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Oct 13, 2008
Oct 13, 2008
@stewbagz @Leolaporte @mona @mott @niksmit @rosevictor @christiananderson bringing you into this discussion too please...
Oct 13, 2008
Video comments through Seesmic, or 12 seconds. Many blogs use it ,and it would open the site to the seesmic audience.
Oct 13, 2008
My unsolicited $.02: (A) It's all about the UI, could use a tidying up and simplifying. (E + I) Mobile features are hot for established folks, not necessarily new users. (D) News alerts sound interesting, but I'm not sure that wouldn't cloud up the feature line. Are you thinking e-mail? Mobile alerts? Tweets? My creativity is tapped, otherwise I'd add something completely off-the-wall to (J).
Oct 13, 2008
I agree with @robdiana, the site should be easier to use. It would be a shame have a new user get frustrated and not come back after one or two visits!
Oct 13, 2008
@michaelfidler @robdiana agree -- we're working on a big initiative to "mainstream" socialmedian and make it more approachable
Oct 13, 2008
We should be able to clip a single picture which would appear on the right like the permalinked articles.
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg Here's one you highly should consider. You could start with a standard podcast, and move to video when you see the payoff. It could be similar to Diggnation, but you won't be drinking beer sitting on a couch too close to your buddy. Rather, you could have featured bloggers, and Newsmakers as guests. Maybe even the original writer, if they are different then the person who submitted the article. It could be once a week covering the best or most clipped stories. It's informative, great PR, and will reach a larger audience. Did I mention it could also be profitable. And, it doesn't matter if people are in different states, or countries. Leo Laporte uses Skype to connect remote guests every week, and it works great. You should start with audio for now. If it proves to be viable, you could add video in time to launch the site coming out beta! Just an idea.
Oct 13, 2008
What does everyone think of being able to change the colors / layout of your public socialmedian page, even put it at your own url? sort of like really having your own version of the drudge report?
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg As long as its not like "my space" type of alterations! It would be great if we had our own url. A premium feature possible$$$
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg changing the layout might be a nice idea, but I think it is a "nice to have". Because I can create my own network, I am not sure what benefit a custom url would have, unless you are an openID provider.
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg Does "all of the above" not work ? :) I would vote (in order) 1 - Search 2 - Mobile app or mobile site (please include WM, not just iPhone :) ) 3 - News Alerts 4 - More filters/views 5 - Publish an API
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg Since you love my idea, I'll throw out something I came across this morning. Revision 3 is looking to expand their lineup. They are holding an open submission to find ideas for a new show. I don't think you would need to go through that process. If your worried about cost, they have some of the best facilities, great ad model, and Bitgravity as their CDN(the best in my opinion). I think they would like the idea, because it would reach a different demographic then their other content. Even Kevin Rose has matured beyond the show he created.It would simplify things, on the production side, while introducing a huge audience to the show and the site. Leo Laporte is another, and perhaps better choice. I noticed he clipped some articles today. Sound like a little more than a research expedition, plus he's the real deal.So hit the phones!
Oct 13, 2008
@robdiana I've noticed a couple of people here have blogs that just copy the content of their network. If they had there own url that would be unessescary. Especially if you allow networks to have advertising, with a revenue split,course. The blogs I saw all have ads. Same content, different place. And @jeffdoug, has a great priority list. Search is really important. I couldn't find an article from last week that I wanted to reference today. One final thing, you mentioned that replize would be enhanced with more features. What happened with that?
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg You've made huge strides with functionality. In some ways that just gets us all wanting more. I've asked for search and continue to think it would be a nice add on (i'd like A - F + the API). If you pressed be for one, its UI.
Oct 13, 2008
(E) Mobile apps continue to top my wish list. You could also provide us with a FFtoGo.com -style lo-fi portal.
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg It's not a bad idea to be able to hide our own material. Filters are great, but what if a picture from Flickr comes in that wan't really intended for here. we could delete them, or hide them.
Mott,
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg I'd like to be able to search sources by who added them to S|M. If you are following someone, I think it be nice to see some of their sources.
Mott,
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg I'd like to be able to preference My News Networks for my home page and have my email alerts match it. Maybe on My News Networks page add a control to move a network up or down (I know I can turn off the network in email alerts).
Oct 13, 2008
@mott nice suggestion on the favorite news networks. We've got a design for that -- may push it to the front of the line as you are about the 10th person to ask for that in the past couple of weeks.
Oct 13, 2008
@jasongoldberg Its probably wrapped up in a bunch of things on your todo list for A), but please be sure to translate \r\n in comments to br html tags.
Oct 14, 2008
I have a small suggestion, but I would really like to know if I'm already following someone who adds me as a newsmaker (not unlike the emails sent by Twitter when someone you're following follows you back).
Oct 14, 2008
BIt slow on the uptake here, but read through all the above and all are positive comments. One thing I know I have repeatedly wanted which goes in line with what @DanielJPritchett is mobile phone support. I find myself out walking the dog, with the iPhone, browsing new feeds, finding new sites and posts that I would just love to be able to submit, but does not seem possible.
