How often do you visit the Greatest Page?

[GreenPartyVoter]

[tekisui]

1. Greatest? Rarely. Front Page? At least Daily.

And, I am surprised that some really great threads had managed to miss my attention until on the Front Page.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I come in through the discussion board main page, so I rarely get to the DU homepage unless

it occurs to me I should visit there. It's just that I'm a chatty person so I make a beeline to where all the conversation is happening. :)

[That Is Quite Enough]

2. Like, I think I've actually visited it only once.

So I really don't care what effect unrecommendations have because I'm not the type who only surfs and posts on threads that make the Greatest.

[MoonRiver]

3. Only when I'm on it!

:D

[GreenPartyVoter]

LOL Can't say I have had that honor too many times, but then I think I mainly qualify as a Lounger.

[condoleeza]

15. Never been to the Lounge - what am I missing here?

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Mostly silliness with the occasional scrap.

[EFerrari]

37. The Lounge is one of the coolest forums on DU but don't tell anyone.

[madaboutharry]

I voted "Never" but I

actually did visit The Greatest Page one time. That was the one time I actually made The Greatest Page! I had to see it to believe it.

[Ms. Toad]

5. Visit? as in deliberately visit? Never

but it shows up in the center of my login page.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Good point. I should add an option for that.

[MADem]

6. Less than once daily, more than once weekly. But I'll visit it more in future.

It will, hopefully, start to represent a genuine consensus of DU opinion, rather than the angry opinions of ranting cliques. A few more healthcare and other legislative policy discussions, and a few less "Obama sux and we should all hate him" posts will be a nice thing to see, I think.

[robinlynne]

7. the only page I ever visit.

[abumbyanyothername]

8. Please please please,

prop up my ego please.

agree with me, don't disagree with me. I'm not sure I'm right, so if you disagree with me my mental construct may crumble.

OK. That promise (no more commenting on rec/unrec threads) lasted maybe 120 seconds.

But at this rate I'll make 1000+ status by Saturday.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. Promises, promises. :^)

[DireStrike]

9. It's not only about the greatest page, but also the top 5 stories

I bet a lot of people who never visit the greatest page do indeed check the top 5. I do it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. I can see people doing that. I usually just check the first pages of

GD and GD:P and Late Breaking, so I imagine I stumble across most of the big stories that way.

But for people who have less time to spend on DU, I can see why having a concise list of the biggest ones would be good.

[Iggo]

30. Where're the top 5 stories?

[Iggo]

31. Oh, okay. I found the top 5.

Right above the news on the front page. I didn't know what those five threads were doing there before now.

[DireStrike]

58. Ah hehe. Yep that's them.

[Vidar]

10. Almost never.

[condoleeza]

13. It is my "Bookmarked" page, so I always go there first n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. The main forums page is one of my start tabs. Can't start my day without

checking in (and often just staying) at DU. :)

[timeforpeace]

18. Didn't know it existed. Still don't know where it's at. Don't tell me.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. So you thought the rec votes were just an end in themselves?

[travelingtypist]

20. I go there first.

Sometimes it's the only place have time to I go.

[FourScore]

38. Me too. The rating system works.

There I can see the best posts without having to wade through a bunch of other stuff.

Then I go wading...

[flvegan]

21. When I'm on it, just to bask in my own glory.

Otherwise, I like to find my own threads. Besides, if it's really that good, usually it stays pretty well kicked.

Nothing against the Greatest. I think that if someone just breezes through DU, it's a good resource to quickly find what folks are appreciating the most. Some of the threads on the Greatest don't get that many responses compared to the recs.

[obliviously]

22. I didn't no they had one until today

I just scan all the latest posts for things that catch my eye.

[GreenPartyVoter]

40. Now that you know, will you use it?

[TexasObserver]

23. Never? No, Never. What Nevvvv-er?

Hard-lyyyy evvvvv-er.

[Horse with no Name]

24. I've never been there

Seriously.
I just catch the wave at the top of the particular forum I am at and ride...

[Posteritatis]

25. Never - I find what's interesting here for myself, don't need to be told by any five users (nt)

[ecstatic]

51. exactly nt

[uppityperson]

26. Very seldom, I skim down the edge of forums though, looking for recs

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. It's funny, but I don't even do that. I only really look at recs once I've picked a post and read it

I wonder if subconsciously I only pay attention to the ones with the most replies. If that is the case, it's unfortunate because a lot of worthy threads don't get replies.

[UTUSN]

27. Never - but I DO do a lot of K&R-ing. I see it more as for outsiders, like media

For media types passing through, and the Rec-ing is to get important threads prominence for the visitors.

[EFerrari]

32. That's funny. I think I do that, too.

DU knows what it's talking about. We don't really need the page ourselves.

