[Fwd: Re: [Lispweb] Re: Reddit: Let's rewrite a better one in Common Lisp.]

[Austin Haas]

I hope the spam wasn't me! I put a link to my own site b/c I couldn't
think of anything else.

The most interesting thing to me about reddit is the idea that I am
training a filter that is going to determine what items are recommended
for me. I found myself going back to the site just to vote on things,
hoping it would benefit me later.

Maybe there could be a way for users to set up a preference for items
submitted with certain tags. So, for example, in an "options" form I
might give a +1 to any items about programming, so that they would
automatically bubble to the top for me. This would only be for me; not
casting a vote that would affect other users. I might give a -1 to any
items that have been tagged political. It seems to me like the effects
of your choices would be more obvious. With reddit, I can't say that
I've noticed any impact from voting on my recommended page. This might
also keep newcomers from being turned off because the site has already
skewed a certain direction. For example, I haven't recommend reddit to
many people because it seems to only be almost exclusively about lisp
and programming. My wife might like the service if she could tailor it
to her interests.

-austin

Austin Haas
Pet Tomato, Inc.
http://www.pettomato.com

Marc Battyani wrote:
> "Marc Battyani" <Marc.Battyani at fractalconcept.com> wrote
> 
>>"Marc Battyani" <Marc.Battyani at fractalconcept.com> wrote
>>
>>>Sorry but I start with the infrastructure. Showing the links, submitting
>>>them, managing the users, the categories, etc.
>>>The ranking function will come later but feel free to expose your ideas
> 
> on
> 
>>>the subject.
>>
>>OK, here is what I have after 4 hours:
>>http://linkit.fractalconcept.com
>>
>>So far I have most of the objects classes, the database stuff, the web
> 
> site
> 
>>up and running and the basic functionnalities to submit and assign
>>categories to links.
>>What is mostly missing is: Links ranking and user management. The data
>>structure is there but then there is some code to write.
>>
>>I will leave this site up for a few minutes before going to bed (it's 2:30
>>am here ;-). I will cut it soon as I don't want to have it full of spam
>>tomorrow.
> 
> 
> OK sleeping time, I will cut the site ;-)
> 
> 27 people have come to look at it in 35 min and I have already had to remove
> one spam item which was not kind for some guys...
> 
> As you may have seen, I've already added categories to links and I will also
> add comments soon.
> 
> Any ideas we could try ?
> Comments on the site so far ?
> Suggestions for the ranking algorithms ?
> etc.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> 
> 
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