http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ Big Think Forums Topic: Improvement Requests en Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:51:48 +0000 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/31/page/2#post-325 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:52:04 +0000 2 325@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Hi everyone. I think I'll take these one by one.</p> <p>Mvicente: We agree, and will be rolling out that function in the coming months. Thanks for the feedback!</p> <p>Elevatorsout: No problem! We're eager to see your ideas!</p> <p>Levinzsky: You actually can agree or disagree with an idea. Its a slightly different function located towards the lower end of the box. Hope that helps!</p> <p>pfastfoot: Yes, we will have this function ready for you soon as well! Keep checking the blog at <a href="http://www.bigthink.com/blog" rel="nofollow">www.bigthink.com/blog</a> for updates. </p> <p>Thanks everyone! </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31/page/2#post-324 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:18:02 +0000 1260 324@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I would like to second the request for a "favorites" option. </p> <p>I also agree that it would be great to be able to share it with someone, but for me, I would like it because I don't want to have to try to remember where I located a particular video if I was just surfing around the site. In addition, some videos are longer than others, and sometimes I've found a video I like but for whatever reason I haven't been able to watch the entire interview. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31/page/2#post-323 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:29:40 +0000 9447 323@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Someone may have posted on this already - but I wish the "ratings" system on individual posts was not labeled by "interesting" or "irrelevant" .... someone may post a comment that I disagree with tremendously - but it may not be irrelevant..... I think the ratings should allow people to agree or disagree.<br /> We could then begin to see where people's opinions lean, and who is capable of communicating them the best.<br /> thank you. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31/page/2#post-318 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:19:53 +0000 10325 318@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Big Think - thanks for fixing the "31 posts limit error" - now I can post anytime I have ideas and improvements, which I am sure I will! </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31/page/2#post-316 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:52:19 +0000 12278 316@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I would like to post messages to some Big Think Members. Obviously I don´t think email addresses should be shown without explicit consent of the owner. But direct exchange of ideas and experiences is what everything is about. Anyone disagrees? </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31/page/2#post-244 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:16:37 +0000 2 244@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>An Na,</p> <p>Worry not! Transcripts are coming soon! Keep your on our blog for updates on when they are coming... </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-243 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:13:48 +0000 2 243@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Carlja9,<br /> Thank you for your interest in the site and we hope you keep tuning in. We agree that our interviews can get better. Due to the editing process, and how we arrange videos on the site, our style is a little more constrained than Moyers, who we admire and love. One thing we've done is opened up the floor for questions on our blog, so please feel free to chime in. AND, if you see something you like, please let us know so we can get a sense of our better talks. Thanks! </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-233 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:27:25 +0000 8047 233@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I think that in order to navigate complex ideas, a type of cross referencing should be available, so that my specific idea could be an inspiration/love and happiness thought. Or an idea on arts &#38; culture that deals specifically with business &#38; economics. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-232 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:52:06 +0000 6353 232@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I'm having problems watching the video-ed segments. (I live<br /> in Asia - unreliable streaming). It would be helpful to have<br /> a link to the transcript of the video segments. That way, if I<br /> can't watch the videos, I can still read the content/message and then comment.<br /> Also, I'd appreciate some guidance on setting up my user page. I'm<br /> by nature a lurker, and not comfortable about what to put on the page.<br /> Maybe some sample pages would be helpful. I'm 51 and have never done the social networking thing before, so I'm reluctant to jump in. I think<br /> many 'reflective' and 'scholarly' people need assistance with this.<br /> Continued success. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-208 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:28:07 +0000 7872 208@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I love the idea behind your site--since I've long considered a good interview to be the best way to get to the heart of someone's life's work/wisdom/insights. But after reviewing a few videos I have to say the interviews are less than stimulating... I can't help comparing it to Bill Moyer's brilliant interview series, which does a great job of drawings out the interviewees... and blaming (without much evidence) the difference on your questioning process.<br /> Who is asking the questions? How often do they interrupt? disagree? interact? It's an art; I don't think you've mastered it yet but will keep checking back. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-207 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:09:57 +0000 3949 207@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>BigThinker &lt;b/&gt;Yahoo, and probably many others have perfected this <strong><em>challenge</em></strong> thing. Have you had a look at what they have done? It well could be open-source or public-domain. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-204 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:56:02 +0000 6535 204@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Big thinker, </p> <p>Would I have ever chance to submit my ideas? I can't because I don't recognize the complex words in your verification code. English is my third language and I'm sure that I wouldn't be the first person who encounters this problem. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-203 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:51:33 +0000 3949 203@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>BigThinker - You obviously know the secret on how to do line-breaks. Would you like to share this with us and save a bit of trial and error [grin]. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-193 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:32:55 +0000 2 193@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Cosmos,</p> <p>Can you point out which ideas from Big Thinker have Re: in the title? That is likely a mistake that we should correct.</p> <p>/Big Thinker </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-192 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:30:58 +0000 2 192@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Akademy,</p> <p>As a clarification, would like a list of just questions in each topic area (i.e. wisdom or science &#38; technology)? Currently, you can click "View More" on the recent and popular tabs which brings you to the browse ideas page and shows a paginated list of all recent ideas in that category. Would adding a field for choosing questions versus statements address your concerns?</p> <p>Thanks so much for the input.</p> <p>/Big Thinker </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-191 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:11:57 +0000 4358 191@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I'd like to see a "Show all Ideas in the section" button that would show a quick list of the questions you could quickly scan down. There doesn't seem any easy way to do this at the moment. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-184 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:43:42 +0000 3949 184@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Clarification - regarding the point above on back-navigation, the confusion seems to be when the 'master' question is posed by BigThinker and the subject says "Re:...", implying that it referred to an earlier idea. Perhaps just remove "Re:" from the top-level post. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-183 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:10:25 +0000 3949 183@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I would also like to see the site 'Cookified'. For instance, my usage [ and I suspect, many others ] is to do a start in the page with entries for all categories listed. However, I want them in 'latest first' order and would like that option remembered. Also, this option seems to get lost [sometimes] when scrolling forwards and backwards in the list. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-182 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:49:53 +0000 1765 182@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>What I'd like to see most is more user guidance. Those ratings(?) icons at the side: do we use them or ignore them? the featured video of the day: could there be written identification of the speaker before you decide to invest time in the video? Finding the comments or the place to comment: coult there be a pointer to the forums. It is hard to find your way through if you are not dedicated to a solitary idea. More 1-2-3 steps for the wary novice who may too quickly decide the site is out of his/her league!</p> <p>And the font size on the identification of the various speakers on some of the medleys are is just too small and fleeting to be useful.</p> <p>Aside from those minor complaints, I only fear addiction. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-181 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:53:12 +0000 6717 181@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>YouTube works on Wii, Big Think doesn't.<br /> It's great that a group can watch a YouTube Flash movie on the TV in the family room using the Wii. (Opera browser with Flash plugin).<br /> Unfortunately, the Flash encoding on BigThink doesn't work on the Wii. You can see the player, but it's missing most of the controls and is not clickable. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-180 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:13:28 +0000 3949 180@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>And yes, that verification code IS hard to recognize if the words are not common ones. Since the comments are no longer posted immediately [?], it is tempting to keep trying and inadvertently add the same post several times. It's a bit hard to know if one guessed the right code or not. Requires feedback to the user for EVERY submit. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-179 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:05:57 +0000 3949 179@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Please provide a simple way to navigate back from a response. As an example, you might have entered a discussion mid-stream and want to view the previous related-ideas. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-173 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:37:49 +0000 6535 173@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>We should be able to save what we were writing, in case we have to go somewhere in a hurry. </p> <p>(p.s.) Your verification code is hard to recognize. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-172 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:14:39 +0000 6367 172@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I've been waiting for a service like this, so good work! </p> <p>Is there a way to start a "Favorites" list, especially one that other people can subscribe to? I agree that the UI is too busy, and I also agree that we need embed capability. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-155 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:56:53 +0000 3486 155@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I would like to be able to remove my sirname from my posts. I wasn't aware that the *name required didn't require me to reveal who I am to the world. Is it possible that my comments under the Marion Jones question could be altered to read "Granto" instead of my full name?</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/31#post-154 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:46:38 +0000 2 154@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>thanks for your feedback Phil. The UI definitely has a lot going on, largely because we've got so much content to surface. Let us know what specific ideas you have by way of design, and we will look into implementing them. </p>