April 9, 2009
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Just Say No… to an Idea
Moniet suggested we add a no vote to Idea voting:
With this current system, all that is discovered is that some people like the idea suggested…which is obvious if it’s been suggested by more than one person. A vote implies a choice, all this is is validation. Add an option for saying NO, not paid for with credits, but free. Then it will actually be a vote, and not just agreement.So we went ahead and did just that! You can check out all the top ideas here, and vote no on all the ideas you dislike:
This is especially cool because now you can’t just buy Yes votes with a plug. If you plug your Idea, you’re risking that other people will say No. That really helps even the playing field.
Let us know what you think!
Comments (70)
*clicks ‘oppose’ on all ideas* Mwuahahahaha! *cue lightening and thunder*
I was wondering if this was going to get done. Makes sense. But do No votes even out Yes votes and does the top votes reflect that?
AWESOME. =D
@LyricallyCharged - Not yet… we figured we’d wait until we got a few No votes, then add that. Wanted to get this out quickly!
THANK YOU.
CM ~
@john - Okely dokely!
I tried to go vote “No” to the idea of being able to vote no, but it wouldn’t let me…
I approve. Good job XangaTeam!
@DrugInducedDuck - Yah that feature is already marked as Launch… sorry about that!
Nice try though!
Great! Now to go vote no.
Yayyy! Thanks Xanga!
that means if the number of ‘no’s out number the ‘yeses’ so that means an idea will be out?
Well now we need a way to reverse our votes, as I just clicked the wrong button twice. -_-
I really like this!
Great idea, as always! ~ V
Because of the bias that some voters might have, there should be a mandatory reason given as to why someone is voting for or against.
Similar to the option to decline a friend invite (granted, now we can just IGNORE the invite without giving a reason). But with voting, this affects everyone – not just individuals we’re declining a friend invite to. WHY are people voting yes or no?
So a list of general reasons should be provided… this way we can get a better idea of what’s going through people’s minds in regards to their voting mentality. Are they voting yes because they think it will improve traffic/comments? Are they voting no because it will detract from the community feeling of Xanga? Voting yes because it will make blogging easier? No because it is unfair to a particular group of people? These are things, even if listed in general, that will make the voting system more refined (I hope). And ideally, it will lessen voter bias…especially on ideas that really aren’t that good.
Awesome! Thanks!
awesome!
Awesome! I’m going to say “no” on all the ideas just to tick people off.
Hurrah!
Awesome! I’ve been waiting for this for ages =D
HORAY!! I am so glad this is finally implemented!!!
come up with a way to merge ideas already…. i suggested a no vote way before moniet
I think it’s a great idea – nice way for both sides to be heard. Hopefully people don’t abuse it just to be an arse.
Ditto to wherethefishlives.
Oh sweet. Now I can oppose the stupid ideas. THANK YOU XANGA TEAM!!
This is a great idea! I won’t vote “no” to this one.
This is a very good idea. Glad you have done it now. Now I am going to go and vote no on ideas.
-Heidi
So no one said “NO” to the idea of adding a NO vote to the system of voting?
This should have been implemented from the beginning.
I’m glad to see this, as it should have been in place from the start. Why is the Yes button twice the size of the No button though? Why does there always have to be such an impression left that you people are trying to influence the voting?
@snoochface - That’s a good point about the image sizes. I’ll ask our team if we can even up the button sizes.
I was hoping you’d get this running.
Good job, thank you.
Good idea!
Finally!
Awesome. :]
I suggested this months ago lol. Good to see.
FINALLY!
and this person suggested it too
@black_lie - You’re right – sorry I didn’t meant to suggest that moniet was the only person who had come up with that idea! It was just the most popular version of that idea, so I went with it… sorry for not giving you credit as well!
Yay! Er…I mean Nay!
awesome!
could you stop trying to connect me to facebook every time i make a post? i don’t want to, and never will, connect to facebook.
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UGH!! PLease! Get rid of the codes we have to type in before sending a message!! They’re soo annoying!!!!
Thanks for making the change.
hi xanga team !
i was going to make an account using the name “textaholic” but it was already taken. when i went to see who took the site name, i saw that it hadn’t been updated since march of 2007 ! i really want that name so i was wondering if it was possible to somehow get that username and change the password ?
thanks, jen. <3
I am having problems with uploading photos using my mac on firefox using the bulk uploader, can you help
Dom
@artworkjanalee - Uncheck the box on your editor and it will stop.
@Lady_Songbird - thank you! problem solved, thank god!
Fantastic.
Um, I was wondering if there’s anything anybody can do about all of the people sending out surveys in mass messages (without turning my messages off, ’cause just setting it on friends only doesn’t help). Its really clogging up my inbox. I get upwards of about 30 messages a day. And when I reply to people & ask them to not send them to me they get all mad & “yell”. And most of these people I like to talk to once in a while, so it’d be a pain to just block them.
wow, this should have already been a no option. that comes natural when there is a vote.. yes or no.
This comment has nothing to do with this post, but this has to be said. The profile picture on the site I have put at the end of this comment is entirely INAPPROPIATE. It should not be on the Xanga period, but especially not onthe Xanga home page. Please get it off of there. Thank you.
http://www.tripcrazed.com/699061463/an-end-to-vagina-mutilation/
if really interest me in having communication with you if you will have the desire with me. So that we can get to know each other better and see what happened in future.
I don’t know if this is the right place to ask for help, but I couldn’t find a place to message you guys. I accidentally clicked on the button that takes you to the old setup of your private home page, and I don’t want that… I like the new private home setup. How do I get back?
-jessica
oh just kidding… disregard the comment i left. i found the button.
hi. my comment doesn’t have anything to do with IDEAS lol. but i do have a question i wanted to ask. i will be visiting hongkong again in September, i thought it would be nice to visit the Xanga office in HK, and take pictures of my favorite online blogsite (yes that’s true too!) lol. so if i could just have the address please, i would appreciate it a lot. i went to HK in December of last year as well, but been kinda busy then and didn’t have much time, and didn’t well, went to visit the NY office as well when i was in the states coz i stayed mostly in Chicago, but for now, the HK will do, so yeah, please let me know the address for the HK office. thanks!
I had a question, does anyone know how to END a XANGA CUT? I have tried [/xanga-cut], but nothing seems to work. Please help!
Support !
It’s a good way for Xanga receiving more useful advices to improve their services.
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how come i dont get my xanga daily subscription digest anymore?
woo hoo!
Thanks for the invite!
John Denner
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hmmmm.
regards.
trulytito.
(tito dutta)
good looking out on the client side of things
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