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Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:07:16 pm
I am considering a change to the order in which blogs are presented on the home page. Instead of doing it chronologically by when the post was written, I am considering a sort order more like how it's done in forums. This involves sorting based on a combination of the timestamps for the publication time and last edit time of the post, and the time of the last comment. The advantage of this is that all new content, both blog entries and comments, would be easier to find.
Although I could implement two different sorting systems, that would be extra work with little benefit. I am considering a change to this method of sorting as the only option.
Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:08:44 pm
This would be easier than traversing the whole followed comments list until I get to one that I know I read before.
Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:14:49 pm
re: comment#1
This would be easier than traversing the whole followed comments list until I get to one that I know I read before.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but you're the boss. I do think that you and I follow blogs differently, however, as I rarely use the followed comments list. I just go to the actual blog and then read the comments there.
Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:20:50 pm
re: comment#2
I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but you're the boss.
I do think that you and I follow blogs differently, however, as I rarely use the followed comments list. I just go to the actual blog and then read the comments there.
If you don't look at followed comments, then you will miss comments in older blog posts.I do think that you and I follow blogs differently, however, as I rarely use the followed comments list. I just go to the actual blog and then read the comments there.
Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:22:45 pm
re: comment#2
I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but you're the boss.
I do think that you and I follow blogs differently, however, as I rarely use the followed comments list. I just go to the actual blog and then read the comments there.
With the proposed system, an old blog that gets a new comment or edit would get promoted to the home page.I do think that you and I follow blogs differently, however, as I rarely use the followed comments list. I just go to the actual blog and then read the comments there.
Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:23:33 pm
re: comment#3
If you don't look at followed comments, then you will miss comments in older blog posts.
that's ok. they are generally not geared towards me anyway, otherwise they would respond to a comment I made previously. Maybe I am just not as much of a stalker as you are. :) Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:24:08 pm
re: comment#5
that's ok. they are generally not geared towards me anyway, otherwise they would respond to a comment I made previously. Maybe I am just not as much of a stalker as you are. :)
Nobody is as much of a stalker as I am.Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:30:51 pm
agrees with: comment#6
Nobody is as much of a stalker as I am.
Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:55:29 pm
agrees with this post
Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:56:15 pm
I like this idea because I very rarely view the recent comments page here. (Only when I am searching for a specific comment I know someone made.) Would you also add the username of the person who last commented on the post like forums typically do? I suppose it could be helpful for people to see which posts have no new activity since they last commented.
Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:57:10 pm
While it would be more convenient to sort posts by activity, what will happen is that popular posts will reign in the top spots on the home page as new posts quickly get bumped off. For that reason I hope that the followed/stranger blog pages will still display posts sorted by the original time. Also, would it be feasible to add an option to change the number of posts that display on the home page? If the order of the posts will be different each time a person comments, resulting in a clustering of the same posts at the top, it would be much more convenient to be able to view a longer list of posts at one time.
Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:13:21 pm
re: comment#10
While it would be more convenient to sort posts by activity, what will happen is that popular posts will reign in the top spots on the home page as new posts quickly get bumped off. For that reason I hope that the followed/stranger blog pages will still display posts sorted by the original time. Also, would it be feasible to add an option to change the number of posts that display on the home page? If the order of the posts will be different each time a person comments, resulting in a clustering of the same posts at the top, it would be much more convenient to be able to view a longer list of posts at one time.
The plan is to only change the home page. The other blog lists would remain as they are. Allowing users to change the number of posts per page could be troublesome, although it's not exceptionally complex to implement. Allowing a number that is too high would require extra computation power/time to return results. I already have it near the maximum for optimum performance. I could let it go a little higher, but letting the user select would add to computation time to fetch the exact number specified by the user.Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:15:07 pm
re: comment#9
I like this idea because I very rarely view the recent comments page here. (Only when I am searching for a specific comment I know someone made.) Would you also add the username of the person who last commented on the post like forums typically do? I suppose it could be helpful for people to see which posts have no new activity since they last commented.
I may add the user name and excerpt of the last comment, but that will not be part of the initial implementation. Changing the sort order involves significantly less work than adding that extra information, but I can see the advantage in implementing that.
Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:36:41 pm
agrees with this post
Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:36:53 pm
agrees with: comment#12
I may add the user name and excerpt of the last comment, but that will not be part of the initial implementation. Changing the sort order involves significantly less work than adding that extra information, but I can see the advantage in implementing that.
Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:30:35 am
re: comment#12
I may add the user name and excerpt of the last comment, but that will not be part of the initial implementation. Changing the sort order involves significantly less work than adding that extra information, but I can see the advantage in implementing that.
Privacy settings shall remain the same? If I comment on a protect post, only those that can view the post can view the comments?
Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:38:56 am
sounds good.
Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:52:51 am
agrees with: comment#15
Privacy settings shall remain the same? If I comment on a protect post, only those that can view the post can view the comments?
Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:53:26 am
re: comment#15
Privacy settings shall remain the same? If I comment on a protect post, only those that can view the post can view the comments?
This is only a change to the order in which blog posts appear. No other changes are part of this.Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:56:12 am
re: comment#18
This is only a change to the order in which blog posts appear. No other changes are part of this.
cool.Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:29:45 am
This seems like a good idea, but it will take some getting used to.
