Could we have the threads/comments we've flagged as "fantastic" somehow noted on our profile pages?

November 29, 2005 11:46 AM

Could we have the threads/comments we've flagged as "fantastic" somehow noted on our profile pages?
posted by gleuschk to Feature Requests at 11:46 AM (14 comments total)

Or is that information gone forever once it's scrolled off the page?

Also, flagging on the blue would rawk.
posted by gleuschk at 11:46 AM on November 29, 2005

(this is a cool idea)
posted by selfnoise at 12:05 PM on November 29, 2005

yes, great idea!

Maybe also be able to see 'posts flagged as fantastic by your contacts' in the contacts view?
posted by vacapinta at 12:12 PM on November 29, 2005

gleuschk, you can flag away on "the blue" it's always been there.

vacapinta, that's a great idea and something I was planning to do with the Projects site actually. I'd love to see a feed of recent votes from my contacts -- stuff my friends liked is stuff I'd probably like, and doing it with "fantastic" flags is a great idea.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:37 PM on November 29, 2005

Sorry, I should have said: flagging things "fantastic" on the blue, and then having that information available to the world like it is on "the green", would rawk.
posted by gleuschk at 12:43 PM on November 29, 2005

I think gleuschk is confusing the "fantastic" flag with the "best answer" marker on AskMe, and the way it highlights the particular awesome response. That said, I think that would be a great feature also-- maybe to call attention to the comments that might not be quite sidebar-worthy, but are still deserving of extra attention.
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:14 PM on November 29, 2005

Nah, I think he's talking about the latter half of this, from the top of the green, which is somewhat new:
There is also a filtered view of this page showing just questions with "best" marked answers and another page of fantastic questions and answers suggested by members.

posted by Wolfdog at 1:18 PM on November 29, 2005

I stand corrected, Wolfdog. But yes, by all means let's make this available for the blue as well.
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:36 PM on November 29, 2005

Maybe rather then a seperate HTML page, we could get a little DHTML popup with flagging options when we click the little [!]. Then maybe we could have little fairies that fly out of the screen (I think you need Ajax and web 2.0 for that) that serve up exactly what you need when you think of it.
posted by delmoi at 2:14 PM on November 29, 2005

This sounds more like a Web 3.1b8 feature IMGHO
posted by cmonkey at 3:43 PM on November 29, 2005

it would be wonderful to have it for the Blue. and it would remind us to use the flags for good as well as not-good.
posted by amberglow at 4:25 PM on November 29, 2005

Good idea.
posted by Rothko at 4:54 PM on November 29, 2005

We crave positive reinforcement.
posted by orange swan at 6:06 PM on November 29, 2005

and it would remind us to use the flags for good as well as not-good.

That was one of the reasons I asked for this pony, which, as was noted above, Matt delivered, sorta (but which is not yet nearly as featureful as I'd hoped, or global, though he has promised to revisit it).
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:29 PM on November 30, 2005