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Posted by: tdrapeau 1 year, 4 months ago

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As some of you may already have noticed, we have stopped marking stories as having hit the homepage for the purposes of showing them on a member's stat page. We are reevaluating our homepage configuration, as well as the calculation of member site rankings.

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populist1 year, 4 months ago

interesting. hope this isn't going the way of the digg top users list (the trash), but excited to see what ideas the netscape team is coming up with!

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  Aidenag1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Dont worry populist, we wont let it turn out like diggs slap in the face to its userbase. Mostly due to the fact a good portion of the staff here, were the ones on diggs "top user" list who kevin decided to throw to the curb(self included).
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    populist1 year, 4 months ago
    
    i kind of figured that was the case....but had to be said!
    I really liked the last homepage calculation update which made sure stories from a wider selection of categories were promoted....
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      populist1 year, 4 months ago
      
      well, either you haven't been around very long, or you're the return of a banned account under a new name.
      previously, you could find 3-4 articles from the politics channell, and generally that's what you found. now, you find articles that cover health, science, food, etc.
      because YOU don't personally agree with what the community promotes to the home page doesn't mean there's not a wider selection of SUBJECTS being discussed.
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junda1 year, 4 months ago

Yes will wait and see,with respect to all staff here ,I'm a new and young member here ,I'm also interested to try this ,that and explore with submission (even I still have zero home page story )
thanks
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  TimALoftis1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Welcome to Netscape, junda
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ind061 year, 4 months ago

I wish your article went into more specific detail about the changes you're considering. It's difficult to make any relevant suggestions if I'm only told that you're thinking of changing things.
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  1-2-Oscar1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Changes will be made. If they should prove unpopular, tdrapeau and the staff, as a consequence of this very non-specific post, will then claim that, "We announced that changes were being considered, and we invited user comments." In that way they hope to avoid responsibility for their own actions. It is alo the next step in the erosion of their userbase, Each time they demonstrate their disregard for the people on the site, they lose more users.
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    mozzer1 year, 4 months ago
    
    Ind,
    Consider it a non-binding agreement. It's all the rage these days.
    
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      ind061 year, 4 months ago
      
      Perhaps they'll move the moon closer to the earth so as not to make it seem so large. I could get behind that, sortof.
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SusanParrish1 year, 4 months ago

"Once we have finished our investigation, the idea of "Homepage Stories" may very well become obsolete."
What does that mean? Are you going to get rid of the homepage?
Could you guys BE any more obscure? Why bother to blog, post and tag something that says absolutely nothing?
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  mozzer1 year, 4 months ago
  
  This just in:
  I just may go with the bear claw from the vending machine. I'll investigate surrounding machines to make sure, just in case, that perhaps my decision is sound. I might keep you updated, if and when I reach my decision.
  
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    SusanParrish1 year, 4 months ago
    
    We aren't really sure if vending machines will be relevant at the time you reach your decision, should you decide to make one. They may be obsolete, depending on the consensus of the individuals looking in to how people respond to our thoughts on what we could possibly do to make vending machines more relevant or possibly obsolete.
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      mozzer1 year, 4 months ago
      
      Since I'm member of the Netscape Exploratory Committee of Apprehensive Decisions, I find your commentary very disturbing... I think.
      Furthermore, are bear claws Atkins-approved?
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        SusanParrish1 year, 4 months ago
        
        We are attempting to contact Dr. Atkins to make sure, but my esteemed colleague spit beer on the Ouija Board when he read you post, so all we keep getting is "T-O-W-E-L M-E O-F-F @-S-S-H-O-L-E".
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  pc251 year, 4 months ago
  
  these guys could work for either the Republicans or Democrats
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AnvilHead1 year, 4 months ago

And I was just begining to look forward to this.
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Webreader1 year, 4 months ago

I think we have a case of overloaded minds turning to mush! I'd say this story should've been posted in "Humor" instead of "Gadgets & Tech" Obviously no one is getting too technical here. Requires too much memory.
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  SusanParrish1 year, 4 months ago
  
  100101101101 00110101000101010101 101100100101110100101 0101001010101010 0010101000100101001. So there!
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    Webreader1 year, 4 months ago
    
    With that code, you need to go to a doctor. LOL
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  mozzer1 year, 4 months ago
  
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BhaktaRajPrabhu1 year, 4 months ago

I don't know what Netscape has done...they took something that worked and turned it into a bland sheet of paper. And of course AOL had to get into the picture. It's the old story of a company doing something well, then merging with another company, and the product starts to stink.
The greed abounds!
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ind061 year, 4 months ago

I'm going to politely ask that an anchor please update this post to give specific information about the changes being considered. I would like to know about planned changes to the home page and the calculating of member site rankings. Please do not ignore me.
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  mozzer1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Dont hold your breath.
  011011000110111101101100!
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    ind061 year, 4 months ago
    
    I am. I'm holding my breath starting right now. I'm on a freakin' breath strike.
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joeeddie1 year, 4 months ago

Now for the question that is just begging to be asked:
Will these changes make it easier for navigators' stories to make it to the front page?
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stephen-johnson1 year, 4 months ago

This is, no doubt, a response to the tsumami of Rosie/911 Truther posts that have dominated the Homepage lately. Even after sending group messages to mutual friends has been eliminated, people still have found a way to game the system.
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