tinkonthebrink : serendipitous researcher

Re: Seeds, influence, without hierarchy

tinkonthebrink said Dec 22, 2007, 11:02 PM:

 

Having multiple discussion threads going on the same topic, like the seeds thing, can get overwhelming, but it's fairly easy to sort through them by tags and then skim through. When in doubt, though, I'd say the ThinkTank threads are a good starting point!

Right now I think the seeds system is kind of in beta mode as a content weighting system, and what it ultimately does is going to evolve as we all use it. 

One thing I just wanted to mention, because it seems to come up so often, is that when people “give” you seeds, you don't then have more seeds. You generate seeds according to a few different factors, one of which is how active you are in the community.

I agree that the “bad seeds” were a good idea - with an unfortunate name. But there is a “flag for review” option to use for the problems you mentioned (and hey, surprise, it uses up one of your seeds to flag for review!).

I think the seeds idea is pretty interesting. It'll be fun to see what happens with it.