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started by Graham Perrin on 17 Dec 08
  • Graham Perrin
    #1 Graham Perrin on 17 Dec 08
     
    For a moment, forget Diigo.

    When - for yourself, in real life or on the Internet -
    you *star* some thing, are you telling yourself:

    g) goodness

    or

    i) importance?

    Hints:

    * reply quickly and instinctively, don't analyse or think computers
    * there's no right or wrong answer
    * don't follow the herd ;)

    ----

    (g) or (i) will suffice. This need not be a lengthy topic.

    (Plenty of discussion at http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum/topic/vote-feature-415 http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum/topic/why-can-you-add-a-simple-feature-as-ratings-your-bookmark-url-9157 and elsewhere.)

    The (g)s and (i)s may help to inform how Diigo interoperates with other applications/services.

    Cheers all
  • anonymous
    #2 anonymous on 17 Dec 08
     
    Well I will give an answer that will be accused of straddling the fence, but I think it is accurate for me.

    My answer is that it depends on the context. If I am doing research and I want to present something is of higher caliber and quality (i.e. goodness) then I will star it in that context. Incidentally, in this circumstance, my star rating is permanent, because the "goodness" does not change, unless I find something better or I learn something new that calls into question the quality of the content. On the other hand, if I am faced with an e-mail or someone sends me a bookmark that is timely and requires my action, then I will star it for importance, meaning "do not forget about this". In this case, the star rating is transitory and may be lifted over time.

    I will make another comment about your work around solution in the other thread:
    http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum/topic/why-can-you-add-a-simple-feature-as-ratings-your-bookmark-url-9157

    In short, I think the work around works in a pinch, but misses the point.
  • Graham Perrin
    #3 Graham Perrin on 17 Dec 08
     
    Thanks Scott. Quickly and instinctively,
    g) or i) ?
  • anonymous
    #4 anonymous on 17 Dec 08
     
    g for 90 % of what I do.

    Graham Perrin wrote:
    > Thanks Scott. Quickly and instinctively,
    > g) or i) ?
  • webtik M.
    #5 webtik M. on 17 Dec 08
     
    Hi,

    Like Scott said... for me its "g" too, but for 80% about me!

    And it will be really usefull to see right away what we really care about :)
  • anonymous
    #6 anonymous on 17 Dec 08
     
    To me a star means interesting. In my mind nothing stays starred forever.
    Graham Perrin wrote:
    > For a moment, forget Diigo.
    >
    > When - for yourself, in real life or on the Internet -
    > you *star* some thing, are you telling yourself:
    >
    > g) goodness
    >
    > or
    >
    > i) importance?
    >
    > Hints:
    >
    > * reply quickly and instinctively, don't analyse or think computers
    > * there's no right or wrong answer
    > * don't follow the herd ;)
    >
    > ----
    >
    > (g) or (i) will suffice. This need not be a lengthy topic.
    >
    > (Plenty of discussion at http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum/topic/vote-feature-415 http://groups.diigo.com/Diigo_HQ/forum/topic/why-can-you-add-a-simple-feature-as-ratings-your-bookmark-url-9157 and elsewhere.)
    >
    > The (g)s and (i)s may help to inform how Diigo interoperates with other applications/services.
    >
    > Cheers all

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