@Darin.K wrote:
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Kidding aside, if there were any way to make Kudos counts more accessible/sortable/searchable that would go much, much farther in sifting posts than an announcement. If you could search for say a user's posts on the LV board with 4+ Kudos you are bound to find some true nuggets. Trust me, I get that info the hard way and it is worth it. (Enough beating that dead horse, for now).
Ditto that!
Note: Please take off your "moderator-keep-the-hit-count-high" hat for a second.
Speaking from ove tens years of watching this forum...
The high post count and traffic is both a curse and a blessing. The high traffic keeps it interesting and lively. There are many very insightful posts that buble up to beat back the question flow. But with the flood of info it can be challenging to sepearte the floatsum from the jetsum (I'll bet that I had to spell at lest one of those words wrong).
Similar to a bear swiping at salmon as they swim past, the good or bad can be picked out one by one as they pass by.
So as long as I stand on the bank and keep my eye on the information flow, I can goolbe up even the smallest nuggets.
But trying to catch-up!
I used to be able to do it back in the early days of the forums but not anymore. Too much info too fast and there are precious few clues to even attempt it.
The best clues end up being the Kudos.
Threads with high Kudos counts either indicate a "golden nugget hidden at the bottom of a pile of fluff"* or the gang has found a worthless thread to exploit. Both of which I want to read.
Another approach still depends on the Kudos and that is to check out who is the Kudos leader for the day or week. if a name shows up that I don't expect I can that person down to see what earned them their new found fame or I look for a frequently flyer with higher than normal counts.
So... getting to the point...
maybe the default should be "weeK' instead of "Month".
Another idea... that would require help from the web-team...
How about a "post of the week" "month" poll where we can nomimate and vote for the top or three posts?
Those polls/and supporting thread could serve as index to the top posts and allow for catch-up when we return to the forum after a period of time.
Ben
* First use of the word Nugget in connection with a choice piece of LV info.
