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Well. I added Markus Persson (aka Notch, of Minecraft fame) to my Following circle, and... his posts are always bumped to the top of the stream because so many

Well. I added Markus Persson (aka Notch, of Minecraft fame) to my Following circle, and... his posts are always bumped to the top of the stream because so many people comment on them. Posts can also take up a lot of space when there are attached pictures/videos and comments. So Twitter has these huge advantages that everything is streamlined and kept short. Google+ does not; and it's not really necessary if you don't use Google+ as Twitter. This is also something that Google can fix, so we CAN (then) use Google+ as Twitter.

Goronmon 15y ago
It's funny because the same exact thing happened to me. Notch now dominates my Stream, to the point I might just remove him from my circles.
- groks 15y ago
  At the top right of each post is a tiny arrow in a circle. It's a menu -- choose 'Mute this post' and it will no longer float to the top.
  - Goronmon 15y ago
    The problem is that Notch tends to post stuff all the time. Right now I have 6 of his posts on the first page of my stream. And they are all from the last 12 hours or so. If he keeps up that rate, I'll be muting a dozen posts a day, heh.
    - telcodud 15y ago
      Check out this post from a Google+ engineer: https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts/GTESUy4y93t https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts/GTESUy4y... (sorry, Google+ users only) This was identified as an issue that's planned to be fixed in the next few days.
crb 15y ago
Also known as the "Scoble virus": https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/gEpTBbWst4H https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/gEpTBbWs.... To quote Googler Kelly Ellis: Pro tip. Right now your stream is ordered by most-recent comment. We're working hard on improving this, but in the mean time, if you're tired of seeing the same post come up near the top of your stream, you can click on the little arrow and select "Mute this post." This is useful for those Scoble updates...
kristofferR 15y ago
Why was crb's really useful post marked as dead?
- JacobAldridge 15y ago
  Looks like crb's account has been hellbanned, dating back to this comment (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2470300 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2470300) which seems to have attracted a lot of downvotes. CRB - worth emailing pg or other administrators requesting re-instatement (sorry I don't have an actual address or details for that, perhaps someone else can point you in the right direction).
  - aristidb 15y ago
    Wow, getting hellbanned for making a joke about Portal. That's... not right. (The comment itself did deserve getting downvoted though.)
    - JacobAldridge 15y ago
      I suspect it's an automatic function when a comment reaches a certain number of downvotes. In this case it may also highlight an issue with not showing points- many people may have thought it warranted downvoting, but some may have not clicked had they been aware it was already showing the max of -4.? I know I get the flipside often- comments that may warrant a few upvotes get 20 because we've lost the 'feels about right' element of scores. Of course, I can't fault the converse 'vote on its merits' argument.
drivebyacct2 15y ago
Which is why there are features to solve this problem already baked in. You have a variety of ways of dismissing that content. (Are the people downvoting unaware of this or upset that they had to come to complain before noticing or what? Jesus, what a stupid post to downvote)
- akavi 15y ago
  "Available" and "Easy enough to actually be worth using" are two very different things, and the former isn't worth anything without the latter (Note that g+'s most lauded feature, circles, has been in Facebook forever in the form of lists; they're just too tedious to actually be used) Requiring someone to individually mute every single popular post is hardly a real solution to the problem aristidb describes.
WesleyJohnson 15y ago
They're working on the issue of popular posts getting more or less "pinned" to the top of your stream. Google Software Engineer Kelly Ellis on the subject... https://plus.google.com/108159551615224338529/posts/hrCkgmkoQPn https://plus.google.com/108159551615224338529/posts/hrCkgmko...

Goronmon 15y ago

It's funny because the same exact thing happened to me. Notch now dominates my Stream, to the point I might just remove him from my circles.

groks 15y ago
At the top right of each post is a tiny arrow in a circle. It's a menu -- choose 'Mute this post' and it will no longer float to the top.
- Goronmon 15y ago
  The problem is that Notch tends to post stuff all the time. Right now I have 6 of his posts on the first page of my stream. And they are all from the last 12 hours or so. If he keeps up that rate, I'll be muting a dozen posts a day, heh.
  - telcodud 15y ago
    Check out this post from a Google+ engineer: https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts/GTESUy4y93t https://plus.google.com/107117483540235115863/posts/GTESUy4y... (sorry, Google+ users only) This was identified as an issue that's planned to be fixed in the next few days.

crb 15y ago

Also known as the "Scoble virus": https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/gEpTBbWst4H https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/gEpTBbWs.... To quote Googler Kelly Ellis: Pro tip. Right now your stream is ordered by most-recent comment. We're working hard on improving this, but in the mean time, if you're tired of seeing the same post come up near the top of your stream, you can click on the little arrow and select "Mute this post." This is useful for those Scoble updates...

kristofferR 15y ago

Why was crb's really useful post marked as dead?

JacobAldridge 15y ago
Looks like crb's account has been hellbanned, dating back to this comment (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2470300 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2470300) which seems to have attracted a lot of downvotes. CRB - worth emailing pg or other administrators requesting re-instatement (sorry I don't have an actual address or details for that, perhaps someone else can point you in the right direction).
- aristidb 15y ago
  Wow, getting hellbanned for making a joke about Portal. That's... not right. (The comment itself did deserve getting downvoted though.)
  - JacobAldridge 15y ago
    I suspect it's an automatic function when a comment reaches a certain number of downvotes. In this case it may also highlight an issue with not showing points- many people may have thought it warranted downvoting, but some may have not clicked had they been aware it was already showing the max of -4.? I know I get the flipside often- comments that may warrant a few upvotes get 20 because we've lost the 'feels about right' element of scores. Of course, I can't fault the converse 'vote on its merits' argument.

drivebyacct2 15y ago

Which is why there are features to solve this problem already baked in. You have a variety of ways of dismissing that content. (Are the people downvoting unaware of this or upset that they had to come to complain before noticing or what? Jesus, what a stupid post to downvote)

akavi 15y ago
"Available" and "Easy enough to actually be worth using" are two very different things, and the former isn't worth anything without the latter (Note that g+'s most lauded feature, circles, has been in Facebook forever in the form of lists; they're just too tedious to actually be used) Requiring someone to individually mute every single popular post is hardly a real solution to the problem aristidb describes.

WesleyJohnson 15y ago

They're working on the issue of popular posts getting more or less "pinned" to the top of your stream. Google Software Engineer Kelly Ellis on the subject... https://plus.google.com/108159551615224338529/posts/hrCkgmkoQPn https://plus.google.com/108159551615224338529/posts/hrCkgmko...