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Hiding the Sphinn Button When a Post Fails to Go Hot

Went Hot: February 26, 2008 - 1:15 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 496 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.allthingssem.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone

One of the things I don't like about Sphinn is that if a post fails to go hot within a couple of days of being submitted, it will NEVER go hot. I'm not arguing that the system isn't fair, I'm just saying I don't like it. A side-effect of this behavior is that my site has now become riddled with Sphinn buttons with depressing single digit counts. Do I need to advertise to visitors that a post failed to reach critical mass? Nope.

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from g1smd 496 days ago #

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Maybe you should alter the script so that Sphinn buttons only show on your site for say the first 7 days after the first-posting date.

from MariosAlexandrou 496 days ago #

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@g1smd Your approach is fine too except I'd like to show the button for particularly popular posts regardless of the post's age.

from g1smd 496 days ago #

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Is there a way to get the number of votes and make a decision based on that?

I don't currently see one.

from MariosAlexandrou 495 days ago #

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@g1smd Getting the number of votes and basing the decision to show/hide the button is what the code I've provided does.

from Mani-Karthik 495 days ago #

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Maki, that's something you should learn to live with. Not all stories get thumbs up on SU,Digg and Sphinn all the time. I think it's the webmasters decision as to whether to keep the button or not.

from katfrench 495 days ago #

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That's why I use a modded version of the Antisocial / Sociable plugin. It makes it possible to Sphinn from the page without a big honking badge of dishonor for unSphunn (or unHot) articles.

I bet with a little finessing, there's a way to drop the "big honkin button" code into specific posts, AFTER they get Hot...

from SpostareDuro 495 days ago #

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Agreed Kat. 'Sociable Push cx' all the way...

For me, removing the Sphinn beackon, I mean button, (wink) keeps me from wanting to move Page Wankering into Sphinn Wankering. Although getting a Sphinn was certainly schweet, it was becoming a distraction for me.

from onreact 495 days ago #

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I would love to have a customizable Sphinn button. The default one does not fit in at all in my blog.

from cledford 495 days ago # - show/hide this comment

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I have been trying to get this story (http://www.3tailer.com/search-marketing/get-indexed-quickly-install-google-analytics) on the homepage but it's impossible to promote it.

from g1smd 495 days ago #

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That's the post over at: http://sphinn.com/story/30911 I guess.

from JamesDuthie 495 days ago #

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Oh the irony... an article about hiding the Sphinn plugin for poor performing articles hits the front page of Sphinn. I wonder if Marios ever predicted that...?