The title kind of says it all.</em><br> <br> The title doesn't show up on the front page of MetaTalk, but your post text does. So it'd be better if you put the point of what you're saying in the post text rather than hiding it. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902066 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:31:38 -0800 grouse By: KokuRyu http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902067 Any reason why you're asking this on the 4th of July long weekend? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902067 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:31:56 -0800 KokuRyu By: Rhaomi http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902068 This would never work as a built-in feature; it splinters the ongoing discussion too much, even more so than threaded comments would.<br> <br> I have long wanted to see something like it implemented into search, though. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902068 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:32:16 -0800 Rhaomi By: Joseph Gurl http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902069 <a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902059">&gt;</a><em>adding this sort to the site proper would over-emphasize the value of favorites.</em><br> <br> The fact that the question is being asked is pretty strong evidence that the value of favorites is already over-emphasized. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902069 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:34:23 -0800 Joseph Gurl By: Brandon Blatcher http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902070 <em>Any reason why you're asking this on the 4th of July long weekend?</em><br> <br> What does that have to do with anything? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902070 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:34:39 -0800 Brandon Blatcher By: Alvy Ampersand http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902071 <em>The title doesn't show up on the front page of MetaTalk, but your post text does. So it'd be better if you put the point of what you're saying in the post text rather than hiding it.</em><br> <br> Yeah, I was expecting a call-out of that murder trial FPP. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902071 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:36:18 -0800 Alvy Ampersand By: Bruce H. http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902072 <em>What does that have to do with anything?</em><br> <br> I read it as suggesting that the OP is trying to start a fight while the mods are occupied elsewhere. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902072 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:39:08 -0800 Bruce H. By: KokuRyu http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902073 I'm sure the mods are big boys and girls, but I thought part of etiquette on this MetaFilter is to refrain from posting to MetaTalk on weekends (unless the poster thinks it's absolutely necessary). comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902073 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:50:01 -0800 KokuRyu By: cortex http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902074 <i>I'm sure the mods are big boys and girls, but I thought part of etiquette on this MetaFilter is to refrain from posting to MetaTalk on weekends (unless the poster thinks it's absolutely necessary).</i><br> <br> Well, it's more of a "please maybe refrain from posting horrible shitfuck argument stuff on holiday weekends" thing than anything. Feature requests and other non-horrific-time-and-energy-suck stuff is generally fine, we'll just likely be slower than normal in responding.<br> <br> And, yes, no, not going to happen. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902074 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:54:41 -0800 cortex By: grouse http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902075 Where did you get that idea from? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902075 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:54:57 -0800 grouse By: donnagirl http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902076 I don't think the OP has been around long enough to grasp that bit of etiquette, as they don't have the basics of question formatting down, admitted that they didn't even try to search for previous similar requests, and thought it was a good idea to start a favorites thread.<br> <br> cupcake1337, no harm, no foul, but you hit a lot of people's hot buttons with your request. Maybe poke around, hang out a little more, before suggesting fundamental site changes? Welcome to MetaFilter. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902076 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 19:56:41 -0800 donnagirl By: maryr http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902077 One other thing - sometimes comments get a lot of favorites because they follow up an earlier comment. Sorting by favorites would destroy the context that make some comments funny/poignant/relevant in the first place. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902077 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:09:14 -0800 maryr By: sonika http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902078 <i>Here at least, the number of favorites is more decorative than valuable.</i><br> <br> That favorite really tied the room together. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902078 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:11:56 -0800 sonika By: cupcake1337 http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902079 Jesus, uh, OK, let me step back a bit.<br> <br> I understand what people have said above. I tried to qualify what I was saying. I mean it more for posts that are more funny than substantive. For example, http://www.metafilter.com/105169/Stiff-Sock<br> <br> The only reason I would want to read the comments would be to see if someone has said something, funny, interesting, whatever. For these kinds of posts, it's not necessary to read everything just before most comment to understand them. They are usually one-line jokes. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902079 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:32:03 -0800 cupcake1337 By: KokuRyu http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902080 <em>Where did you get that idea from?</em><br> <br> I'm one of those annoyingly too-sensitive wimps. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902080 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:32:42 -0800 KokuRyu By: jessamyn http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902082 <em>I thought part of etiquette on this MetaFilter is to refrain from posting to MetaTalk on weekends</em><br> <br> If only this were so! comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902082 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:47:06 -0800 jessamyn By: Deathalicious http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902083 <em>The title doesn't show up on the front page of MetaTalk, but your post text does. So it'd be better if you put the point of what you're saying in the post text rather than hiding it.</em><br> <br> This. Not putting the point of a post in the post itself and only in the title is borderline sociopath behavior. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902083 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:53:18 -0800 Deathalicious By: Deathalicious http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902084 So I just tested out what the form looks like for a MeTa post, and you literally entered in <br> <br> "The title says it all" and then your more inside, and then, AT THE VERY END, you posted the point of your post. I am sure that in every other context, you are a lovely person, but this thing you did, it is horrific. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902084 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:54:53 -0800 Deathalicious By: cortex http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902085 <i>This. Not putting the point of a post in the post itself and only in the title is borderline sociopath behavior.</i><br> <br> I realize this is probably Ha Ha Hyperbole Is Fun stuff, but it'd do for folks to keep in mind that when someone puts something in the title that would be helpful to see if it were displayed on the front page of the appropriate subsite, it's pretty much certainly because they didn't realize the title wouldn't be displayed, not because they're fucking with people or trying to be a jerk. <br> <br> Benefit of the doubt, etc. Maybe refrain from giving people shit over stuff that doesn't merit being given shit about; make the world (or at least specifically this little corner of it) a slightly better place if possible. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902085 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:56:29 -0800 cortex By: clavdivs http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902086 evelyn wood, were art thou? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902086 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:02:56 -0800 clavdivs By: Deathalicious http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902087 Sorry, I was definitely being hyperbolic, yes, and notice I toned it down to merely being "horrible" in my following comment. But this is the one thing on MetaFilter that drives me up the wall.<br> <br> And it's not like you guys haven't gone out of your way to discourage this behavior -- the title is THE LAST ITEM IN EVERY FORM ON THE WEBSITE. And when you click on "Preview" for the post, the title IS NOT DISPLAYED. <br> <br> This is what cupcake saw when they posted their little thing:<br> <br> Here's how your post is going to look on the MetaTalk page. If you added html, does it look right? It's also a good idea to try out any links before posting. If everything seems right, hit the post button below. If not, hit your browser's back button and tweak the form again.<br> <strong>July 2</strong><br> The title kind of says it all.<br> Maybe this has been proposed before. I would search for it, but it would be kind of hard to separate the noise from the signal.Anyway, for some posts, reading the comments in chronological order isn't necessary. Often, I'm just interested in what the most favorited comments are. It would be more efficient to be able to sort comments by number of favorites than browsing.<br> <br> <small>[will be posted in metafilter &gt;&gt; Feature Requests]</small><br> <br> ...<br> <br> So someone doing this, is doing this consciously. It's not postslaughter. It's premeditated posticide.<br> <br> All that said, cupcake, I'm sorry I called you a borderline sociopath. I hope that you have taken the meaning behind my words to heart and I will never, ever have to look at the title to figure out what you are talking about again. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902087 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:09:11 -0800 Deathalicious By: cupcake1337 http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902088 <em>when someone puts something in the title that would be helpful to see if it were displayed on the front page of the appropriate subsite, it's pretty much certainly because they didn't realize the title wouldn't be displayed, not because they're fucking with people or trying to be a jerk.</em><br> <br> That's what happened. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902088 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:17:39 -0800 cupcake1337 By: adamdschneider http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902089 <em>The only reason I would want to read the comments would be to see if someone has said something, funny, interesting, whatever. For these kinds of posts, it's not necessary to read everything just before most comment to understand them. They are usually one-line jokes.</em><br> <br> You'll get pretty good at scrolling quickly and finding the ones with a lot. Or you could do the Greasemonkey thing. Either or. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902089 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:21:33 -0800 adamdschneider By: Deathalicious http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902090 How is that what happened? Did you not believe the preview page when it said, "This is how your post is going to appear?" comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902090 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:42:13 -0800 Deathalicious By: Ice Cream Socialist http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902091 Chances are it wasn't read too carefully. You're out of control. Dial it down. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902091 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:48:50 -0800 Ice Cream Socialist By: cortex http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902092 For christ's sake, let it go. People regularly fail to thoroughly reread their own work; because you already know what you wrote or intended to write, you don't scrutinize it as effectively as someone coming fresh to the actual copy would. It happens with posts now and then, it's not a huge deal, and you're kind of being a jerk about this for no apparent reason. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902092 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:50:33 -0800 cortex By: koeselitz http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902093 Deathalicious, this is not a big deal. You clicked once to see the title. One click did not sink the Lusitania or assassinate James Garfield. It will not kill you. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902093 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:53:36 -0800 koeselitz By: Deathalicious http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902094 Yeah, sorry I can see I'm getting overworked. I'll just let it go and walk away. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902094 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:55:21 -0800 Deathalicious By: 6550 http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902096 Nah, true sociopathic behavior is people not putting their picture links above the fold in their "what is this?" AskMes. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902096 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:21:59 -0800 6550 By: Chuckles http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902097 <em>Chances are it wasn't read too carefully.</em><br> <br> And yet the person who didn't read to carefully is suggesting a feature that would kill MetaFilter.... Kind of says it all about favourites, don't you think? :) comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902097 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:22:52 -0800 Chuckles By: nanojath http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902099 <em>One click did not sink the Lusitania</em><br> <br> Loose clicks sink... uh... sink...<br> <br> <small>dammit</small> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902099 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:32:55 -0800 nanojath By: cgc373 http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902102 Dicks. Loose clicks sink dicks. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902102 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:09:05 -0800 cgc373 By: Cranberry http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902103 I always thought the dearth of posts on weekends was due to people being busy doing their own work instead of the boss's. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902103 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:16:43 -0800 Cranberry By: clavdivs http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902104 I understand but whats this about President Garfield. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902104 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:28:51 -0800 clavdivs By: Rhomboid http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902107 <i>Nah, true sociopathic behavior is people not putting their picture links above the fold in their "what is this?" AskMes.</i><br> <br> I know, right? The picture is the single most important thing in your post when you're asking for something to be identified. Why would you want to bury it in the [more inside] so that people have to go our of their way to be able to see it? I can't comprehend what goes through someone's mind when they write, "pic inside!". comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902107 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:47:55 -0800 Rhomboid By: Duke999R http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902108 Jeez. It's not like you have to get up, put on pants and walk outside or anything. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902108 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:59:52 -0800 Duke999R By: fuq http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902109 I honestly don't see how favorites relates to quality. It seems completely random. I'm baffled by people favoriting me - some of the stupidest things I've said are some of the most favorited - and then there's people who favorite but don't post. People use favorites differently too, sometimes like bookmarks. I don't have any standard for favoriting things and will sometimes just do it to click on something. <br> <br> What about the "fantastic comment" flag? Shouldn't we all be using an elaborate system of replying, favorites, flags and greasemonkey scripts? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902109 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:06:33 -0800 fuq By: atrazine http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902111 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTr-Nui1tDg">Here's how I feel about this idea</a> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902111 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:46:30 -0800 atrazine By: 404 Not Found http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902114 for me favourites are like a like a bookmark that I refer to because of my short term memory loss i see something that i relate too and remember hey i saw an awesome comment on metafilter that relates to just that because metafilter is amazing just the way you are and no one cares that i don't use punctuation or spellcheck comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902114 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:27:23 -0800 404 Not Found By: auto-correct http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902115 As long as we're piling on the OP (not really OP! Love you!), the real crime here was not searching the archives well before making a post. Doubles get deleted on the Blue, but I think people should put a bit more effort into checking previous posts before posting to the Grey and the Green as well. This took me 10 seconds:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ametatalk.metafilter.com+sort+favorites&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a">site:metatalk.metafilter.com sort favorites</a> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902115 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:54:11 -0800 auto-correct By: auto-correct http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902116 (That said, GraphFi has become integral to the way I interact with the site, so I totally understand where the sentiment is coming from) comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902116 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:56:02 -0800 auto-correct By: taz http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902117 I'm drawing a line in the sand [see below]. This is a hotly debated aspect of the site (favorites) to the degree that admin has introduced a way to turn off favorites, and conducted an optional no-favorites period in which people could see how "favoriting" affected or didn't affect their participation. We've had many posts and threads on this, and most people who follow MetaTalk have developed their own deeply held feelings and opinions about this.<br> <br> Can we spare the moderators just a couple of days of relatively drama-free activity here on a holiday weekend for a subject that has been so thoroughly hashed and rehashed? Can we at least wait until next week to debate it again?