http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ Big Think Forums Topic: What would make bigthink.com easier to use? en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:36:51 +0000 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/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/4/page/2#post-138 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:22:10 +0000 5450 138@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>===============================================<br /> +++Please See "Improvement Requests" in Forum+++<br /> ===============================================<br /> 1. Spell check please.<br /> 2. User Site History...need timeline of where user travels within site.(example: I am here, I was here...one click ago, two pages ago, three days ago, etc.)<br /> 3. Need to be able to edit posts after being posted.<br /> 4. I'm not seeing internal Email/Messaging support...is this not greatly needed to facitate collaborative participation? </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-128 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:10:56 +0000 5730 128@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Need to avoid losing a potential post because of problems with the interface. Twice I tried to add a response to Paul Krugman's "Is there an other economic crisis looming" and both of the posts got lost. My third attempt to do something with the topic resulted in creating "Re: Re: Is there another economic crisis looming" as a separate idea rather than a reply to the original. It would be nice if I could edit my response after partially creating it. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-124 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:21:12 +0000 5450 124@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>=====<br /> 1. Spell Check: Please.<br /> =====<br /> 2. Edit: Need to be able to edit one's own posts after being posted.<br /> =====<br /> 3. User Site History: Need timeline of where user travels within site.(example: I am here, I was here...one click ago, two pages ago, three days ago, etc.)<br /> ===== </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-104 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:07:22 +0000 5084 104@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Most importantly, how does one cancel their account? What if I want to leave? How do I do it? </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-103 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:04:21 +0000 5084 103@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>How does one search only for postings with videos and mp3 files, please? </p> <p>I don't want to just read another group blog, but to see and hear people speak their ideas and comments. </p> <p>(I signed up here because I thought it might be a "higher class" YouTube.com, but I'm finding too much text and no video or audio.) </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-102 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:59:03 +0000 5084 102@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>How does one create threads in this 'Forum', please? </p> <p>I only see how to respond to existing thread topics. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-101 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:58:08 +0000 5084 101@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>What image types are acceptable on one's avatar (image) in one's profile, please? My .jpg photo is rejected. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-100 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:26:15 +0000 5038 100@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>It would be great if our personal profiles respected formatting, rather than just dumping it into a mass of unreadable text. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-99 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:59:27 +0000 2241 99@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>The first page on the site is a bit overwhelming (I am in the industry, and I really prefer simplicity over features). There are about 10 different panels on the first page. Features, Most Recent Blog entries, Browse Experts, Most Popular Ideas, Keywords, Browse Ideas, the navigation on the left, more videos on the right, the toolbar on the top. Its too much. I think you really need to look at the things that most people want to do and highlight those on the front. People want to see the most heated/interesting topics, people want to know how to sign up, people want to know how to post something. People want to search. Those are probably about it (just in a few minutes of thinking). I also think that you don't need any more professionally made videos because they overwhelm the site so much that the mission of the site is sort of lost, and the site feels like a place for the same people we've heard from all our lives to have yet another forum to show their wisdom. </p> <p>- Jon </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-85 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:23:16 +0000 121 85@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Oh! And you CAN embed these videos. If you are on an idea page, you can see where it says "share". The embed code should pop up there!<br /> -BD </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-84 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:22:32 +0000 121 84@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Hi everyone,<br /> These are ALL great suggestions that we are either going to be implementing in the next few weeks or working on in development for the near future. Its feedback like this that is going to make this site a great and easy place to have great conversation. So please keep the suggestions coming! I promise one of us will be in forums very frequently taking detailed notes! Here's a list of some things that are happening:</p> <p>1. Searchable transcripts will be available in the next few weeks (phew!)<br /> 2. The ability to enlarge videos will be coming in the next few weeks.<br /> 3. "Favorites" will be added so you can save and organize your favorite ideas. (suggestions on how to do this welcome)<br /> 4. The chance to revise ideas will also be happening in the next few weeks.<br /> 5. RSS feed is coming<br /> 6. Runtime info is coming<br /> 7. PODcasts are a little further down the road, but we want them just as bad as you!</p> <p>These are some of the immediate responses I have. What else do you guys think should be happening? </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-70 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:30:49 +0000 1648 70@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>A guide to formatting posts would be quick and easy to roll out, and very useful. Where can I use html? Where can I use markup? Proper formatting makes ideas much easier to convey.</p> <p>By the way, this is an excellent idea and a very fun site -- I hope the bugs get worked out. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-69 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:08:57 +0000 4118 69@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>The ability to comment on a users profile page would be a very good addition. Every time I browse the site, I, for one reason or another, end up on someones profile page and want to leave a comment, but I can only leave comments on the idea pages, the problem there being that the comments I sometimes want to leave are more related to the person and not so much related to any idea they have participated in.