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Google Moderator launches
- litewulf 18y ago(am I allowed to say I touched some of the code involved? Because I did. And I'm really happy it launched.)
- hhm 18y agoIt's like... a meta-poll system?
- sgk284 18y agoIt's not really a polling system. It's a system for ranking user submitted entries. Google uses it internally every Friday at their TGIF to prioritize what questions Larry and Sergey should answer first (in addition to the ones asked in person). All week long people submit questions or concerns and Googlers vote on them to determine if they are relevant or not. It could be used for other things too though... really anything that needs ranking. Ideas could be ranked, or you could pose a question and have the answers ranked. I'm sure there are other novel uses as well. It's a pretty general system.
- hhm 18y agoAh, thanks. Anyway with meta-poll system I was meaning something similar to that (a poll on polls, but I see it's rather a ranking on questions).
- boredguy8 18y agoIf anyone who is anyone happens to read this: We need a search function / question 'checker'. For instance, there was a question, "When can I use Google Moderator for my site?" So I submitted: "When can I use Google Moderator?" It was accepted and put in the question queue. Instead, it should say, "Your question looks like this question, would you like to vote it up?" or something like that.
- litewulf 18y agoI'll let them know. And in general, I'm sure there are enough Googlers wandering around on the internet that if you post something, someone will eventually pass it on if its good ;)
- pierrefar 18y agoInteresting. Very simple but very effective too. Is there an open source alternative for it out there? One we can install and theme on our sites?
- gunderson 18y agowow those questions they have for McCain are awful, they might as well have been asked by Shepard Smith!