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Eric asked a question in foursquare on November 13, 2009 22:11:

"Nearby Specials" are not even close to near

Foursquare app just told me there's a "Special Nearby" in Eden Prairie, MN when I checked into a restaurant...except I'm in Boulder, CO

Eric asked a question in Massively Overrated on October 19, 2009 18:32:

Why can I only "love" friends' posts?

I see the "Love" feature implemented, nice start!

Why can I only "love" posts from my friends though?

Also, and I know this is subjective nit-picking, I don't like the word "love" for the feature. It's a little too much...what if I simply "like" a post? I might hesitate to click "love" simply because I don't like it THAT much.

Eric replied on September 29, 2009 16:06 to the question "Viewing others' Friends lists" in Gowalla:

I actually came to Get Satisfaction to ask this exact question. I want to see friends of my friends.

Eric started following the question "Viewing others' Friends lists" in Gowalla.

Eric started following the idea "Adding Friends when NOT on FB or Twitter." in Gowalla.

Eric marked one of Jonathan Carroll's replies in Gowalla as useful. Jonathan Carroll replied to the question "What category does a gym/fitness facility go into?".

Eric asked a question in Gowalla on September 23, 2009 16:01:

What category does a gym/fitness facility go into?

Should my gym be categorized under subcategory "Health & Fitness?" If so, why is parent category "Shopping & Retail?"

Eric started following the idea "Add new way(s) to get more items" in Gowalla.

nep's reply to "Adding Friends when NOT on FB or Twitter." was just promoted to the most useful! Eric and 3 other people think it's one of the best replies.

If I could add invite friends better, I'd definitely do that. Give us that, and we'll help grow the number of players!

Eric started following the problem "Suspiciously high scoring" in foursquare.

Eric replied on August 01, 2009 23:02 to the problem "iPhone app crashes when adding new venues" in foursquare:

Crashing on new venue adds pretty consistently

Eric started following the idea "I would like it if I could add venues on the iPhone app" in foursquare.

Eric started following the idea "no points for new venues?" in foursquare.

Eric asked a question in Massively Overrated on April 03, 2009 00:23:

Where do I change Profile Pic?

I can't seem to find the link to change profile pic. Seems like it should be in Edit Profile?

Eric asked a question in Massively Overrated on March 28, 2009 18:03:

What do you do if Coathangr post is too big for Twitter?

With the push to twitter, how do you handle coathangr posts that are >140 characters?

Eric gave praise in Massively Overrated on March 28, 2009 18:02:

Small tweaks to UI are great

The recent small tweaks to the UI are very nice and make using coathangr easier. Nice work, I can't wait to see what the re-design brings

Eric replied on March 24, 2009 17:06 to the idea "Threaded comments/post" in Massively Overrated:

Digg and Slashdot were probably a bad example. What about taking a look at how nested/threaded blog comments handle it? Intense Debate's comment model seems like it would work. Of course, this is all assuming that posts generate a ton of conversation...is that the goal?

A non-private user's reply to a private post seems like it should be viewable only by the private user's followers. The non-private user's followers shouldn't be able to see the reply to a private post because 1) they're only seeing one side of the conversation and 2) they could extract presumably private details from that one side of the conversation that a private poster may not want revealed.

Is there a strong demand for private posts and accounts? Simplicity would seem to dictate just cutting the functionality :)

Eric replied on March 24, 2009 16:20 to the idea "Threaded comments/post" in Massively Overrated:

Isn't the search.twitter.com convention just a click away from scenario 2?

I'm trying to imagine the privacy impact of a comment system implemented per scenario 2. It seems similar to a profile's wall in FB, the commenter knows their comment is visible to the public and behaves accordingly. Private comments to a poster are handled in a private medium, DMs.

Maybe without an understanding of how private accounts will work I'm missing the problem?

Have you considered the problem of multiple threads emerging from a single post? I could see this happening, as any given post could generate a discussion about shopping, brands, trends, location, styling. To support that sort of discussion it seems like a Digg or Slashdot-like comment system is required, with various nested conversations underneath the parent post. Once again, people who are interested in saying something private to the poster wouldn't find this system too useful, but they wouldn't have any reason to expect privacy either.

As far as the viewer controlling the experience, it seems like a problem to deal with later, but the solution that pops out for me is to allow a user to filter out other user input at reply to other, reply to me, or post levels. Someone's replies driving you nuts but still fit acceptable use? Turn them off in your feed. Of course, a strong community will police this sort of problem so I'd imagine filtering people would be rare. Maybe I'm an optimist.

Eric shared an idea in Massively Overrated on March 20, 2009 20:53:

Threaded comments/post

This breaks the pure "Twitter with pants" model but what would it be like to have threaded comments per post? Today's system for showing replies doesn't make threads/conversations apparent

Eric replied on March 18, 2009 17:02 to the idea "Multiple pics in a single post" in Massively Overrated:

The grouping idea is interesting, that would probably address the problem I'm thinking about re: needing 2+ pics to show what I'm wearing

It raises the question of how important phone cam pics are to the coathangr vibe. It's easy and accessible but also contributes to a stream filled with phone cam quality pics, making it harder to actually get a flavor for style in the post (or possibly driving people to develop a better way to take pics of themselves...MySpace will be revitalized!)

Conversely, if you just made it uploads from the web, you'd probably have people putting more effort into uploading high quality pics that show the clothes and style, but it requires more effort, planning, a willing photographer and probably ends up being too much for some users. Might be too much for me, despite my desire to see full outfits.