[UTUSN]

33. You see, we *do* have common (& higher) ground than things in Hugo-land!1

Oh, I couldn't just leave it alone!1

[EFerrari]

35. Of course we do. And I'm saving a red beret for when you come to your senses.

lol

:rofl:

:hi:

[Luminous Animal]

28. I visit it several times a day.

I only a few moments here and there at work and it is a quick way to keep up with what is important to the community. On the converse, now that it is an option, I would love to see what is on the Un-greatest page.

[Iggo]

29. Hardly ever, and never on purpose. (n/t)

[Awsi Dooger]

34. Never on purpose

Perhaps one or two stumbles when I clicked on the wrong link.

Seems like a lot of work, to ignore or recommend. I read the titles, that's pretty much it.

[EFerrari]

36. I said 1X daily but that may be high. Sometimes more, days no times. n/t

[slipslidingaway]

41. Several times a day, here's how...

The left side of the GP is no longer as useful, if a thread makes it to the GP and then someone gives it an unrecommend, it drops off the page.

If/when it does return it could be far down on the page.

The left side of the GP was a easy way to scroll through the latest threads that at least 5 people thought were worth highlighting.

That use is now gone.

In edit - did anyone else use the left side of the GP in this manner?


posted here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6033402&mesg_id=6033577

[GreenPartyVoter]

53. Did you only look at the 5 & 4 star thread titles, or did you check all of them?

[slipslidingaway]

55. I do not use the right side of the GP as much as the left side...

which Was a combination of the latest/greatest threads from any forum (that you could rec) placed in chronological order of when they hit the GP.

You could come back the next day or hours later and easily scan through the left side for the latest/greatest of the past several hours and then pick up where you left off from your last visit. If time allowed then you could visit other forums, but this was a quick and efficient use of the left side of the GP...IMHO.

What happens now is a thread might get 5 recs and be placed on the left side of the GP, then someone gives it an unrec, so it drops off the left side, a couple hours later it gets another rec and gets placed back on the left side, BUT it remains where it was placed earlier when it first hit the GP left side.

The right side of the GP does not change nearly as fast so it was not as useful, the left side is pretty much destroyed with threads dropping on and off as people rec and unrec. I can see why they are not placed at the top again as this could happen several times a day, so that would not help the functionality either.

If you look at the current "latest page" there is only about one hour of posts, several of which I would have no interest in reading and I do not want to scan through 12 pages to catch up.

In contrast the left side of the greatest page has the last day or so of threads that at least 5 people thought should get a rec, much easier to look through and also to pick up at a later point as they remained in the same order instead of dropping on and off.

Hope that makes sense, it was the best way to see a combination of the latest/greatest from all forums.

[GreenPartyVoter]

56. That makes sense to me. I would assume that's what drew people who looked at

the page multiple times per day, because as you say the right side is much more static.

[slipslidingaway]

57. Glad it made sense, I do not know of another way to see the

the latest/greatest combo...maybe that is my clue to take a long DU break.

:)

[mopinko]

42. it's my homepage.

i mostly only have time to read what is on the greatest, and visit a couple of the small forums. i only rarely have time to go into the big forums and read the "lesser" threads.

[yowzayowzayowza]

47. Same here.

:hi:

[fizzgig]

43. never

hell, i don't even come in through the front page. i sneak in through the back.

[Lisa0825]

44. It's my main access to DU.

I have it as a link on my toolbar. It is how I go to DU everyday. I browse the topics on Greatest before I visit individual forums, and then I go to the Latest page to see what is new.

[Blue Diadem]

45. I chose once a month but I don't think it's that often.

I usually read LBN, GD, GDP and the lounge. I rarely pay attention to how many rec's a post receives.

[progressoid]

46. New poll question:

How many people answered "never" but know they can't resist sneaking a peek from time to time. :eyes:

[mopinko]

49. all of them?

99% of them?
ditto for :eyes:

[Forkboy]

48. MY DU start page is the Lobby. I hardly ever see it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

50. LOL This made it to the Greatest page and then got unvoted off.

[SidDithers]

52. My bookmark is directly to Discuss...

I'm a big enough boy to find good threads without having to be told which ones are the most popular.

Sid

[rvablue]

54. I've never visited the greatest page. It wasn't on purpose. I just like to look at all of the thread

for myself and click on what I want to read.

Wasn't boycotting the "Greatest", it just never even dawned on my to go there.

I enjoy picking and reading what I like. I don't need a rating system to tell me what to read.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

duplicate,

Don't know why two posted, but I do find this an interesting perspective thread about DU.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

59. It is where I go when checking in

I thought all the most interesting news and views rose to the greatest page so that's what I read to find out what is happening in the world. It's what is on my tool bar. I might go visit a forum if I have something to post there, but seldom just go to them. Maybe some rainy day in winter when power is still up I'll hang around to explore.
ADW