Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
| Messages 1 - 66 of total 66 in this topic |
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 6, 2017 - 01:08pm PT
|
Hey Chris or other forum designer/moderator.
It would be really cool to have a "Like" button or feature for photos and comments on this forum. People often post rad photos or great thoughts, and it would be cool to interact with eachother by giving a thumbs up (or down). Its such a common feature in so many other forums/social media outlets.
Often, say in the "Show me What you're Building" or "Very Large Trout Lover's Thread" or "Post up a Rock on Tuesday" threads, people post cool stuff but never receive any feedback because we are tired of writing comment after comment and it starts to sound banal or not worth the effort.
I for one would be way inclined to hit "like" on all cool photos or comments and I think it would be cool to rack up a whole bunch of "likes" on a comment or photo I submit. This would also be helpful in some of the arguments online....giving credit where credit is due for good thought content or a well stated argument.
I have been interacting less and less here lately after years of contributing TR's and threads but thought this might spice things up and make it a more fun place to visit.
Get with the times Supertopo! Rec.climbing never got a "like" button and look what happened to it! You ain't relevant these days if folks can't interact properly. Bring on the dopamine releasing "LIKE" button!
Thoughts?
Scott
|
|
Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
|
|
Let the content speak for its self. No need to mimic social media
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 6, 2017 - 02:03pm PT
|
John you're just afraid nobody would "like" your posts.
|
|
rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
|
|
Yeah... How about a TS , That Sucks button...?
|
|
mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
|
|
It's a good idea.
|
|
ruppell
climber
|
|
You mean like this?
|
|
skitch
Gym climber
Bend Or
|
|
DISLIKE
|
|
nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
|
|
*
Thoughts...>Junior high....... or..> go visit Facebook for like approval.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
TFPU
|
|
Crazy Bat
Sport climber
Birmingham, AL & Seweanee, TN
|
|
I have always been told to get something done you have to find how it affects the bottom line. The Taco is funded by ads. I assume that means it already has a counter to let the advertisers know how many people visit the site. If we were willing to let advirtisers post ads smack dab in the middle of popular threads that were indicated by likes I could see it happening. If we had like buttons I could not find really cool threads just by looking at how many people responded. I guess I could count like hits. LOL
|
|
mcreel
climber
Barcelona
|
|
It's not very polite to go around telling people "that's fupped uk", even if you use an acronym to do it.
|
|
tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
|
|
we certainly need a like button for photos. preferably one that shows who hit the like button.
|
|
mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
|
|
Thoughts:
1. It would be really, really cool NOT to see a "Like" button.
2. It would be really, really cool to have a "take a hike" button.
Yanqui, you get a plus two for the video.
What's that, a total of minus four all-around for you now, but who's counting, eh?
|
|
hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
|
|
i keep a conch shell handy, hold it to my ear after every zinger.
promised the little lady a happy meal when she fills up the tip jar
|
|
i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
|
|
As long as you can un-like it later, "\3" !
|
|
Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
|
|
Everyone gets a trophy! Self esteem overload.
|
|
kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
|
|
There have been discussions ad nauseum about "forum enhancements" for years now. I doubt CMac will ever even read this thread. His focus is on TechGearLab. From looking at the past, I'm sure developer time and money will NOT be wasted on Supertopo.
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2017 - 10:35am PT
|
So pretty much a bunch of "No's" from people who rarely post photos, trip reports, climbing content or anything of any substantial stoke. Makes sense.
What a boring crowd. Supertopo is headed towards becoming a Myspace for the elderly it seems.
Everyone gets a trophy! Self esteem overload. JOHN BECK Thats retarded. Build your self worth off of how many stupid 'likes' you get. D2R2
And don't worry about my self esteem. I'm a really big deal on Insta. I derive my self esteem from my hot wife, my beautiful kids who excel at everything, my big house, and my rad truck with 35's. Nothing the aging, angy crowd at Supertopo can ever give me by liking a few photos of me pumping out on moderate trade routes.