</p> <p>for instance, I would not mind being able to ask the professor of psychology at harvard a few things about studying psychology. And I would not mind being able to ask some writers questions about their field of specialty, many of these questions are not Ideas but they are quite relevant. This site is a perfect meeting place for intelectuals, but It would be better if we had the ability to discuss with each other on the profile pages in a more personal way. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-68 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:42:50 +0000 4126 68@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I love the concept here... ThinkBig... <a href="http://www.BigThink.com" rel="nofollow">www.BigThink.com</a><br /> Read about in in the NYTimes this morning... </p> <p>Only one problem... I need a catagory of "Commerce" as my parcel marking techniques don't apply to others. Then there is intellectual property... "Global...".</p> <p>I have two ideas to expound upon... for Commerce that have a global<br /> positive appeal... and cost little... Just need to connect to the right decision makers.</p> <p>Secondly, I need your profile upload to be accepting photos that are *.jpg (most common...) vs. the ????? ( PJjpeg it wants ????)<br /> Suggest : *.jpg, *.gif, *.png, *.bmp. </p> <p>My site is <a href="http://www.Thinktargets.com" rel="nofollow">www.Thinktargets.com</a> and my<br /> profile username : Thinktargets<br /> Password: Thinkrudders<br /> Tom Brinkman<br /> 850.293.5556 </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-61 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:57:50 +0000 1656 61@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Comments and posts should be in reverse order with the newest at the top... </p> <p>Not clear to me what happend to a response I made. It appeared after I made it, but when I cam back to the site a few hours later it was gone and my profile showed "no activity"</p> <p>Richard </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-60 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:03:27 +0000 700 60@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>player window size is not bad; if too big it will show some lag. But the bug is that my comments are never delivered, so I had to use responses all the time. I hope this can be fixed ASAP </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-57 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:35:12 +0000 3378 57@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>The site desperately needs RSS feeds broken down by category: Am I missing this somewhere? </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-54 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:19:06 +0000 1328 54@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Mobile-friendly content would be a big help for your readers travelling or commuting. Ideally a portion of the site could be audio-only with mp3 podcast downloading features - video bandwidth requirements are still a challenge for most mobile devices. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-53 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:43:12 +0000 3107 53@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I agree with above #5 - embed is essential to create debate and discussion. I was planning on blogging about one of the ideas but without the ability to embed the video there really is no point. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-50 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:23:07 +0000 2594 50@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>This post will be redundant, feel free to skip or count as a vote:</p> <p>1- video size is way to small to be comfortable to watch.<br /> 2-Audio mp3 is a must [for itunes and tribalshout.com subs]<br /> 3- text transcript would be nice.<br /> [this is available on some other sites: ability to click on parts of the transcript to go to specific section in video]<br /> 4-Also agree with the last two posters about runtime info.<br /> 5-Ability to embed the videos on our blogs, this will help generate traffic to Bigthink.<br /> This will do it for now, will post some more on my second visit to the site! </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-41 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:28:54 +0000 1080 41@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>I definitely would like to know how long a video is b/4 starting to watch it. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-36 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:53:46 +0000 1705 36@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>It should be clear how long a video is before you watch it. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-35 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:46:08 +0000 1705 35@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Also, when I created an idea in response to someone's response, my idea didn't show up as part of the original conversation. In other words, it ONLY shows up if you specifically read the response on its own.</p> <p>I think all responses to responses should show up as part of the thread of theoriginal conversation. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-34 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:44:47 +0000 1648 34@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>Interview transcripts would be excellent, especially if they are combined with some way to quote and respond in the comments, or as a new idea. There's a lot of content in each interview, but sometimes only one or two sentences one might want to directly address. I'd also appreciate some way to format quotes -- when I tried to write one, it got crammed up with my response.</p> <p>Second, some way to revise ideas. They may be written in "permanent marker," but surely they're not chiseled in stone. When I goof up -- and since this is the Internet, it's likely to happen once in a while -- it'd be nice to get a chance to fix typos or formatting problems. Communities like this one often devolve from discussion of ideas into grammar fascism, and I'd appreciate the ability to pre-empt that decline. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-31 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:38:39 +0000 1705 31@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. </p> <p>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> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-24 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:38:11 +0000 1813 24@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>1. I agree that a transcript of the interviews would be very helpful, though of course there may be a cost involved.</p> <p>2. There's probably a preferred way to cite something from here, but I'm not sure what it is or how to find it. If I want to quote someone, it'd be helpful to know how it should be done. </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-16 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:25:34 +0000 1433 16@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>At the risk of being foolish (perhaps i've missed something) would a text version of the idea interviews be possible? It is faster to read through something than to view a clip and (surely!?!) no idea can be thoroughly vetted without being subjected to cold, hard print. cheers&#38; good luck with your venture </p> http://www.bigthink.com/forums/topic/4#post-15 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:51:56 +0000 1525 15@http://www.bigthink.com/forums/ <p>This site needs an audio-only option. The clip of Pete Peterson paused to reload every 20-30 seconds. I gave up. I have DSL, but I am so far from the central office that the speed has to be turned down to maintain a connection. On the other hand, maybe you have a problem on your end, because streaming video is not usually this difficult for me. </p>