the popular page is a sack of shit
it works well on links / board tho.

useless on /talk

VOTE FOR THIS TO PROVE ME RIGHT
( rob, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:09, archived)

*clicks*
What were you expecting though? It's not as if /talk posts are put into the newsletter like /board posts and /link posts are. Basically it's just an assortment of daft posts with the odd good one or two in there.
( Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:09, archived)

Now look here,
I don't know just who you think you are, coming in here casting aspersions on...oh.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:10, archived)

casting aspergers
for a role in a poignant film about Autism
( Clairebare Back once again with the Ill behaviour, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:12, archived)

Casting asparagus
into the bin becasue the wuss didn't want stinky wee.
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:15, archived)

This so hard it hurts
what /talk needed was a hall of quotes fame, for the truly inspired amusing quotes, like Rj's fetch one earlier.
( icklepeach *relurks*, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:11, archived)

Didn't you say at one point
that there would never be a popular page for /talk, as it would end up exactly as it has ended up?
(Flabbergaster laughs at danger (and breaks all the rules), Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:11, archived)

I probably did
and then, on a whim, I asked Robtoo to stick one in.

My theory was that it would settle down, and you'd find some unexpected use for it, but no one has.

So it just sits there, full of crap.

I'd remove it, but that's work!
( rob, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:13, archived)

Now it's there, is there any point in removing it?
The 'I Like This' is handy for keeping track of links/posts we liked
( Cap'n Tallbeard, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:15, archived)

oh yeah
that's a reason enough. Social bookmarking init?
( rob, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:16, archived)

Yup
I have a few things in my profile that made me laugh and I can go back and revisit them.
One thing, though: when I go to the posts I liked via my profile, there's no way to see them in context - the 'page' icon at the top-left isn't there, and neither is the 'more' link. Some of these posts need the context (I'll put this on the Bugs board too)
( Cap'n Tallbeard, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:19, archived)

This.
I sometimes click "I like this" on certain posts so I can find it through my profile later and show Mrs Eddache.
( Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:16, archived)

this
but I'd rather they had the post icon, so I could link to them rather than just sit back and enjoy them.
( icklepeach *relurks*, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:18, archived)

It would work if rather than clicking the post they laughed at,
they clicked the first post in the thread that lead to the funny, & people perusing the popular page clicked the post icon & read the whole thing, thus understanding context & punch line fully.
This is far too much effort for everyone though I suspect.
( ImNotRightBotheredMe fool, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:16, archived)

Aye, we've got a lot of punchlines
but not many jokes on there.
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:18, archived)

Apart from your mum.

( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:21, archived)

Pffft.

( ImNotRightBotheredMe fool, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:22, archived)

It started well
although a quote alone is usually hard to see in context. But now it's a tedious tool for tedious tools.

Thanks for listening, though, even if the masses were wrong.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:18, archived)

We're all urban subversives
what did you expect?
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:11, archived)

It is only very occassionally useful.
The links one is probably the only consistantly useful one though. Yes.
( baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:12, archived)

it doesn't hurt so I'd leave it
what we do need is a search button on /talk
( Clairebare Back once again with the Ill behaviour, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 14:14, archived)