Best no more.

May 18, 2007 11:16 AM

Now that we have this new interface for viewing our comments, I can no longer easily scroll through my ask.metafilter answers and see if any new ones have been marked as best. The word "best" appears, in small gray text, but the cool check mark that made me feel special is gone. :(
posted by croutonsupafreak to Feature Requests at 11:16 AM (27 comments total)

Also, there are huge multi-line gaps in some of my comments, where two carriage returns should have created a single empty line.

Like so.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 11:18 AM on May 18, 2007

Huh. That's weird with the dbl-breaks in only the AskMe comment display.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:22 AM on May 18, 2007

The current checkmark graphic has a green background specially suited for the AskMe site. We'll have MeFi Creative whip up a new checkmark for the blue. Until then, [best] marks the best.

And the Ask gaps should be closed now.
posted by pb (staff) at 11:26 AM on May 18, 2007

10003;
posted by blue_beetle at 11:36 AM on May 18, 2007

A checkmark entity would work for most, but a checkmark graphic will work for all!
posted by pb (staff) at 11:41 AM on May 18, 2007

We'll have MeFi Creative whip up a new checkmark for the blue.

You wouldn't have to do that if you'd just make coloured backgrounds :)
posted by Chuckles at 12:02 PM on May 18, 2007

✖✖✖ down with symbols! ✖✖✖
posted by breaks the guidelines? at 12:26 PM on May 18, 2007

Although I know that AskMe is intended to reinforce positive participation, I would love to see an option for mark as worst answer for those times when people are in such a rush to contribute that they don’t fully comprehend the question and get it completely wrong.
posted by breaks the guidelines? at 12:30 PM on May 18, 2007 [3 favorites]

I would love to see an option for mark as worst answer

This would almost instantly be abused to mean something beyond your original intent.

A "Get off the computer and go outside" option would be good, but too widely used.

A "Get laid" would be nice, but sadly, it's not that easy.

"Get drunk" IS that easy, though
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:40 PM on May 18, 2007

you know, i think it's a sign of how far the site has come that we fill MeTa up with talk about checkmarks and stars instead of talk about cutting off one or more of our hands.
posted by shmegegge at 12:41 PM on May 18, 2007

Is there any reason that the background doesn't switch colors to match the comments you are viewing?
posted by quin at 12:50 PM on May 18, 2007

The current setup is kind of nice, I've just discovered, because you can search the page for the text "best" to quickly see how amazing you are. I don't know how to make firefox search a page for a checkmark graphic.
posted by vytae at 12:54 PM on May 18, 2007

The old interface is still there.
posted by Rhomboid at 1:14 PM on May 18, 2007

The checkmark was easier to see, but "best" is much more ego-stroking. Why not a yellow "best" so I croutonsupafreak can feel special again?
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 1:20 PM on May 18, 2007

A "Get laid" would be nice, but sadly, it's not that easy.

It's not?
posted by dersins at 1:20 PM on May 18, 2007

Flagging a comment as Get laid could send a link by email.
posted by Rhomboid at 1:25 PM on May 18, 2007

It's not?

Nope.
posted by chrismear at 1:33 PM on May 18, 2007

Huh.

Who knew?
posted by dersins at 1:46 PM on May 18, 2007

The current checkmark graphic has a green background specially suited for the AskMe site. We'll have MeFi Creative whip up a new checkmark for the blue. Until then, [best] marks the best.

All my backgrounds are white, so that part doesn't really matter to me. I just miss the check mark.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 2:16 PM on May 18, 2007

I added a transparent png checkmark and "marked best answer" where appropriate. I also moved it to the outside so it's easier to spot.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 2:23 PM on May 18, 2007

Yay!!!!!! Thank you.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 2:49 PM on May 18, 2007

In case it wasn't clear above, dersins gets laid all the time, and it ain't no thing.
posted by Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America at 3:40 PM on May 18, 2007

Actually, dersins suffers from a rare medical disorder known as Acute Deadsexiness, is the thing.
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:46 PM on May 18, 2007

Acute Deadsexiness

Which means all the necrophiliac hotties are all over my shit.

Yo.
posted by dersins at 3:50 PM on May 18, 2007

Looks like you've got corprophilia issues too.
posted by carsonb at 12:09 AM on May 19, 2007

Yeah. Eat shit and die, dersins [NOT INSULTING]
posted by flabdablet at 4:17 PM on May 19, 2007

Um.

Ok.
posted by dersins at 3:43 PM on May 20, 2007