Joel Danielson's dashboard

Joel Danielson marked one of mdoeff's replies in Twitter as useful. mdoeff replied to the problem "Add Followers/Following metrics and Follow/Block buttons to New Follower e-mail".

Joel Danielson replied on May 08, 2009 10:15 to the problem "Add Followers/Following metrics and Follow/Block buttons to New Follower e-mail" in Twitter:

great! except i've been protecting my updates anyways. it drastically reduced the amount of spammers that tried to follow me.

Joel Danielson asked a question in Tynt on December 27, 2008 19:53:

how can i build my tynt network?

i'd like to engage in a discussion about why tynt has any merit, and why it doesn't. my question to start the process of gleaning value from this semi-original idea, hopefully resulting in a clear understanding of THE original idea, is this:

how is tynt planning to facilitate the means for its users to network? after all, the network itself is the content creator. that's the web 2.0 model. if we are going to move beyond web 2.0, we need to think about how we are already achieving the web 2.0 model. i have no way of understanding how to add friends to my network, or finding existing tynt users who i might already know.

here's a second question to supplement or broaden the scope of the first one:

how is tynt planning to facilitate the means for its users to improve the means of actually influencing web content, rather than merely commenting on it?

here's a "blue ocean" idea for you: imagine if the web-based API of wikipedia were available for all web content. this is the kind of potential i see in tynt.

tynt could provide a platform for gathering a large network base, as well as a means for writers, editors and designers to share improved designs with all of their contacts.

Joel Danielson reported a problem in SoundCloud on July 29, 2008 07:36:

can't play tracks!

not sure what is going on. i press play, the button changes to a 'pause' symbol, and no sound, no moving track position indicator, and the time stays at 0.00

what's the deal?

i have never been able to listen to a track on soundcloud. not yet.

Joel Danielson replied on July 19, 2008 04:20 to the problem "Add Followers/Following metrics and Follow/Block buttons to New Follower e-mail" in Twitter:

i've been trying to raise this same issue with a site called "soundcloud". side issue, but the idea i had for that was that perhaps users could be voted down to a point that triggers a vote to ban them for abusing the system.

another idea would be to have no notification to the user who has been followed, thereby dropping the incentive for the spammer to randomly add people.

Joel Danielson started following the problem "Add Followers/Following metrics and Follow/Block buttons to New Follower e-mail" in Twitter.

Joel Danielson started following the problem "Add Followers/Following metrics and Follow/Block buttons to New Follower e-mail" in Twitter.

Joel Danielson replied on July 18, 2008 22:56 to the problem "Need to Block/Delete Spam-Followers" in SoundCloud:

why have i been denied access to edit the initial post?

Joel Danielson replied on July 18, 2008 22:51 to the problem "Need to Block/Delete Spam-Followers" in SoundCloud:

so basically, i've had very little response to this issue, except someone who said i have no right to complain. what happened to the right to free speech? what happened to people who say they are committed to feedback?

i'm having a much better experience with the getsatisfaction people.

this is the message i'm sending to the myriads of random spam-followers who keep adding me, despite the fact that i have not posted any tracks to listen to.

"please stop following me. your spam-following attempt at getting me to listen to your music is not going to work. it's clearly not kind or considerate, but selfish, self-indulgent and impersonal. go away."

Joel Danielson replied on July 18, 2008 21:51 to the idea "More Recent Activity Options" in Get Satisfaction:

didn't mean to give it the "trouble ticket" label, and obviously it doesn't need to be labeled or built as such, but you seem to get the point i'm making...

perhaps the tabs "topics" could be broken into "all topics" and "my topics" or, a simpler solution (less obvious) would be to add "my topics" to the drop down list -> BROWSE "all topics" (et al) BY "my topics" or "my activity"

Joel Danielson marked one of Eric Suesz's replies in Get Satisfaction as useful. Eric Suesz replied to the idea "More Recent Activity Options".

Joel Danielson replied on July 18, 2008 20:51 to the idea "More Recent Activity Options" in Get Satisfaction:

i realize now that i DID overlook the feature... however my suggestion is still to have some way of adding the issues to your dashboard in threads like support tickets.

i think it's the whole "this resolved my question" or whatever it is - i don't notice it here in the idea thread, perhaps it's more for questions or problems?

anyway it's a little old-school to have to do so much scrolling and paging to get through a chronological run-down of all my recent activity to find something specific.

Joel Danielson reported a problem in SoundCloud on July 18, 2008 19:36:

Need to Block/Delete Spam-Followers

i swear to god i'm deleting my account and not recommending this site unless you people commit to a feature that allows users to block / delete spam-followers. by now you must fully realize, these people are trying to promote themselves. and i DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR MUSIC.

i understand you want people to be able to non-intrusively follow other users, so if you are dead set on such a feature, i recommend that you allow it with NO NOTIFICATION to the user being followed, and that will drop the incentive for spammer-self-promoters for actually doing so.

wake up feature people!

lhiver replied on July 18, 2008 19:00 to the problem "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter:

imagine if people could be voted up or down based on their behaviour, we could rank people like ringernation down to a really low point which triggers a vote on banning/blacklisting them.

lhiver started following the problem "Blocked user still listed on my followers as blocked" in Twitter.

A comment on the discussion "Welcome!" in Beaners Fun Cuts:

it's a duplicate claim. sorry about that. – lhiver, on July 18, 2008 18:51

A comment on the discussion "Welcome!" in Beaners Fun Cuts:

thanks, it does! – lhiver, on July 18, 2008 18:09

lhiver replied on July 18, 2008 17:36 to the discussion "Welcome!" in Beaners Fun Cuts:

i've tried claiming the beaners site twice, has it not been processed yet? strange that i have to claim it after setting it up.

lhiver replied on July 18, 2008 07:14 to the discussion "Welcome!" in Beaners Fun Cuts:

thanks for the warm welcome amy!

lhiver replied on July 18, 2008 05:27 to the problem "iTunes makes me put a CD in twice before it will import/rip it." in Apple:

you all said it. i have nothing to add.