http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ Big Think Forums Forum: Suggestions for Big Think en Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:24:44 +0000 http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/78#post-410 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:50:07 +0000 2816 410@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Same here, I've just come across an Idea that wasn't even dated, nor had a transcript. Worse, I recognized it immediately as a feature idea that is many months old, but had been repackaged as new.</p> <p>Since this idea involves a prominent political figure, I have to wonder why the film was repackaged, non-dated and removed from its existing list of comments. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/81#post-409 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:55:05 +0000 18482 409@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Does Big Think have an open API? It's tough to create Big Think-based widgets, blogging plugins or custom players without one. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/79#post-404 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:10:30 +0000 9993 404@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Uh yeah!!! How about having this site function like others. With all the convienences? Is that the right spelling? Do you know if I'm just playing with you or if I'm really mad? Duh? I'm just playing but it would be nice to have "all" the conveniences. If you want people to come here very often you have to make them want to. We're all busy people, ya know! How much fun is a website that's a pain in the arse to navigate and use. Come on Big Thinkers! What good is an impotent thought! Smile:) </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/78#post-400 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:08:56 +0000 7548 400@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I find it really hard to know what is recent and what isn't. I mean obviously I can look at dates, but in terms of ideas, I'd really like to be able to see them in a somewhat chronological order. Same with comments and responses. But mostly ideas. I keep seeing the Idea number go up, but I don't know what Idea that was. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/60#post-399 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:39:33 +0000 7548 399@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>yeah I definitely like the idea of a weekly poll, or even daily as the site grows. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4/page/2#post-398 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:35:52 +0000 7548 398@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>"When responding to an idea, it's sometimes hard to know whether you're responding to the ORIGINAL idea, or a response to the original.<br /> It would be helpful if the idea I'm responding to (or its description) is shown to me on the page where I write my description of my idea."</p> <p>I find it very confusing, really. What is the difference between a comment and a response? </p> <p>user "tngldwbstr" also had it right with the spell check and the ability to edit already posted materials. </p> <p>Right now, I think you need to focus more on the organization of the site. I don't really feel like I can browse. I feel like it's more like a commercial where you see twenty different images in 3 seconds and they expect you to know EXACLTY what just happened. Just a better flow would be nice. I'm not sure how exactly or I would say so. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/55#post-395 Wed, 28 May 2008 20:38:18 +0000 14191 395@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Mike Davis! Author of "City of Quartz" </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/76#post-394 Sat, 24 May 2008 07:40:12 +0000 14191 394@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I agree. Something like chatrooms would be wonderful. But I think they should be dedicated to a certain topic because there are enough other possibilities to chat with someone (icq, skype). </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/76#post-389 Sun, 04 May 2008 04:10:55 +0000 11370 389@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Hi I know this is primarily a site for exchanging ideas and discussion, but I have come to befriend a few people on the site and every once in a while when I notice that someone is on at the same time as me, I'd like to talk to them without cluttering up someones idea topics. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4/page/2#post-382 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:24:04 +0000 2 382@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>These are all fantastic suggestions and we thank you for bearing with us as we get the site renovated. All of these problems/issues will be addressed. Thank you!</p> <p>Big Thinker </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/64#post-377 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:49:08 +0000 2 377@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for keeping us alert Cosmos! Always useful to get this feedback... </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/73#post-375 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:42:38 +0000 2 375@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Hi Seawitch and Gaffer,</p> <p>If you login, you should be able to see all the ideas you have uploaded by clicking on your profile icon. If you are having trouble doing this, or if your ideas are not showing up, please let us know. As for comments, for now, there is no way to track them. We have taken note of this and will be addressing this issue as we undergo renovation to the site. Thanks for the feedback! </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/54#post-371 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:23:14 +0000 2 371@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Chakkaphak,<br /> We really appreciate it when our users let us know what they like and don't like about the site. We are still only a few months old and still in beta so we will be incorporating user comments like yours as we refine our design. Please continue to send in comments regarding your experience of the site. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/72#post-369 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:02:16 +0000 2 369@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Sorry for the delay in responding to this idea. We agree that Obama's speech was of great importance and should be a topic of discussion here at Big Think. We will try to post an entry to our blog today to start the conversation on the site. Thanks for this suggestion. