January 7, 2010

• My Idea [96]

  So, I finally submitted my idea for Xanga. Basically, I think we should be able to have our inbox kind of like an email inbox. If you see a post and you’ve already read it (or don’t want to read it), you should be able to “delete” the post from showing up in your inbox again. Even if it’s rec’d a hundred more times or timestamped a dozen, you shouldn’t have to keep seeing that post over and over again. Another thing I think could improve our inboxes is being able to “save” a post for later. How many times have seen a post you wanted to read, but you don’t have time? And how often do you either forget about that post or don’t see it again? I know it happens to me all the time, especially if it’s a really long, but good post.

  I also think we could either have customizable tabs in our inbox, or a tab for just posts. Pulses take up A LOT of room. (Paul_Partisan did a little study a while ago about that…he had some numbers) Don’t get me wrong, I think pulses are great for saying short little blurbs, but sometimes they overrun the inbox and posts get lost. That’s another thing that bothers me. The pages only go back 10 pages, and anything after that gets “lost.”

  I think these improvements would be awesome because I don’t always have time to sift through everything. I end up missing a lot of really great posts, or miss the initial excitement of a post. I also end up losing a lot of friends because I never visit their blog….but I never visit because I never even see the posts!!

  So, I would greatly appreciate it if you would vote (in favor of, of course!) for my idea!

  GO VOTE HERE!!!

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