<br> <br> Both Favorites-Pro and Favorites-Con have their emotional reactions and reasoned arguments about this, but can we wait until... say, Tuesday to share again?<br> <br> Here's the line &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<br> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902117 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:01:01 -0800 taz By: kaibutsu http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902118 Out of respect for the OP, I feel we should apply favorites to the comments in this thread such that they are sorted in decreasing order. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902118 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:08:44 -0800 kaibutsu By: a humble nudibranch http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902119 Hey taz, I see the line but where's the damn sand? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902119 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:38:45 -0800 a humble nudibranch By: arcticseal http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902120 GraphFi has proved to be a boon when I'm catching up on long threads or have been away for a day or so.<br> Given the time though, I'd prefer to read ccomments in the order in which they were posted. <br> <br> Sorting by favourites means that "First" would likely be last and I'm easily enough confused as it is. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902120 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:47:37 -0800 arcticseal By: Meatbomb http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902121 I would like to hear cortex doing a very sincere and heartfelt cover of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf-eARnf6U">"Heal the World"</a> with MetaFilter specific lyrics.<br> <br> Action Items:<br> 1. Somebody get on those lyrics<br> 2. Cortex work up some kind of guitar bit for it<br> 3. Cortex Do it, record it.<br> 4. Cortex upload it to MeFiMu<br> <br> I'd like you all to consider this "crunch time" and make this project your new top priority. Please alert me at completion of each milestone. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902121 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:53:51 -0800 Meatbomb By: cj_ http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902122 Damn, and I just thought of the perfect angle for my upcoming spoiler thread. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902122 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:14:30 -0800 cj_ By: Brandon Blatcher http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902127 <em>Here's the line &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</em><br> <br> Greater than what? comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902127 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:00:27 -0800 Brandon Blatcher By: PeterMcDermott http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902133 <em>Dicks. Loose clicks sink dicks.</em><br> <br> Makes no sense. Should be eat, obv. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902133 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:11:02 -0800 PeterMcDermott By: Favorites Pony http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902135 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/63874838@N03/5815750885">Favorites Pony</a> strikes again! comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902135 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:19:40 -0800 Favorites Pony By: carsonb http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902137 <i>The only reason I would want to read the comments would be to see if someone has said something, funny, interesting, whatever. For these kinds of posts, it's not necessary to read everything just before most comment to understand them. They are usually one-line jokes.</i><br> <br> Consider please that popular opinion is not a high-signal indicator of hilarity/relevance. See 2.5 Men, for instance. The truly funny one-liner (to you) may not do anything for anyone else, so if you rely on everyone else to point it out to you you'll never see it. Read the discussion and decide for yourself. <br> <br> Anyway, the best way to spot a one-liner is to look for comments one line long. <small> Self-defeating ZING!</small> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902137 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:53:59 -0800 carsonb By: ThatCanadianGirl http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902138 Just scroll down through the thread and look at the "favourites" numbers. Only read the comments that have the biggest numbers. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902138 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:00:01 -0800 ThatCanadianGirl By: FelliniBlank http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902141 When I watch anything comedic, I definitely prefer to view all the gags that get the biggest laughs first and work my way down to the mildly funny bits, regardless of chronology. Because comedy doesn't depend at all on context, pacing, or timing.<br> <br> It might save the mods some work and prevent baptisms of fire like the one cupcake1337 is experiencing if MeTa posts by new members went into a mod approval queue for a month or two. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902141 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 08:53:01 -0800 FelliniBlank By: grouse http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902142 I'd be in favor of a do-you-really-want-to-do-this LURK MOAR warning at least. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902142 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:01:29 -0800 grouse By: mintcake! http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902143 I propose that all cake-based usernames are given a large box of Country Kettle fudge and unlimited hugs this weekend. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902143 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:10:22 -0800 mintcake! By: jessamyn http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902144 <em>I propose that all cake-based usernames are given a large box of Country Kettle fudge and unlimited hugs this weekend.</em><br> <br> Would you settle for internet hugs?<br> <br> {{{cake}}} comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902144 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:12:36 -0800 jessamyn By: subbes http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902145 i have 14 favourites and what is this comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902145 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:18:59 -0800 subbes By: cortex http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902146 <i>It might save the mods some work and prevent baptisms of fire like the one cupcake1337 is experiencing if MeTa posts by new members went into a mod approval queue for a month or two.