kelvinnewman
from kelvinnewman 840 Days ago#
Exactly right, just because you can do it doesn't mean you should do it!
from kelvinnewman 1264 Days ago#
I know in certain circumstances they could help, but why add them if you don’t think it will work?If it’s not relevant it’ll confuse your audience, I also wonder if the social media algo’s bear in mind if your site’s been submitted a lot but garnered few votes... If not they should
from kelvinnewman 1428 Days ago#
I actually think keeping quite a good level of editorial control is working for yahoo on this one. It’s not going to be sustainable longterm but in the short term it gives the interactivity many crave, doesn’t overwhelm their current audience with change.
from kelvinnewman 1484 Days ago#
i thought nick covered that point!
from kelvinnewman 1484 Days ago#
As an other Brightonite they are real people... I think I need to get myself an arty photo for our blog, mines a camera phone special!
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from kelvinnewman 1500 Days ago#
Interesting observation, does a few places donw the what’s new list really make that much difference though?
from kelvinnewman 1500 Days ago#
A great series of articles and covering a topic I’ve never seen touched upon before
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from kelvinnewman 1501 Days ago#
Well that’s good news! I thought October was quite a good time of year for it...
from kelvinnewman 1543 Days ago#
did you see a discernable increase in direct traffic ciaran? I spose it’s very difficult to attribute it to additional coverage
from kelvinnewman 1544 Days ago#
yeah it’s an arkward time of year, but surely nobody wants it on a school night!
from kelvinnewman 1545 Days ago#
It depends why you are linking to them, is it laziness because you can’t take the time to find a good resource or just because they are geniunely the best page?
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from kelvinnewman 1545 Days ago#
congrats, it’s mine december first and the planning is prooving hectic. Bet you’ve got a good honeymoon planned!
from kelvinnewman 1545 Days ago#
sounds positive , especially people having the ability to desphinn but only if they want to take responsibility
from kelvinnewman 1546 Days ago#
which sessions did you not like on the first day out of interest suncao?Hope you thought my presentation was okay!
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from kelvinnewman 1546 Days ago#
Googlistitis an addiction to all news google related
from kelvinnewman 1553 Days ago#
You’ve got to be one of the most popular on that list from the UK glen, even though I spose you are technically from South Africa now.
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from kelvinnewman 1560 Days ago#
yet more risks of algo created content. With universal search being used more and more Google have got to be careful.
from kelvinnewman 1564 Days ago#
I think a system similar to propeller could work quite well.
The featured story then serves one of two purpose, highlight breaking news that might not yet have enough votes or keep something important from slipping down the hot topic page too quickly.
I don’t know the limitations of Pligg but I think something along the lines of stumbles system where a vote for someone you always vote for counts for less...
from kelvinnewman 1577 Days ago#
sign of a master ;) Andy can produce sphinn worthy blog posts without even trying!
from kelvinnewman 1578 Days ago#
You should come to london we have great weather this time of year ;)
from kelvinnewman 1578 Days ago#
Inspiring accout for anyone who’s a bit worried they might not get much value out of a conference. Did danny pay you to write this though!
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from kelvinnewman 1578 Days ago#
Hopefully as the community grows the number of votes will increase and people will realise they’ll never be able to beg enough votes.
I’ll admit I’ve occasionally asked a few people for sphinns to help get a story started or pushed it popular, but I always hope those people vote on quality rather that to get sphinns in return!
from kelvinnewman 1578 Days ago#
I tend to agree zachary, but you’d be amazed how many people as soon as they get online forget the most basic of social skills.
There are loads of people with completely useless facebook profiles so this was my small way of helping them
from kelvinnewman 1581 Days ago#
It got changed think there was a glitch!
from kelvinnewman 1585 Days ago#
I think people think this is a spammy submission!
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