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Post of the day - After hours & Photography

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  • 10-02-2009 3:22am
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    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    I like the idea of the post of the day but when it's nearly always a Photgraph or an After Hours post then I don't bother with it.
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    javaboy
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    Why not use the thanks filter on the main page? Then you can pick a well thanked post from a forum you do like. Ah, photography, poker and PI will always tend to hog the post of the day. It's just the nature of the beast.

    What alternative do you suggest?


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    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    I don't know, maybe remove them forums from post of the day and/or let them forums have their own post of the day.

    Just an idea (I had after a lovely toasted cheese sambo last night), I was wondering were there other users of the site who don't use Photgraphy and AH and thus would like to see a post of the day that isn't an AH post or a photograph :)


    Edit: Thanks for the "thanks filter" suggestion. It kind of blows my suggestion out of the water I suppose. I guess the Post of the Day is just to highlight the busy forums most thanked posts. There's one or two other highly thanked posts today though that probably wouldn't ever get a into the Post of the Day filter


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    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    How long has the "Thanks" feature been active here?


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    stovelid
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    +1 for the thanks filter on the front page.

    I don't read the Photography forum but it's still nice to see the photos that garner a lot of thanks.


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    javaboy
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    alan dunne 27 wrote: »
    How long has the "Thanks" feature been active here?

    It came in some time around June 2008 I think.


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    CuLT
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    Yeah, I'd like to play around with different ways of displaying such information, but I'm sort of constrained by the front page.

    Maybe I should... create another page :eek:


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    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    Cheers CuLT :)
    Sorry for starting a thread in Development also - wasn't sure where would get the responses.


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    Dord
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    CuLT wrote: »
    Yeah, I'd like to play around with different ways of displaying such information, but I'm sort of constrained by the front page.

    Maybe I should... create another page :eek:

    The second page? :pac:


    Actually, I like the way the post of the day is at the moment. I don't usually go into the Photography forum so it means that I get to see some of the better pictures without having to browse through pages and pages of other stuff. :)


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    AnimalRights
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    Where do you find post of the day again?


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    Sherifu
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    AnimalRights wrote: »
    Where do you find post of the day again?
    potd.png


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    Cabaal
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    I don't see it being an issue if its one of these two forum, I imagine it goes on most popular thread or most active so it makes sense


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    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    It's the most thanked post of the day.
    I like the idea of it cause it could lead you to a topic or a forum you might not have otherwise looked at. But it's nearly always a photograph or a made up story in After Hours. If there was some way for them to have their own little pots of the day then that'd be good is all:)


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    javaboy
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    alan dunne 27 wrote: »
    It's the most thanked post of the day.
    I like the idea of it cause it could lead you to a topic or a forum you might not have otherwise looked at. But it's nearly always a photograph or a made up story in After Hours. If there was some way for them to have their own little pots of the day then that'd be good is all:)

    Then you'd still have to go to the forum you wouldn't otherwise look at to see it. :D I suppose a random post from the top X thanked posts would be interesting but really I think the thanks filter has it covered.


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    Dord
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    javaboy wrote: »
    Then you'd still have to go to the forum you wouldn't otherwise look at to see it. :D I suppose a random post from the top X thanked posts would be interesting but really I think the thanks filter has it covered.

    Maybe a post from the top 5? but then it's not really post of the day is it! :p


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    Red Sleeping Beauty
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    javaboy wrote: »
    Then you'd still have to go to the forum you wouldn't otherwise look at to see it. :D I suppose a random post from the top X thanked posts would be interesting but really I think the thanks filter has it covered.


    I'm thinking on both pages here kinda...

    I see post of the day as perhaps to give people a chance to see posts and forums that they wouldn't have otherwised looked at. So with regards AFter Hours, ye probs don't need any advertising to get more people in the door...however, perhaps someone who had an aversion to AH then sees a very good POTD and then says "hey, this is alright :)"

    I think perhaps having a "Most thanked Photograph of the day" might be better/good?


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