Show favorites in Ask only, hide them everywhere else January 7, 2010 2:17 AM Subscribe
Tiny favorites pony: a preference setting to show favorites only in Ask?
I enjoy reading Mefi proper without the favorites displayed. It takes away the focus from highly-favorited snark/one-liners/etc. and lets me enjoy the whole conversation without my eyes wandering to the favorites count of a comment.
But I miss them in Ask, where they play more of a "Yes, this is good advice"-role and are more helpful. Could there be a setting in the preferences to show favorites in Ask only and hide them everywhere else on the site?
I enjoy reading Mefi proper without the favorites displayed. It takes away the focus from highly-favorited snark/one-liners/etc. and lets me enjoy the whole conversation without my eyes wandering to the favorites count of a comment.
But I miss them in Ask, where they play more of a "Yes, this is good advice"-role and are more helpful. Could there be a setting in the preferences to show favorites in Ask only and hide them everywhere else on the site?
Hey - argh. I wish I could edit my comment now. I am sorry, insouciant, for flying off the handle there. I was being a huge dick. (ha.)
[i totally thought you were asking to only see favorited comments in ask. now i am going to go shoot myself. ech. no more late-night posting for me.]
posted by koeselitz at 2:36 AM on January 7, 2010
[i totally thought you were asking to only see favorited comments in ask. now i am going to go shoot myself. ech. no more late-night posting for me.]
posted by koeselitz at 2:36 AM on January 7, 2010
*is totally embarrassed*
posted by koeselitz at 2:37 AM on January 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by koeselitz at 2:37 AM on January 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
Does anyone read the posts down here?
posted by Eideteker at 4:28 AM on January 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Eideteker at 4:28 AM on January 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
I asked for this same thing, I think toward the end of one of the end of November wrap-up threads, and I believe pb suggested a greasemonkey workaround of some kind.
posted by chinston at 4:58 AM on January 7, 2010
posted by chinston at 4:58 AM on January 7, 2010
a) Install a greasemonkey unfavoriter, like Jepler's Unfavorite for metafilter.com.
b) Right click on the little greasemonkey icon, and click "Manage User Scripts".
c) Select the script you installed.
d) Remove ask.metafilter.com from the list of Included Pages.
posted by zamboni at 5:04 AM on January 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
b) Right click on the little greasemonkey icon, and click "Manage User Scripts".
c) Select the script you installed.
d) Remove ask.metafilter.com from the list of Included Pages.
posted by zamboni at 5:04 AM on January 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
I only favorite answers in AskMe that are really really bad, stupid, or illegal. That way I can find them again.
posted by blue_beetle at 6:55 AM on January 7, 2010
posted by blue_beetle at 6:55 AM on January 7, 2010
Why would you want to find questions that are bad, stupid, or illegal?
posted by Jaltcoh at 7:02 AM on January 7, 2010
posted by Jaltcoh at 7:02 AM on January 7, 2010
They tend to be the most hilarious ones.
posted by Skot at 8:20 AM on January 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Skot at 8:20 AM on January 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
Yes, it is possible.
First turn off favorites in your preferences.
Then grab the greasemonkey script that was written when favorites were disabled.
Edit the greasemonkey script (right click the monkey, choose manage user scripts and edit the included pages field) and just allow it on ask.
That should do it.
posted by special-k at 8:29 AM on January 7, 2010
First turn off favorites in your preferences.
Then grab the greasemonkey script that was written when favorites were disabled.
Edit the greasemonkey script (right click the monkey, choose manage user scripts and edit the included pages field) and just allow it on ask.
