tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17469573.post2720048352772572457..comments2023-08-08T09:53:14.113-02:00Comments on Platform Wars: Composinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739889615635395138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17469573.post-11209838122188188602010-10-04T06:29:06.075-02:002010-10-04T06:29:06.075-02:00Hi Phil,
this is already done to some extent with...Hi Phil,<br /><br />this is already done to some extent with the popularity-contest package, which is an install option for Ubuntu and Debian.<br /><br /><a href="http://popcon.ubuntu.com/" rel="nofollow">http://popcon.ubuntu.com/</a>Manuel Simonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840673741485280526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17469573.post-36522500815363577272010-10-04T03:15:19.786-02:002010-10-04T03:15:19.786-02:00I'm in favor of both counting and allowing peo...I'm in favor of both counting and allowing people to vote.<br /><br />Entertaining the shouldn't-premise the only thing I think of is that it might increase visibility of applications to patent trolls.<br /><br />One of the features of the now defunct Omidyar.net social network was a "feedback bank." This feature was the subject of lots of discussion and dispute. There were many suggestions to tweek it. However it always impressed me with its simplicity and utility. <br /><br />I'm new to Ubuntu and of course find the package store great. And I enjoy rough and tumble discussion about Ubuntu and Linux on various forums. It seems quite possible that Ubuntu will help Linux distributions scale quickly--I know this has been predicted for a while and hasn't really happened. Anyhow some sort of feedback mechanism seems to have advantages in advance of more widespread adoption.<br /><br />The political blog TPM recently posted graphs of the browsers people use to access the site and the breakdown of OS. Linux doesn't even rate a mention, but iPhone, iPad and Android do. <br /><br />Android applications have a reputation problem. Most think Android will scale. I think that some sort of feedback bank would be useful in reputation management. <br /><br />I think it significant that MS Live is sending blogs to WordPress as it seems a straight forward admission that users are in a multi-platform ecology. <br /><br />It would seem useful to Microsoft have ways of making their dominance visible by showing counts of users of their products.<br /><br />But a system of "votes" or positive and negative feedback is something much more powerful. It's a currency something users can have and spend. <br /><br />What's fun to imagine is ways emerging for users to exchange reputational currency across the platform divides.John Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126222842766191343noreply@blogger.com