Too Short Diaries--Good Diaries Superseded by Crap--Comments as Replies in Order to Get Attention--These are the things that could be better.
If we are all going to stick around here after 11/4/08, then I have a suggestion for Kos et al to make this blog a better place, that takes into account the evolution it has gone through since the election really heated up and so many new users joined. I'll identify the problems and then give my suggestion for the solution, below the fold.
- Problem: Proliferation of short diaries concerning topics already covered by a more thoughtful, lengthy diary entry that got swallowed up by new posts and disappeared to the Recent Diary List, only to be seen again if rescued by the Rescue Rangers.
- Problem: So many users insert their comment as a "reply" because they don't seem as interested in the conversation as they are in getting their idea heard and enjoyed.
- Problem: Many users ignore the comments and just post their own, which often repeats a theme already raised above.
- Problem: Some users repeat a comment over and over in the comment section, apparently believing that no one is reading their comment and it needs to be reiterated.
Solution: Add a Twitter Section in addition to Front Page and Diaries. Here, users can write their thoughts that are not diary-length nor bury-able. If the thought is too good to lose, twitter it. Users could twitter a limited number of times in a day, then start over the next day. The twitters could be a banner, continuously repeating and changing, at the top of the page.
That's all I have to say because I'm at work and have to go now. Buh-Bye.