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IE6 is still trolling developers

113 points by bitsweet 15y ago

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benologist 15y ago
I don't get it ... half their users didn't add any skills so they added "Loving IE6" and created news?
- howellnick 15y ago
  It's just a motivator to "correct" their skills and enter real ones. Who wants to say they "love IE6"? Hah, I like it.
  - DiabloD3 15y ago
    I love IE6. It has caused years of pain to web devs, something that I, too, someday wish to do. (I expect to get downvoted for my brutal honesty, and frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn).
- masklinn 15y ago
  * Half the users didn't configure their skillsets * Coderwall set "suggested defaults" of "Loving IE6" and "Visual Basic" (which kind-of look like those are the skills set for your account) * After that, 92% of users have configured their skillset.
rwhitman 15y ago
Bad defaults is one of my favorite user incentive tricks. Can't get users to upload their photo? Give them a super ugly picture as the default. They'll change it immediately out of disgust
- howellnick 15y ago
  In a way I think this is less intrusive (and clever). These are merely "suggested defaults" that never actually get displayed on the user's profile. Actually using bad defaults may have the undesired effect of people not changing the bad default.
- TheBoff 15y ago
  In Garry's Mod the default name was "Mingebag". That's very much reflective of Garry's sense of humour...
- rwhitman 15y ago
  Another tip - always set default profile gender to "Female". Women are less prone to feeling alienated by gender, but guys typically get uncomfortable with being labeled as a woman and will change it
  - dhx 15y ago
    Unless you're operating a World of Warcraft forum :)
- geoka9 15y ago
  This is akin to ridiculing your customers until they cave in and bow to your bidding. I don't think it's good to treat your users that way.
swanson 15y ago
This really rubs me the wrong way and I just revoked access to my Github account for Coderwall. You are adding content that appears to be added by me, but that I did not authorize you to add to my profile. Not cool.
- howellnick 15y ago
  They did not add any content whatsoever. facepalm It's simply a mind trick to get a much higher percent of users to add their skills to their profile.
  - geoka9 15y ago
    Do these defaults appear in the list of user's skills or not?
    - bitsweet 15y ago
      They do not. We've updated the UI to make that much more clear.
- AznHisoka 15y ago
  same here, removed my account as well. Trying to be too cute.
- bitsweet 15y ago
  Hmm, perhaps the visual treatment could be better as these are only suggestions and do not show up on your profile.
- csallen 15y ago
  Are you guys serious? The article clearly says that these are merely suggested defaults.
- JoachimSchipper 15y ago
  Parent appears to be a good-faith contribution to the discussion. Please do not downvote it just because you disagree.
joezhou 15y ago
lol dam smart!
devgutt 15y ago
You could use "Loving SOPA" or "Loving GoDaddy" too :) ...Seriously, I don´t like this approach, it´s much better find an objective to this information that seems mere informative in the site. And more, could you get this information directly from github?

113 points by bitsweet 15y ago

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benologist 15y ago

I don't get it ... half their users didn't add any skills so they added "Loving IE6" and created news?

howellnick 15y ago
It's just a motivator to "correct" their skills and enter real ones. Who wants to say they "love IE6"? Hah, I like it.
- DiabloD3 15y ago
  I love IE6. It has caused years of pain to web devs, something that I, too, someday wish to do. (I expect to get downvoted for my brutal honesty, and frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn).
masklinn 15y ago
* Half the users didn't configure their skillsets * Coderwall set "suggested defaults" of "Loving IE6" and "Visual Basic" (which kind-of look like those are the skills set for your account) * After that, 92% of users have configured their skillset.

rwhitman 15y ago

Bad defaults is one of my favorite user incentive tricks. Can't get users to upload their photo? Give them a super ugly picture as the default. They'll change it immediately out of disgust

howellnick 15y ago
In a way I think this is less intrusive (and clever). These are merely "suggested defaults" that never actually get displayed on the user's profile. Actually using bad defaults may have the undesired effect of people not changing the bad default.
TheBoff 15y ago
In Garry's Mod the default name was "Mingebag". That's very much reflective of Garry's sense of humour...
rwhitman 15y ago
Another tip - always set default profile gender to "Female". Women are less prone to feeling alienated by gender, but guys typically get uncomfortable with being labeled as a woman and will change it
- dhx 15y ago
  Unless you're operating a World of Warcraft forum :)
geoka9 15y ago
This is akin to ridiculing your customers until they cave in and bow to your bidding. I don't think it's good to treat your users that way.

swanson 15y ago

This really rubs me the wrong way and I just revoked access to my Github account for Coderwall. You are adding content that appears to be added by me, but that I did not authorize you to add to my profile. Not cool.

howellnick 15y ago
They did not add any content whatsoever. facepalm It's simply a mind trick to get a much higher percent of users to add their skills to their profile.
- geoka9 15y ago
  Do these defaults appear in the list of user's skills or not?
  - bitsweet 15y ago
    They do not. We've updated the UI to make that much more clear.
AznHisoka 15y ago
same here, removed my account as well. Trying to be too cute.
bitsweet 15y ago
Hmm, perhaps the visual treatment could be better as these are only suggestions and do not show up on your profile.
csallen 15y ago
Are you guys serious? The article clearly says that these are merely suggested defaults.
JoachimSchipper 15y ago
Parent appears to be a good-faith contribution to the discussion. Please do not downvote it just because you disagree.

joezhou 15y ago

lol dam smart!

devgutt 15y ago

You could use "Loving SOPA" or "Loving GoDaddy" too :) ...Seriously, I don´t like this approach, it´s much better find an objective to this information that seems mere informative in the site. And more, could you get this information directly from github?