Request: Member of the month poll.

October 8, 2001 11:38 AM

A Member of the Month. With software for voting.
posted by ParisParamus to Feature Requests at 11:38 AM (19 comments total)

That could get interesting real quick.
posted by bjgeiger at 11:46 AM on October 8, 2001

Ugh, no.
posted by Su at 11:50 AM on October 8, 2001

We don't want to impose on Matt too much (I'll be the harbinger of this sentiment for this particular thread, someone else has to do it next time), but I do like that idea, although some sort of logging system would have to be in place so that people only vote once per day, or something, just to keep some people (I was going to make that a link, but why bother, you know) from abusing it. And of course, no voting for yourself.

Overall, sounds neat. Maybe logs for member of the hour, day, week, year also. Just a relatively simple vote tabulation system...
posted by j.edwards at 11:50 AM on October 8, 2001

With all due respect, I think that's a terrible idea. It promotes a popularity contest sort of thing.

Unless I could absolutely 100% sure that I would win. Then, by all means, go ahead.

Maybe smartass of the month?
posted by Kafkaesque at 12:54 PM on October 8, 2001

It would turn into "most non-offensive member of the month". You'd breed conformity. Maybe on a similar note, there could be a feature where people could rate your comment, and only you'd see the results. Like a link that says "rate me". You go and have a choice between 1-10. If a person posts a good comment it usually goes unrewarded and they don't know if the comment is good or not. Nothing would be affected by this (like comment standing) but it would help in the future to know "ouch I shouldn't have said that".
posted by geoff. at 2:03 PM on October 8, 2001

look, why don't we just do this on our own? whenever the mood strikes, post a note of appreciation to metafilter-specific. if matt likes the idea, he can link it in the sidebar (if that's still there.)

as a bonus, we'll have specific threads to point to when we want to illustrate members we feel strengthen the community.
posted by rebeccablood at 2:20 PM on October 8, 2001

Kottke would win every month.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 4:46 PM on October 8, 2001

Maybe smartass of the month?

Or a combination of best/silly/smartass...
posted by bjgeiger at 5:26 PM on October 8, 2001

Kottke really doesn't post here that much.

As for the same person winning every month, there are two ways around that. You just set it up so you're voting for threads (not people), or else you make it so you can't win if you've won in the past year.
posted by kindall at 6:08 PM on October 8, 2001

kottke would not win; theBrad would. because he is the Most Popular Weblogger Alive.
posted by rebeccablood at 6:30 PM on October 8, 2001

Oy.
posted by ParisParamus at 7:38 AM on October 9, 2001

I vote for ParisParamus. He has a certain winning combination of prolificness and recalcitrance.
posted by Skot at 8:26 AM on October 9, 2001

I guess it's pretty much understood that we're all going to vote for Wet Wednesday.
posted by Kafkaesque at 9:33 AM on October 9, 2001

Solistrato is the man.

Get him.
posted by rodii at 11:24 AM on October 9, 2001

Thanks Skot. And I always feared it was autism : 0
posted by ParisParamus at 4:07 PM on October 9, 2001

Kafkaesque obviously wins October.
posted by ParisParamus at 4:21 AM on October 10, 2001

When it comes to popularity, it begins and ends with hincandenza. We differ on SO much, and yet I cannot help but feel this uncontrollable frisson...
posted by UncleFes at 9:28 PM on October 10, 2001