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/73#post-366 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:05:52 +0000 11734 366@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I've been trying to do the same thing. It's impossible, after a while, to remember all the Ideas you've visited and the comments/responses you've made. At some point you want to go back to them to see how many people agreed/disagreed or provided constructive criticism. The Recent Activity feature only lists Ideas that we've posted, not comments or responses. Please identify how we do this or add this feature. Thanks. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/73#post-364 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:15:04 +0000 11144 364@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>How do I access a list of all ideas I've commented on? </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/72#post-363 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:01:26 +0000 10325 363@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I think Big Think should post Obama's speech about race for discussion. Obama did not put his campaign info on the podium during the speech, and clearly intended the speech to be a primer for discussion of the great issues of race, inequality, and division in America. There are so many issues and ideas that need to be discussed in response to his speech - let's have that discussion on Big Think! </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/54#post-362 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:54:47 +0000 14555 362@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>The points made by elevatorsout (#'s 1-3 at the bottom) need to be addressed. Navigating this site is definitely awkward at the moment.. otherwise great site, thanks. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/65#post-356 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:00:16 +0000 8603 356@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I do not want to open an extra link on this: Is it possible to delete comments? I got so mad I used language close to name-calling and I would like to keep the tone of BigThink how it should be. Should I simply report abuse on my comment or will that get me on some *** excretion *** list? </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/64#post-354 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:00:54 +0000 3949 354@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>BigThink -- The problem has disappeared, and there are now a much more respectable "4" Responses.</p> <p>Note that this was more than just a bad number displayed -- when clicked, it tried to open non-existent links until the Browser locked up.</p> <p>Just one of those one-off glitches, I guess [grin]. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/65#post-353 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:24:20 +0000 2 353@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>We are continuing to work on the delete function. Thanks for your comments.</p> <p>Big Thinker </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/64#post-351 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:17:58 +0000 2 351@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Cosmos,<br /> We followed your link but did not see the problem regarding the huge number of responses you reported. We will keep an eye on this in the future and certainly alert us at <a href="mailto:suggestions@bigthink.com.">suggestions@bigthink.com.</a> Thanks for taking the time to alert us any problems with the site. Your feedback is invaluable.</p> <p>Big Thinker </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/64#post-348 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:37:03 +0000 3949 348@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>BigThink -- this problem is quite serious I would have thought. It still exists. Check -- <a href="http://www.bigthink.com/outlook-the-future/1049" rel="nofollow">http://www.bigthink.com/outlook-the-future/1049</a> under "Featured In...", and you should see that there are 4,294,967,295 Responses listed.</p> <p>Did I make my original problem report too cryptic? </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31/page/2#post-347 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:44:42 +0000 2 347@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Chocolat,<br /> Thanks for your comment. We are working on a way for users to see if similar questions have already been posted. Until then, it's best for users to do a quick search to check if a question they have has already been posted on the site. Thanks for your valuable feedback. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31/page/2#post-341 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:30:13 +0000 13267 341@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Exactly </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31/page/2#post-340 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:06:20 +0000 3949 340@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Chocolat -- Your post is a repeat. I have already raised this issue several times [grin]. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31/page/2#post-339 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:08:33 +0000 13267 339@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>There should be some way to keep people from posting the same question over and over again. I've seen multiple "Does God exist?" and "What is love?" posts, maybe when people type a title for their idea, it could bring up a list of similar titles and say "Do you mean this?" If the conversation they want to start is already happening, they can join in. That way, people would get more feedback for an original idea because it wouldn't be copied constantly. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/65#post-338 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:03:48 +0000 3949 338@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>There is already a thread where this has been discussed at length...</p> <p><a href="http://www.bigthink.com/rest-diversions/bigthink-com/5265">What I Hate Most About BigThink</a> </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/65#post-337 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:03:55 +0000 13235 337@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I agree. I made an embarrassing spelling mistake with one of my ideas and I would really like the opportunity to correct it! </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/65#post-335 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:29:33 +0000 11042 335@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Your site needs to allow users to delete their ideas. That way, they're not nailed to an idea that doesn't work out. </p>