Quizzes & Puzzles0 min ago
Small Upgrade On The Way
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We're just adding some links to the AB social profiles (for those interested) and adding a "related question" feature.
The latter is a bit "dumb" at the moment, and runs a direct title search to produce results. We will tweak this in the future to produce more nuanced results.
Let me know if anything is on fire over the next couple of hours.
All the best,
Ed
The latter is a bit "dumb" at the moment, and runs a direct title search to produce results. We will tweak this in the future to produce more nuanced results.
Let me know if anything is on fire over the next couple of hours.
All the best,
Ed
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What happens is, the system searches the title of the question on the site and produces these as the related questions.
i.e. http://
A question like this:
http://
(or its equivalent) might have some very useful related questions below it over the weekend.
i.e. http://
A question like this:
http://
(or its equivalent) might have some very useful related questions below it over the weekend.
people don't like anything new. I've still got my buggy whip standing by for when the petrol runs out.
What's the actual idea here, to get more people responding to old questions, or just to give them related threads where they can seek more information?
If the latter, there might not be much point in linking to old CB threads, for instance, or to anything very old.
What's the actual idea here, to get more people responding to old questions, or just to give them related threads where they can seek more information?
If the latter, there might not be much point in linking to old CB threads, for instance, or to anything very old.
True, Ed but I could put up an argument where it hurts and that the extra material serves to camouflage the ads and your sponsors won't like that. I had an old boss, who when it came to presentation of material worked on the surgeon's first adage "If in doubt, rip it out"...... I have worked, design-wise, with that "rule" ever since.
btw, a quote from Douglas Adams on the problems of coming up with anything new:
"Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things."
"Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things."
"What's the actual idea here, to get more people responding to old questions, or just to give them related threads where they can seek more information?"
The latter. Or, in cases where there are no answers, an alternative avenue.
"If the latter, there might not be much point in linking to old CB threads, for instance, or to anything very old."
See, old posts might be useful in law, especially when it's a rare question - I wouldn't want useful information excluded from users.
Excluding CB is a pretty good idea however.
The latter. Or, in cases where there are no answers, an alternative avenue.
"If the latter, there might not be much point in linking to old CB threads, for instance, or to anything very old."
See, old posts might be useful in law, especially when it's a rare question - I wouldn't want useful information excluded from users.
Excluding CB is a pretty good idea however.
