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There are two thoughts I had as I browsed the site, and perhaps I missed something, so feel free to correct me. 1) The biggest question I had as a potential us

There are two thoughts I had as I browsed the site, and perhaps I missed something, so feel free to correct me. 1) The biggest question I had as a potential user was "why should I care what x had to say about y"? I'd most likely not care about what some random user had to say about their top 5 Chick Flicks, but I would like to see the general statistics for all users who had the same list. That part confused me as well.. There seems to be a "top list" for chick flicks: http://www.rankoro.us/top-chick-flicks/?&t=28 http://www.rankoro.us/top-chick-flicks/?&t=28, but I don't how how that list came to be: the other users who had the same list didn't share several movies in common, for example, so I'm left to believe it was arbitrarily picked! Along these same lines, if I was interested in what a user had to say about their ranking of chick flicks, I'd want to know why, and none of these lists seem to let you give a reason why you thought "Sweet Home Alabama" was better than "Blue Crush". Even if it was basic, like a user being able to select a checklist of features for a movie (it was "thrilling", "funny","tropical") might give me a good idea if I might like it as well. 2) It looks like you add Amazon links as a potential revenue model, but you need to be smart about where to put the links . I probably will not be able to find a "Swiss and Mushroom Hamburger" on Amazon.

dclaysmith 16y ago
Thanks. Item #1 is definitely the biggest problem I faced (am facing). Your view is really limited to those lists and comments provided by your network so you won't really have to worry about what total strangers say about things. (When you log in, you have a "Feed" of your networks recent lists and comments). This raises problem problem #1 tho - there isn't instant utility for 'pioneers'. There is a "Top List" which is an aggregate of all of the lists, in the case of "Top 5 Chick Flicks" there just isn't enough data to be of use (it's the average of 2 lists). This will change in time and will lead to pretty good data. You said "I'd want to know why, and none of these lists seem to let you give a reason". This is very high on the feature list. Just a short blurb or justification on a per-item basis. 2) I recently added a "What is this list about?" pop up (you specify Movies, Music, Food, People, etc from a select. This meta data is going to allow me to target affiliate links better (and omit them in the case of hamburgers, etc). Thanks for the feedback.

dclaysmith 16y ago

Thanks. Item #1 is definitely the biggest problem I faced (am facing). Your view is really limited to those lists and comments provided by your network so you won't really have to worry about what total strangers say about things. (When you log in, you have a "Feed" of your networks recent lists and comments). This raises problem problem #1 tho - there isn't instant utility for 'pioneers'. There is a "Top List" which is an aggregate of all of the lists, in the case of "Top 5 Chick Flicks" there just isn't enough data to be of use (it's the average of 2 lists). This will change in time and will lead to pretty good data. You said "I'd want to know why, and none of these lists seem to let you give a reason". This is very high on the feature list. Just a short blurb or justification on a per-item basis. 2) I recently added a "What is this list about?" pop up (you specify Movies, Music, Food, People, etc from a select. This meta data is going to allow me to target affiliate links better (and omit them in the case of hamburgers, etc). Thanks for the feedback.