That would be really very useful to me. @Crow74 also touches on FF3 issues on the mac, just slight issues, nothing major, but all helps create a more streamlined process. To be able to add more than one NewsGroup when 'sharing' at a time rather than having to keep going back a step.
Oct 14, 2008
@jasongoldberg I'm glad @imjustcreative mention that, because I thought I was the only asking for some type of modification on this. Honestly, I know it has no relevance for most users, but have a short time it might. It's such a little thing, that perhaps another web designer could suggest a simple fix that would not interfere with more important projects.
Oct 14, 2008
@imjustcreative @michaelfidler great stuff both of you, thanks. We're listening and absorbing it all. We've got a hectic roadmap next couple of weeks already mapped out, with UI cleanups, filters, and first big steps on search. Much more to follow.
Oct 14, 2008
@jasongoldberg That sounds a lot like forget about it for a while. Isn't it a UI issue?
Oct 14, 2008
I know all those other things are far more important! Glad you have your priorities straight!
Emil,
Oct 14, 2008
@jasongoldberg, Go for A.
The other day I was trying show a friend this site. I used his computer, which ran Firefox with NoScript. Unfortunately I typed my password in the password field in the header which due to the missing javascripts was displayed it in clear text. Anyways, I should had allowed socialmedian in the first place, but I forgot it since it was not my computer.
Oct 15, 2008
Hi everyone. We'll have some new stuff for our "power users" to take a look at by end of next week (around October 24th). We'll most likely put it on a new url and then ask for you to play with it and take a short survey on it. Please reply if you would like to be included. Will be first steps on some UI improvements, filters, and search to start.
Oct 15, 2008
FYI. We're also working this week and next on: (1) Fixes to improve how stories are auto-shared into news networks, to make that more logical and proper. (2) Enhancements to replize, particularly auto-complete for your socialmedian followers/newsmakers. (3) more/better on share on facebook options, and options for how your info is auto-shared on facebook, and (4) many bug fixes. This stuff will just go live on the site. Please make sure to reply to my comment above if you want to be included in the test of new features around October 24th.
Oct 15, 2008
@jasongoldberg I would be glad to help out. I may not be overly responsive as work is crazy busy.
Oct 15, 2008
@jasongoldberg example. I want to add a site, I have to manually name the feed when I go through the "is this you" process.
Oct 15, 2008
I hope this doesn't sound petty, but I would love to see some attention given to (changing!) the dreadful mood icons/style. The mood meter idea is great, however the graphics/colors look junky and amateurish compared to the rest of the site. I really like social|median and I think a more polished look (which I think it was before the mood meter) would reflect more accurately what a great service it is.
Oct 16, 2008
@jasongoldberg Yes, less cutesy, but also better graphic quality. Maybe it's just my monitor. ;-) I know it's a small thing, but it really jumps out at me... maybe others, too? Or maybe not. :-)
Oct 16, 2008
@jasongoldberg I'm also happy to help out with testing if you're in need of any more testers :)
Oct 16, 2008
@jasongoldberg I agree with @geekmum the color choice and look could be improved. Low priority Just talking about appearance, the features great. I would consider the overall aesthics of the site.
Oct 16, 2008
@jasongoldberg:: I would love to have a network widget. I'm using S|M in my PR strategy to enable discussion between analysts, clients, and influentials, it would be right nifty to have something to embed on our site that shows recent network stories and discussions (would be a handy traffic driver for both of us).
Oct 19, 2008
A bit rushed so, don't know if someone has already said it but, for me, I'd welcome being alerted to topics/news/people/newsmakers I've chosen to follow. Not just an email alert but, rather, a little pop up such as are available though widgets. That type of thing would probably bring more interaction with the Social Median site...I know I'd want to come read full stories if alerted to them via a compact little widget bringing interesting news to my attention... (Forgive me if that's about as clear as mud - it's 2 am! :-) )
Oct 20, 2008
I think the top ideas is good as it is similar to youtube where you see an original version.. I think if you see copies that is ok too as some people have their own friends, contacts and watch what they have to share, especially seeing how you have the follow me tool. Also I think that it would be good to have links with new stories and updates and not copies as it can sometimes look a little on the stale side.. It would be great if you can have a good search parameter like google where say... I enjoy military due to husband being military officer so I would like to see links to military where there is any new update whether being headlines, connections to youtube to view clips and see their video links or to see news story links to military jobs... I think if the search parameters are out there and gets all links in one when you list as a favorite you will cover a great deal of ground and people can open what they like from within that where it will pop up on either through this site or to a different window.. Hope this helps.
1 day ago
1) A way of somehow unmarking articles that get dumped into the wrong networks. Obama items get dropped into climate change, socialmedian articles get dropped into apple.
2) A way of marking and article as "Not Interested" so it is hidden from my feed.
Aug 02, 2009
Search! Then I won't have to go through 15+ pages to find something I'm looking for. Now, on with my page by page search!
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