Thomas 14's Comments
I was at first excited to see that Neatorama was taking a step forward where everyone could submit different ideas. Since then, I've seen a few quality items come out of the Upcoming Queue, but I no longer spend time to read each individual article, as the articles from the Upcoming Queue are nearly wrecking my Neatorama experience.
However, I'm not saying that it should be entirely taken off the site. Just like Paul said, "Social networking is part of the current evolution of the internet, it’s only right for a site like this to evolve and change with time."
What makes Neatorama better than the rest is its unique perspective of the Internet's constant expansion; the authors from here have helped me find some amazing things, and thus far, while the rest of the Internet is constantly having to change to keep its audience, I still would've enjoyed Neatorama if it hadn't changed, as it is easy to navigate, has a clean look, has friendly people, and always has something that catches my attention.
People have something to say, and like the idea of being able to communicate to the large community of Neatorama readers, but it is growing more and more evident that the new system does not work with the old one. One problem that Neatorama faces is that if the Upcoming Queue is separated as a different part of Neatorama, I for one, along with many other readers, will almost never check it, and therefore there would be no incentive to write your own articles. Another problem is that because it is almost based on random chance or on popularity, as philliposophy put it, not on the quality of the article, fewer people are spending the time to put thought into each post.
From what I can tell, there has been a lot of work put into putting together an UQ system, and it would be a waste turning all that work into nothing. The system has potential; I for one would love to see my articles make the front page; perhaps there needs to be a change in the system.
If there is to be a change, we should definitely wait until this contest is over. I have yet to see Neatorama not uphold its promises, and this would be awful as its first time.
I don't know how difficult this change would be, but my proposal is an idea based on Anonymity. What makes the front page could be judged by the following criteria: a random potential article is shown to several random users who go onto the Upcoming Queue, perhaps ten users. Out of those ten users, none of them having any knowledge of how all the other readers vote, can say whether they liked it, disliked it, or were neutral based on the quality of the writing and the neatness of the item at hand. They would only be able to see one article at a time, and would have to vote to go onto the next one. Any article with a sufficiently high value, such as 5 neutrals and 5 thumbs up, would go onto the front page.
I feel that such a strategy would greatly improve the way articles are written, as quality would be of more value, and I'm guessing that the knowledge of actually making a difference of what articles make it will inspire Neatorama readers to actually want to take part in this system.
However, I'm not saying that it should be entirely taken off the site. Just like Paul said, "Social networking is part of the current evolution of the internet, it’s only right for a site like this to evolve and change with time."
What makes Neatorama better than the rest is its unique perspective of the Internet's constant expansion; the authors from here have helped me find some amazing things, and thus far, while the rest of the Internet is constantly having to change to keep its audience, I still would've enjoyed Neatorama if it hadn't changed, as it is easy to navigate, has a clean look, has friendly people, and always has something that catches my attention.
People have something to say, and like the idea of being able to communicate to the large community of Neatorama readers, but it is growing more and more evident that the new system does not work with the old one. One problem that Neatorama faces is that if the Upcoming Queue is separated as a different part of Neatorama, I for one, along with many other readers, will almost never check it, and therefore there would be no incentive to write your own articles. Another problem is that because it is almost based on random chance or on popularity, as philliposophy put it, not on the quality of the article, fewer people are spending the time to put thought into each post.
From what I can tell, there has been a lot of work put into putting together an UQ system, and it would be a waste turning all that work into nothing. The system has potential; I for one would love to see my articles make the front page; perhaps there needs to be a change in the system.
If there is to be a change, we should definitely wait until this contest is over. I have yet to see Neatorama not uphold its promises, and this would be awful as its first time.
I don't know how difficult this change would be, but my proposal is an idea based on Anonymity. What makes the front page could be judged by the following criteria: a random potential article is shown to several random users who go onto the Upcoming Queue, perhaps ten users. Out of those ten users, none of them having any knowledge of how all the other readers vote, can say whether they liked it, disliked it, or were neutral based on the quality of the writing and the neatness of the item at hand. They would only be able to see one article at a time, and would have to vote to go onto the next one. Any article with a sufficiently high value, such as 5 neutrals and 5 thumbs up, would go onto the front page.
I feel that such a strategy would greatly improve the way articles are written, as quality would be of more value, and I'm guessing that the knowledge of actually making a difference of what articles make it will inspire Neatorama readers to actually want to take part in this system.
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Humans didn't use to live in dense urban areas, but now that we can't escape them, it should be common sense that we ought to adapt. We need to be on our guard against thousands of viruses and other diseases that surround us. We do this simply by using soap. Viruses won't enter the body through the hands, but touching one's face would allow them to.