Let's improve on the user profile

Undertoad · 04-26-2005, 03:31 PM

The current user profile includes a section where there are four "free format" fields (four free format fields, say that four times fast).

These fields are: biography, interests, location, occupation. Aside from "location", which appears on every post, the fields only show up if you look at someone's profile.

We can edit these or add to these. What should be asked - the original LJ poll questions?

SteveDallas · 04-26-2005, 05:27 PM

The questions from the end of Inside the Actor's Studio?

Happy Monkey · 04-26-2005, 05:39 PM

Perhaps the ability to put multiple homepages in?

lookout123 · 04-26-2005, 06:00 PM

i enjoy visiting everyone's homepages, but that does leave about 3/4 of the cellarites out - remember the cellar isn't just for the computer savvy anymore.

how about something to do with what you do in real life? sort of like a resource guide?

BigV · 04-26-2005, 06:34 PM

I like this idea, but I approach it from a consumer of the information much more than a producer of personal information. I would like to be able to add my own details about my friends here. Stuff I have noticed and wish to remember. Like no pickles for wolf, and that zippyt knows his record labels, and that OC also has a teenage son, same as me...likes, dislikes, etc. y'know?

wolf · 04-27-2005, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

The questions from the end of Inside the Actor's Studio?

I like that idea. Even if the questions are from some damn Frog show ...

Well, we should at least have the "what's your favorite curse word?" question.

mrnoodle · 04-28-2005, 12:21 PM

A couple of silly questions would be fun. kind of like the "what kind of _____ are you" quizzes, but not a quiz. you get to say what kind of _____ you are.

richlevy · 04-28-2005, 03:49 PM

One feature I would like to see is a the number of ignore lists the person is on. As a matter of fact, I would like to know the top 5 Cellarites on other's ignore lists.

BTW, why is it you can add someone to your buddy list from the drop down you get by clicking the name on a post, but to add them to the ignore list you have to go to their profile?

lumberjim · 04-28-2005, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

- the original LJ poll questions?

which one was that? or do you mean a bizzare batch of questions in general?

i bet if you put your mind ( and maybe hot_pastrami's) to it, you could come up with random quizzes for every newbie. we could all contribute several questions we'd like to know about the new and untested.

how about a 'source' field? " i found the cellar via ___________"

BigV · 04-29-2005, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

how about a 'source' field? " i found the cellar via ___________"

interesting, but it has the REEK of mass marketing research to it.

Troubleshooter · 04-29-2005, 11:53 AM

How about:

Top or bottom?

Spit or swallow?

Pitch or catch?

wolf · 04-29-2005, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

interesting, but it has the REEK of mass marketing research to it.

I really like the idea of being able to post "I found The Cellar via The Cellar."

Or Delaware Valley Computer User, which is really the case.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-29-2005, 05:54 PM

I thought the point was the post not the poster.

hot_pastrami · 04-29-2005, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i bet if you put your mind ( and maybe hot_pastrami's) to it, you could come up with random quizzes for every newbie. we could all contribute several questions we'd like to know about the new and untested.

These days, most of the things I put my mind to recoil in shock and disgust. Spongy!

The key is to ask about things that are interesting, amusing, or useful. One field that would occasionally be useful is a gender field... some users' handles don't give a clue which pronoun to apply. Of course each user has the option to leave this field blank if he/she doesn't wish for his/her gender to be used for slash-paired pronoun reduction.

Happy Monkey's idea to use multiple homepages is a good idea, though "homepage" may not be the best term there. For instance, I'd add a link to my Flickr profile, and maybe my resumé... neither of which is really a "homepage." Maybe just "Personal URLs" or something equally goofy and ambiguous.

One possibility to add some value to the community, assuming these fields are included in a search somewhere, would be a field to indicate things that one has expertise in. So I could search all users for "psychology," and learn that Wolf is a good person to ask whether I am truly disturbed, or just faking it to get attention. The "interests" field sort of covers this, but not exactly.

That's all I can think of right now.

wolf · 04-29-2005, 11:51 PM

Some folks, myself included, may have a hesitation to provide certain specific information in the context of the profile.

04-26-2005, 03:31 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Let's improve on the user profile The current user profile includes a section where there are four "free format" fields (four free format fields, say that four times fast). These fields are: biography, interests, location, occupation. Aside from "location", which appears on every post, the fields only show up if you look at someone's profile. We can edit these or add to these. What should be asked - the original LJ poll questions?

04-26-2005, 05:39 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Perhaps the ability to put multiple homepages in? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-26-2005, 06:00 PM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i enjoy visiting everyone's homepages, but that does leave about 3/4 of the cellarites out - remember the cellar isn't just for the computer savvy anymore. how about something to do with what you do in real life? sort of like a resource guide? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-26-2005, 06:34 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I like this idea, but I approach it from a consumer of the information much more than a producer of personal information. I would like to be able to add my own details about my friends here. Stuff I have noticed and wish to remember. Like no pickles for wolf, and that zippyt knows his record labels, and that OC also has a teenage son, same as me...likes, dislikes, etc. y'know? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-28-2005, 12:21 PM	#7
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	A couple of silly questions would be fun. kind of like the "what kind of _____ are you" quizzes, but not a quiz. you get to say what kind of _____ you are. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

04-26-2005, 05:27 PM	#2
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	The questions from the end of Inside the Actor's Studio?

04-28-2005, 03:49 PM	#8
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	One feature I would like to see is a the number of ignore lists the person is on. As a matter of fact, I would like to know the top 5 Cellarites on other's ignore lists. BTW, why is it you can add someone to your buddy list from the drop down you get by clicking the name on a post, but to add them to the ignore list you have to go to their profile? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

04-29-2005, 11:53 AM	#11
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	How about: Top or bottom? Spit or swallow? Pitch or catch? __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

04-29-2005, 05:54 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I thought the point was the post not the poster. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-29-2005, 11:51 PM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Some folks, myself included, may have a hesitation to provide certain specific information in the context of the profile. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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