To follow up with John’s last post, one of the things we’re still debating here at Sutori, is, what goes on the home page? John suggested one of the things that might determine a home page slot for a story: One that has a high ‘Agree’ votes, relative to its ‘Disagree’ score.
Some other ideas include:
- “Controversial” stories - ones that have both lots of Agree and Disagree votes
- “Popular” stories - ones that have been visited a lot
- “Commented” stories - ones that generate alot of comments and discussions
- “Interesting” stories - some combination of all the above, through some magic algorithm
What do you think, gentle readers? Which of the above do you think should drive the Sutori home page? Do you have any other ideas we haven’t thought of? Leave us a comment!
June 1st, 2006
Even if you’re not posting stories of your own, Sutori is all about diving in and taking part.
One example is the agree/disagree feature. Basically, registered members will be able to quickly vote in agreement or disagreement with any story. One vote per story per member.
The number of votes in either direction will then be displayed along with the story. This snippet from one of our mocks should give you the idea.
In this example, the ‘thumbs up’ sign indicates that the current story has more ‘agrees’ than ‘disagrees’. In this case, the agrees are leading 55 to 12.
I’ll leave it for you to decide what the picture of Sting indicates. ;}
And the background color indicates the aggregate level of goodwill based on our patented (not really) mood slider:
This is relevant, because the number of agreements and disagreements a story has will actually impact the effect that story has on the overall goodwill score of the company it’s about. (For an explanation of the concept of ‘goodwill’ on Sutori, see this earlier post.)
So really, the ultimate point of agree/disagree is to make it easier for the stories that strick a collective nerve — the ones that the community deems worthy — to stand out and get noticed. In other words, your votes aren’t just for fun. They count for something.
With this in mind, we’ll be also featuring the most-agreed-upon stories prominently on the Sutori home page.
June 1st, 2006