</i><br> <br> My immediate thought is that I don't feel like any significant proportion of bumpy metatalk posts are started by folks whose accounts are 1-2 months old, and that there's nothing wrong in any case with newer folks making metatalk posts so creating more friction there for just that subset feels a little weird.<br> <br> But it'd probably be possible to at least partially explore that space with numbers; a look at the data in the Infodump to correlate newness-of-poster to e.g. number of comments in a thread might point to whether there's pileups, for example, though that's a gestural metric at best probably. Behind the scenes I could correlate flagging data and probably get a better first-blush picture of where controversy or bad behavior is showing up.<br> <br> But more generally, the best solution to avoid the trial-by-fire effect is for folks to collectively make the decision not to respond to metatalk posts with flamethrowers. We'd get a lot of mileage out of just remembering that what is old hat to us is not old hat to everyone, that there are always newer folks showing up and getting to know the site (or this part of the site) for the first time, that just because any one of us have been wearied by the asked-and-answered nature of some perennial pony request doesn't mean we should be rude to someone asking it in earnest for the first time.<br> <br> This place can be bumpy, yes, but that's because we make it bumpy, not because the universe requires it to be so. It's totally possible to say "hey, this has been covered before, see here and here" to someone politely and helpfully, or to civilly discuss policy stuff, and this thread isn't an overall bad example of that as things go. Abandoning the expectation or even endorsement of the Get 'Em, Boys hazing reaction to new folks' questions is by far the best approach available, far more so than fencing the new folks off by fiat for their own protection. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902146 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 09:24:44 -0800 cortex By: codacorolla http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902150 Anything that makes a site more like Reddit is probably a bad thing. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902150 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:06:22 -0800 codacorolla By: smirkette http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902181 Action Item 1 complete!<br> <br> Heal MeFi <br> <br> There's a place in this thread<br> And I know that it is love<br> And this thread could be much<br> Pithier by tomorrow<br> And if you really try<br> You'll find there's no need to flag<br> A comment in this thread<br> And bother Restless_Nomad<br> <br> There are ways to get there<br> If you care enough <br> For all MeFites<br> Think a moment<br> Before you comment...<br> <br> Heal MeFi<br> Make the site a better place<br> For you and for me and for <br> Brandon Blatcher, grouse, &amp; Griphus.<br> There won't be any trolling<br> If you care enough for the posting<br> Make MeFi a better place<br> For you and for me<br> <br> If you want to know why <br> Jessamyn and Cortex get fried<br> It's because Most MeFites <br> Mean well but start opinionating<br> And may cross the line<br> Which starts the alienating<br> Pile ups we all dread<br> And soon it's all threadshitting.<br> <br> But then it feels that always<br> {{{hugs}}} are enough for<br> us calming<br> So please hope us<br> Please hope us...<br> <br> Heal MeFi<br> Make the site a better place<br> For you and for me and for <br> Meatbomb, KokyRyu &amp; clavdivs.<br> There won't be any trolling<br> If you care enough for the posting<br> Make MeFi a better place<br> For you and for me<br> For you and mathowie comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902181 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:17:51 -0800 smirkette By: jamjam http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902242 It's terribly embarrassing to admit that it's taken so long for me to see, and I'm sure most of you take it so much for granted insofar as it's true that no one bothers to state it any longer-- and even at that it has taken <em>On the Media</em> rubbing my nose in it for me to see it-- but adding favorites has transformed Metafilter into a video game!<br> <br> It plays slow, and it must be pretty hard, considering that only one excellent player, jessamyn, has achieved the elite permanent star level, but it sure has pulled me in, and I can't seem to stop playing despite the fact that I never get any better at it. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902242 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:53:23 -0800 jamjam By: maryr http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902248 <i>We'd get a lot of mileage out of just remembering that what is old hat to us is not old hat to everyone</i><br> <br> In my old age (30, man, sigh) I am finding that this is one of the best way to stay both young and kind. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902248 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:40:38 -0800 maryr By: Nabubrush http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902253 I had a little trouble figuring out the title thing way back when, too. I distinctly remember that. Anyway, welcome cupcake1337, and I hope this doesn't put you off. MetaFilter stirs strong feelings among its users, especially when it comes to subjects like this. The cool thing is that you got what you were looking for, albeit with a little name-calling.<br> <br> <br> <br> <small>MF: ygwywlf, awaln-c. I'm not proud.</small> comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902253 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:09:41 -0800 Nabubrush By: crunchland http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902257 <em>Abandoning the expectation or even endorsement of the Get 'Em, Boys hazing reaction to new folks' questions is by far the best approach</em> --- but only 1/10 th as entertaining. comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902257 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:50:07 -0800 crunchland By: Meatbomb http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20769/sort-comments-by-number-of-favorites#902259 Take the site<br> Make it a better place<br> For you and for me<br> And the entire userbase comment:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20769-902259 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:59:49 -0800 Meatbomb
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