Comments on: mySociety launches ScenicOrNot http://www.mysociety.org/2009/04/10/mysociety-launches-scenicornot/ Relentless user-focus on civic websites Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Frank J http://www.mysociety.org/2009/04/10/mysociety-launches-scenicornot/comment-page-1/#comment-95084 Frank J Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:47:58 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=1170#comment-95084 Not a bad place to live or die. Not a bad place to live or die.

]]> By: Bedd Gelert http://www.mysociety.org/2009/04/10/mysociety-launches-scenicornot/comment-page-1/#comment-83063 Bedd Gelert Sun, 03 May 2009 21:50:07 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=1170#comment-83063 Sorry, but this is shite. The quality of the pictures is just very poor, so it is not comparing sites for their 'scenic quality', but merely the quality of the photographers. Sorry. There is 'Wisdom of Crowds', and there is just cheapo crowdsourcing. Perhaps next you will have a 'hot or not' for world religions and their various explanations for how we got here ? There needs to be a slightly more circumspect quality control over how tapping into 'cyburbia' can work, rather than just being swept up along in the 'techno hype'.. Sorry, but this is shite. The quality of the pictures is just very poor, so it is not comparing sites for their ‘scenic quality’, but merely the quality of the photographers. Sorry.

There is ‘Wisdom of Crowds’, and there is just cheapo crowdsourcing. Perhaps next you will have a ‘hot or not’ for world religions and their various explanations for how we got here ?

There needs to be a slightly more circumspect quality control over how tapping into ‘cyburbia’ can work, rather than just being swept up along in the ‘techno hype’..

]]> By: Joe P http://www.mysociety.org/2009/04/10/mysociety-launches-scenicornot/comment-page-1/#comment-82447 Joe P Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:33:17 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=1170#comment-82447 ScenicOrNot is fantastic fun - for a bit - but I can't help feeling it's all going into a black hole. We "gamers" need a little bit more feedback in return for populating your map data :). ... At least: some stats on progress: how many 1km squares need to be covered; how many you've got enough votes on; total number of votes; how many different people have played; number of players over past 7 days / month etc. Could it become bigger than galaxyzoo.org? ScenicOrNot is fantastic fun – for a bit – but I can’t help feeling it’s all going into a black hole. We “gamers” need a little bit more feedback in return for populating your map data :). … At least: some stats on progress: how many 1km squares need to be covered; how many you’ve got enough votes on; total number of votes; how many different people have played; number of players over past 7 days / month etc. Could it become bigger than galaxyzoo.org?

]]> By: Murray http://www.mysociety.org/2009/04/10/mysociety-launches-scenicornot/comment-page-1/#comment-78280 Murray Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:59:52 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=1170#comment-78280 You should have a rss/atom feed. Perhaps more than one ... - top ten rated pics, purely from ratings in the last $period - ditto worst ten rated pics - perhaps another with "biggest standard deviation", labelled as "most contentious" or similar perhaps? You should have a rss/atom feed. Perhaps more than one …

- top ten rated pics, purely from ratings in the last $period
- ditto worst ten rated pics
- perhaps another with “biggest standard deviation”, labelled as “most contentious” or similar perhaps?

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