My Favorite Pony

June 15, 2007 1:23 PM

On the blue, it's a tad odd that "Popular" and "Popular Favorites" are different. I suggest they be combined into a single page which has both FPPs and comments, and also has the (7 days, 30 days, all time) option from the second link.
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 to Feature Requests at 1:23 PM (9 comments total)

Differences:

"Popular" spans all sites, both comments and posts.
"Popular Favorites" is just MetaFilter, and is a filtered view of just the front page, so in other words, posts only. All the tabs on the front page of the site are filtered views of the front page posts.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:33 PM on June 15, 2007

Hmm. Isn't "popular" that which has been flagged as great, vs. "popular favorites" that which people have bookmarked? Not really the same.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 1:34 PM on June 15, 2007

And what #1 said.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 1:34 PM on June 15, 2007

I see, thanks.

I'd still like to see the all-time most popular comments. Is that a bad idea?
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:37 PM on June 15, 2007

Is that a bad idea?

Not if you're into having your expectations let down in the most miserable way. It's inevitably something you don't want to ponder over too much, 'cause it'll just end up being
"HI I'M ON METAFILTER AND I CAN OVERTHINK A PLATE OF BEANS"
or
"HI I'M WOZ AND METAFILTER CAN OVERTHINK ME"
or something equally sad and ironic.
posted by carsonb at 1:42 PM on June 15, 2007

Haha! Take that Johnny Longname!
posted by Mister_A at 2:18 PM on June 15, 2007

Damn you, A!
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 4:21 PM on June 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

Usability means never having to explain.
posted by smackfu at 5:35 PM on June 15, 2007

I see your problem— the "popular" in "popular favorites" is a typo. It's meant to read "poplar favorites," and includes anything that's caught a tree's fancy.
posted by klangklangston at 4:01 PM on June 16, 2007