Just thought it would be fun to like other people's content in a way that could encourage more stoke around here.
See you Tuolumne this weekend!
Scott
|
|
hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
|
|
if you're on instagram, where do i buy a ticket?
|
|
Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
|
|
See you Tuolumne this weekend!
probably not cuz I try to avoid the crowds. But I will be sure to like you on insta gram, is that one word or two?
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2017 - 11:08am PT
|
John we will probably be fourth in line on West Crack by sunrise tomorrow morning....But I'll be tilting and filtering the heck out of all my photos for maximum "likes" and will be updating photo posts of all my food and meals throughout the trip. Stay tuned!
#sendthegnar
#instafamous
#poseursgetmorelikes
|
|
rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
|
|
I like you people.
Whatever it is that you like about yourselves - your hot wife or your cool kids or your awesome climbing prowess or your super social skills or your lordly supertopo social standing or whatever - that's cool. Most folks I think manage that on their own time.
But if a like button helps, great! I like that, too.
|
|
nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
|
|
*
And don't worry about my self esteem. I'm a really big deal on Insta. I derive my self esteem from my hot wife, my beautiful kids who excel at everything, my big house, and my rad truck with 35's. Nothing the aging, angy crowd at Supertopo can ever give me by liking a few photos of me pumping out on moderate trade routes.
Just thought it would be fun to like other people's content in a way that could encourage more stoke around here.
Wow...I didn't know you were so cool....Now where is my like button.
>No anger here at all<.......JMO..I just think there are already plenty of approval seeking formats ..
|
|
kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
|
|
So pretty much a bunch of "No's"...
micronut, have you had any communication with either CMac or RJ about changes to the forum? My guess is not.
I think it's been clear for years that they are NOT willing to spend time or money on the existing framework. For example, the PM function has been broken for a year and a half, which are they are aware of and can't be bothered to fix.
In case you haven't noticed, the Taco does not operate as a democracy. Here in America, we get what we pay for :-)
VVV funny, hooblie! I agree.
|
|
hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
|
|
ya, we're runnin' on bare rims over here, and we LIKE it!
|
|
WBraun
climber
|
|
Where is my hate/st000pid button??????
:-)
|
|
kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
|
|
^^ you need to wait for REI to buy the Taco, and submit that request to the new developers ;-)
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2017 - 11:44am PT
|
Quick note:
Anybody (and you know who you are....) who replies with any seriousness to my sarcastic remarks needs to take a deep breath and realize that I'm mocking myself or y'all most of the time around here. My wit is legenday and usually flies right over the heads of the dull, the insecure or the uninitiated.
My apologies if any of my above comments were taken seriously. Shame on you.
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2017 - 11:45am PT
|
And Hooblie..... I would've reached out and slapped the "like" button for that above comment of yours. If only we had one.
|
|
Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
|
|
Note: There is a star rating system for photos.
A "like" or similar system of acknowledgement would let someone posting know who got the message. This would also save space on the servers since it would use less data than a post.
I agree that the appeal of this forum is it's simplicity. Other social media has ever expanding details that help finance the traffic. I see no profit in it for the ST site managers to give us more stuff.
Disabling the email function for us has been a powerful message: "You freeloaders are waisting our time here."
I would enjoy a "like" button. However, if you like people here then Facebook friend them. Much of the content that is of value is the same.
Most of the quality contributers here are also on Instragram where you can love them, not just like them.
|
|
nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
|
|
*
Of course i knew your comment was a sarcastic reply on your part... .. It's your smugness in the whole post with how you disagree with me and others ....
TFPU...
dang, back to work...i'm late from lunch...
|
|
mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
|
|
Why, micro, you facetious little troll, with your (now legendary) smugness...
shame and accolades on you.
