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Thoughts on Glue
I’ve been playing with Glue for the last two weeks. Fraser and I got to talking and he asked me to throw some of my thoughts here:
- Is there any way to see who’s been on my pages? That is, when I navigate to any pages I own, I don’t just want to see “this is naveen’s page; here are his favorites; etc”. Rather, I want to see who’s been to these pages recently – or perhaps who else is like me. In other words, it should link my page and my profile with the browsing patterns of others so that I can learn about similar things. I imagine the content this will link to will be something like the results in Google’s Sets or “Similar pages“. Again, this is only for pages i “own” and should only be shown when I’m logged in. If someone else goes to my page, then I agree with the layout that shows my favorites and what I’ve recently been looking at. Currently, because landing on my pages gives me no useful information, I hide my Glue bar on my pages.
- I think the popup Glue interface should provide a quick way to give site feedback. I think this could look something like a tiny GetSatisfaction-style feedback widget (or similar to “Add my 2¢”) that pops in from the left and allows you to enter a short tweet-style message. I think this could be an easy way to provide feedback on the site you’re visiting.
- I’ve noticed some people throwing up interesting 2¢ pieces. I like it because it gives me a good breakdown of what they are currently reading/watching/investing in. I think Glue should display an individual’s recent activity/things in a stream/list on the user’s profile page. I think it’s faster to scan/read – much like with FriendFeed or Twitter’s list view. Right now, I have to hover over each icon (both in toolbar mode as well as in profile mode) to see what’s up. That’s time-consuming.
- I love the “recently looked at from _____’s stream”. I’ve found myself clicking into other user’s profiles more due to this than by purely using friend lists (which can be quite meaningless unless their icon or name catches my eye).
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