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Post number 726

CrazyUncleJoe — Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:16:07 -0800

New STATUS info for MetaFilter! Now I can see what has happened during the 15 minutes I was away!

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:30:45 -0800

heh. coming Real Soon Now will be links to a page with just those # of new links and comments, so you won't even have to read the old cruft! :)

By: palegirl

palegirl — Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:52:03 -0800

you're cool! (:

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:23:34 -0800

I second that emotion. The Siamese Twins Known As Matt And Howie put the Fun in Functionality and the Fuse in Ease Of Use. Or something.

By: mmanning

mmanning — Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:51:48 -0800

now for the next trick: let us opt-in for email updates when someone posts a comment on a link we post... and then, threaded comments; oh my!

By: palegirl

palegirl — Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:17:29 -0800

or maybe bump most recently posted or commented-to items to the top?

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:18:13 -0800

opt-in email updates are a possibility no one has asked for yet. Fully threaded (slashdot style) comments were originally designed from day one, but it was way too hard on the database. I never could figure out the programming gymnastics to create the parent-daughter relationships between messages quickly, without taxing resources. I could have just one level of replies (like this comment could go directly under yours, but you couldn't start a new thread below this comment, it would have to be at the same level). This is already programmed, but I never turned it "on".

By: bradlands

bradlands — Fri, 11 Feb 2000 19:10:48 -0800

Actually, Wendell, I like to think mathowie puts the Funk in Funktionality. I also like to think that "mathowie" sounds like a sound effect from the old Batman TV show. Biff! Zap! Mathowie!!