[heavy sigh & eye roll a la Werner]
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2017 - 12:54pm PT
|
Good point Dingus. Sometimes as a business owner I make decisions that cost me money simply to give our patients/patrons/"customers" a better experience. Fresh cut flowers after surgery, Free Jamba Juice gift cards to kid patients, fresh brewed gourmet coffee out in the waiting room.....sometimes its just about hoping people have a good experience.
In this case yall are right....CMac may never even see this.
Dingus if I were to make an argument for monetary benefit I would urge him/them to look at usership on ST vs. usership of competing sites. I wonder if its up, down, or steady over the past few years. I wonder how Mountain Project is doing in the same realm. Increase in usership/new accounts and posters = potential increase in revenue from ads (including charging more for advertisers if you have an increase in members/possible ad viewers).
As an owner I would want to be on the leading edge as a "Social Media Provider" which is what this Forum is. Its funny how many posters poo-pooed the idea of being like FB or Insta in having a "like" button. Those two platforms are ravenously successful and have tapped in to how people like to interact with eachother in the virtual space. And their ad revenue reflects that.
I would characterize Supertopo as a fun, helpful, albeit "dated" platform with a shelf life of questionable sustainability unless it continues to grow with the technological times. I enjoy it, use it, provide content to it in the form of lots of TR's and photo posts and engaging interaction, but see it as a site that might dwindle over the years unless it stays relevant. That has been proven year after year in the tech/social media platform market. I like this site and enjoy it despite the fact that it seems to bring out the worst in many people/personalities. It also has the potential to spread the stoke, create friendships and provide entertainment.
I often wonder what CMac and the crew see as the vision for moving forward. The front page is stagnant. The look hasn't changed for years. The advertising continues to increase and its forum has lost many caring and engaging and contributing posters over the years, icons in our sport who once enjoyed the place but have since moved on to other platforms.Maybe they are killing it here and usership is on the rise? Maybe its in a death spiral. Maybe its same-ol-same-ol. Who knows. Kind of thought provoking.
|
|
Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
|
|
Wow, an outdated format. Hope it does not end up like the most outdated format, Craigslist. Which I think is one of the the most visited website in the world.
edited: cl is 105
|
|
johntp
Trad climber
socal
|
|
IMHO;
We don't need no stinkin buttons!
Agreed. Who is going to give a ratz arse what I like. Leave it out of the BS posting crap.
TFPU!
|
|
Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
|
|
Didn't seem like such a bad idea to me.....
|
|
Binks
climber
Uranus
|
|
I think if you aren't willing to even comment, the like button is stupid. That's why I stopped clicking "Like" anywhere they have those buttons. It's meaningless. If you have something say, then say it.
|
|
johntp
Trad climber
socal
|
|
micronut/Jaybro- thought about this a bit more. Guess it would not hurt and may serve a purpose. Guess my inner crudgmean came out of it's hole. I use it very rarely on other forums. It seems to me to be a silent positive vote. That's why I "like" eKat's TFPU thingy; bumps the thread.
|
|
tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
|
|
kind of sad that we have so many negative responses and even votes for a take a hike button..... Someone goes to all the troubble to post climbing photos and trip reports and you guys are so busy looking for something to argue about that you don't have time or inclination to like the damn photo.....
|
|
johntp
Trad climber
socal
|
|
Someone goes to all the troubble to post climbing photos and trip reports and you guys are so busy looking for something
That's why I appreciate eKat's TFPU thought. Too many times on ST and other forums that TRs are viewed but not acknowledged, dropping them off the front page. I always post on TRs that are good, even if it is only to say TFPU.
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2017 - 03:07pm PT
|
Maybe this is all we need. Feel free to cut and paste this and use it at any point in the forum.
|
|
L
climber
Tiptoeing through the chilly waters of life
|
|
What a boring crowd. Supertopo is headed towards becoming a Myspace for the elderly it seems.
And don't worry about my self esteem. I'm a really big deal on Insta.
I derive my self esteem from my hot wife, my beautiful kids who excel at everything, my big house, and my rad truck with 35's.
Nothing the aging, angy crowd at Supertopo can ever give me by liking a few photos of me pumping out on moderate trade routes.