That should do it.
posted by special-k at 8:29 AM on January 7, 2010
This thread almost has more apologies/typo corrections than it has substantive comments.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:34 AM on January 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by shakespeherian at 8:34 AM on January 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
We're so sorry
Uncle Albert
We're so sorry we're not making any sense
But we're sleepy
Uncle Albert
And we haven't had our coffee and we feel a little tense
We're so sorry that we haven't typed that well
We're so sorry
Uncle Albert
If we all get on the ball we can restore this thread from Hell
{megaphone voice}
We're so sorry
Uncle Albert
That our reading skills are just not up to par
We're so sorry
Uncle Albert
If we ever get our brain in gear, we'll take you to a bar
HANDS ACROSS MATT HAUGHEY
HAUGHEY
HEADS ACROSS CORTEX
JESS AND VACAPINTA
PINTA
PB YOU'RE ALL SEX
doo doo doo
Jason Calacanis notified me
That he couldn't build a site as good as AskMe
I logged off of Mahalo and I had a cup of tea
And a tater pie
(Tater pie? I freaked out about the tater and it put it in the pie!)
HANDS ACROSS MATT HAUGHEY
HAUGHEY
HEADS ACROSS CORTEX
JESS AND VACAPINTA
PINTA
PB YOU'RE ALL SEX
Live a little
Log off now and get outside
(Get outside)
Take your car out for a ride
Live a little get outside
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:31 AM on January 7, 2010 [3 favorites]
Uncle Albert
We're so sorry we're not making any sense
But we're sleepy
Uncle Albert
And we haven't had our coffee and we feel a little tense
We're so sorry that we haven't typed that well
We're so sorry
Uncle Albert
If we all get on the ball we can restore this thread from Hell
{megaphone voice}
We're so sorry
Uncle Albert
That our reading skills are just not up to par
We're so sorry
Uncle Albert
If we ever get our brain in gear, we'll take you to a bar
HANDS ACROSS MATT HAUGHEY
HAUGHEY
HEADS ACROSS CORTEX
JESS AND VACAPINTA
PINTA
PB YOU'RE ALL SEX
doo doo doo
Jason Calacanis notified me
That he couldn't build a site as good as AskMe
I logged off of Mahalo and I had a cup of tea
And a tater pie
(Tater pie? I freaked out about the tater and it put it in the pie!)
HANDS ACROSS MATT HAUGHEY
HAUGHEY
HEADS ACROSS CORTEX
JESS AND VACAPINTA
PINTA
PB YOU'RE ALL SEX
Live a little
Log off now and get outside
(Get outside)
Take your car out for a ride
Live a little get outside
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:31 AM on January 7, 2010 [3 favorites]
Why would you want to find questions that are bad, stupid, or illegal?
That's a question that answers itself. Useful answers are interesting once. Bad, stupid, or illegal answers are interesting forever.
posted by blue_beetle at 10:04 AM on January 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
That's a question that answers itself. Useful answers are interesting once. Bad, stupid, or illegal answers are interesting forever.
posted by blue_beetle at 10:04 AM on January 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
I've been leaving favorites off for the most part too. I've noticed and like that they have it set up where if you mouseover "Has Favorites " it'll show you how many without having to click.
posted by quin at 3:08 PM on January 7, 2010
posted by quin at 3:08 PM on January 7, 2010
YES, LET'S RESTART THE FAVORITES DEBACLE
(and I say this as somebody who has them permanently disabled)
posted by Afroblanco at 3:45 PM on January 7, 2010
(and I say this as somebody who has them permanently disabled)
posted by Afroblanco at 3:45 PM on January 7, 2010
as evinced above, afroblanco, I was so traumatized last time that I still have apolpectic fits every time I see the word "favorites"
posted by koeselitz at 7:30 PM on January 7, 2010
posted by koeselitz at 7:30 PM on January 7, 2010
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No. Being popular is not the same thing as being right, and encouraging people to think that is very, very dangerous - much worse than the simple popularity contest that happens on the rest of the site.
I could point to a whole slew of answers which are very popular but very wrong, and I could point to a whole slew of answers which are very unpopular but very right. There are few "wrong ways" to read metafilter, but reading the popular answers as right answers in ask.metafilter comes cloes.
posted by koeselitz at 2:33 AM on January 7, 2010