What is the purpose of flagging answers as "fantastic"?

February 18, 2006 10:39 PM

I just flagged an AskMe answer as "fantastic" for the first time, and I'm curious...and then what happens? What is the purpose of this feature?
posted by evariste to MetaFilter-Related at 10:39 PM (14 comments total)

It was this one, by the way.
posted by evariste at 10:41 PM on February 18, 2006

It just shows up on this page... which is sort of not the greatest interface since you have no clue what it is the question is until you click it...

the idea, in spirit, is cool, though!
posted by twiggy at 10:49 PM on February 18, 2006

Dammit, I thought I nailed that one!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:51 PM on February 18, 2006

It's really there because people wanted an option that was positive (all the other flags are negative) and when I see something with a bunch of fantastic flags, it's usually something excellent that I end up posting on the sideblog.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:21 PM on February 18, 2006

Is there a way for us to peruse past fantasticalities?
posted by GooseOnTheLoose at 11:22 PM on February 18, 2006

I've always wanted to request a pony that the Recent Fantastic Posts Flags page twiggy refers to would have the actual questions and answers, and also just list each fantastic entry just once.
posted by Fat Guy at 11:22 PM on February 18, 2006

Is there a way for us to peruse past fantasticalities?

Sure is.
posted by gsteff at 11:28 PM on February 18, 2006

Yes, Fat Guy, that's what I proposed the first day I wrote that quick hack page, but I have bigger plans for showing off highly rated posts. It should be around in a week or two.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:56 PM on February 18, 2006

gsteff: That's current fantasticalities. I think goose meant older ones than that.
posted by twiggy at 12:36 AM on February 19, 2006

I've always wanted to request a pony that the Recent Fantastic Posts Flags page twiggy refers to would have the actual questions and answers, and also just list each fantastic entry just once.

My mockups for that, from last time we talked about it.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:48 AM on February 19, 2006

Thanks, got it.

Alvy, I thought I nailed it too! But that particular post I flagged was just spot on. That said, I really liked your:

*Sorry about the tone, but I could have written this post not too long ago. If I could travel in time, I would kick my younger self's ass far wasting so much time.

Yeah, me too :-)
posted by evariste at 2:19 AM on February 19, 2006

OOoooOOOOoooo...nice, Stavros.
posted by youarenothere at 11:58 AM on February 19, 2006

I've always suspected the whole flagging thing is really just a way for mathowie to get a special secret filtered version of MetaFilter, with all of the good posts and none of the crap.
posted by chrismear at 5:32 PM on February 19, 2006

a special secret filtered version of MetaFilter

If only there was a feed of MetaFilter posts flagged as fantastic...
posted by jack_mo at 8:52 AM on February 20, 2006