Oh My God!!!
I was laughing so hard, I fell off my chair.
Anyone who's read any of your TRs (and I've read 'em all...several times), had to know you were practicing your famous irony.
And if they didn't, then they need to read more of your TRs.
"Like" button sounds fine to me.
|
|
Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
|
|
And Points!
I wanna get points
(for nut'ing,That Mean nut'ing')
just to see my score !
Points to grow by
points to make me great
Ill get more points than you . . . just wait
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2017 - 04:43pm PT
|
Good points Dingus. I always assumed that this thing was a labor of love for him anyway. It never hurts to offer some thoughtful advice on improvements though does it? I am a super topo groupie anyway and in it for the long-haul. I just can't wait till they make the movie.
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2017 - 05:12pm PT
|
Gotta run kids. Headed to Tuolumne for three days! Havent been there for a few seasons. Macronut and I are stoked. Vitaliy may even join us! Hide the women and children.
Game on!
|
|
rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
|
|
I personally am deeply ashamed by my confusion.
But now I get it - you're proposing a like button that's secretly a "you're a jerk" button.
I like it :-)
|
|
Jim Herrington
Mountain climber
New York, NY
|
|
I know it's super high-tech but how about being able to message other members?
|
|
Ney Grant
Trad climber
Pollock Pines
|
|
Chris Mac is an entrepreneur who has, like many entrepreneurs, muddled through and found a path that makes them successful. For him it seems to have been Outdoor Gear Lab. It is tremendously hard to build a successful business and I commend him on that because it seems to be doing well.
I could be wrong but I sense he has lost the passion for ST, even though in my opinion it still has potential for selling new and updated guidebooks, online advertising, etc. My advice, since I doubt ST has enough current revenue/earnings to be worth much, would be for him to give ST to someone with the energy and passion to do what needs to be done, and take future royalties/earnout as payment. Just my two cents...
|
|
hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
|
|
^^^ "provisionally supportive" of your position mr. drool
|
|
kief
Trad climber
east side
|
|
It only takes a moment or two to post an appreciative comment when someone goes to the trouble of posting a TR and you feel the stoke. It would be a shame if a "like" button lessened those personal paybacks. If it is just intended for forum posts I suppose I might use it once in awhile.
|
|
micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2017 - 04:44pm PT
|
Live from West Crack!
|
|
Burnin' Oil
Trad climber
CA
|
|
Blown Away is open - better hurry. Pass that group on P.1.
LIKE
TFPU
|
|
RussianBot
climber
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 08:08am PT
|
Dear CMac,
Please give us allish of us a like button. Also, with kind regards, pleasely police your most awesspishuz site to ensure that all users provide their real names and locations.
In sincerity and transparency,
Information weaponizers of the future
|
|
Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 09:17am PT
|
LIKE!
|
|
RussianBot
climber
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 11:07am PT
|
WTF?! Someone hacked my account! That guy is clearly a Russian troll! Even a genius like Zuckerberg could figure that one out!
This information -> belief thing is easy. Other people must just be doing it wrong. Like Trumpie, we just use the BEST biglyist heuristics.
|
|
Roots
Mountain climber
Redmond, Oregon
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 11:42am PT
|
f'n A...I'd be stoked if we could be notified when someone replies to a post/thread. The re-logging in and checking is LAME..but I bet it adds $$$ to if advertisers pay by number of hits.
I'd press a "like" button on that feature!!
|
|
tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 05:11pm PT
|
Like button for photos and posts. especially for photos.
|
|
zBrown
Ice climber
|
|
|
Mar 22, 2018 - 05:21pm PT
|
Better yet
start a
"GoFundMe" for the authors of Threads that you really like.
Follow the money trial [sic]
|
|
looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
|
|
I just saw trip reports have a like button now. Hope it's not an April Fool's prank. :D
|
|
| Messages 1 - 66 of total 66 in this topic |
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!