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== Participants == | == Participants == | ||
* Kevin Marks | * Kevin Marks | ||
* Tantek | * Tantek Çelik | ||
* Steve Ivy | |||
== Related Pages == | |||
* [[voting-brainstorming]] | |||
== Discussion/Concepts == | |||
(This may belong on a page of its own) | |||
* [http://www.ashbykuhlman.net/blog/2002/09/06/0546 When is a link an endorsement?] - Nathan Ashby-Kuhlman | |||
* [http://epeus.blogspot.com/2003/03/anti-links-linking-to-things-you.html Anti-links - linking to things you disagree with and saying so] - Kevin Marks | |||
* [http://epeus.blogspot.com/2003/03/vote-links.html Vote Links] - Kevin Marks | |||
* [http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/000751.html PageRank is Dead] - Jeremy Zawodny | |||
== Real-World Examples == | |||
=== Centralized Implementations === | |||
* [http://digg.com Digg] - Digg is essentially a centralized voting system for links. Digg users can "digg" (vote-for) a link. Links with more diggs float to the top of the popular lists, hence getting more exposure and getting more diggs/votes for and against. Markup is plain html - links and images. However, the semantics of a digg are still unclear - links often get many diggs though the majority of commenters disagree with the content of the linked page. Comments on links can also be voted for or against - 'digg' or 'bury'. | |||
** Link and descriptions | |||
** # of votes ('for' votes) | |||
** controls to vote ('digg') | |||
** controls to vote on comments ('digg' or 'bury') | |||
* [http://www.urbandictionary.com Urban Dictionary] - dictionary of colloquialisms where users can vote up or down (for/against) terms in the dictionary. Markup is plain html - tables and images. | |||
** Term and Definition | |||
** # of votes 'up' and 'down' | |||
** controls to vote ('up' or 'down') | |||
* Google's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank#PageRank_uses_links_as_.22votes.22 PageRank] - "In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B." Issues with PageRank's "any link is a good link" model are a major impetus to standardizing on a format for link-intention. | |||
* [http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/01/04/1544210.shtml Slashdot] - users can give comments a [http://slashdot.org/faq/com-mod.shtml#cm700 karma] score which affects what comments are seen (comments can be filtered based on the score) | |||
* [http://del.icio.us del.icio.us], [http://ma.gnolia.com/ ma.gnolia], [http://technorati.com/ Technorati favorites] - bookmarking sites that more or less represent a "for" vote | |||
=== Vote Links === | |||
There are a few implementations based on the [[vote-links|VoteLinks microformat]] combined with other technologies: | |||
* [http://www.artweb-design.de/articles/2006/06/05/distributed-votings-using-microformats Distributed votings using microformats] from Artweb Design | |||
* [http://24ways.org/2006/boost-your-hyperlink-power Boost Your Hyperlink Power] - Jeremy Keith, using CSS to surface vote information | |||
* [http://redmonk.net/archives/2006/12/21/voteback/ VoteBack] - VoteLink discovery + pingback/trackback | |||
=== Example: Vote Links === | |||
(from: [[vote-links|VoteLinks microformat]]) | |||
<pre><nowiki> | |||
<a rev="vote-for" href="http://ragingcow.blogspot.com" | |||
title="neat spoof">Raging Cow</a> | |||
<a rev="vote-against" href="http://ragingcow.com" | |||
title="nasty corn syrup drink">Raging Cow</a> | |||
</nowiki></pre> | |||
== Existing Practices == | |||
* Most example sites, including Digg, UrbanDictionary.com, and Slashdot all use plain text labels or images for marking up their voting features. | |||
== See Also == | |||
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/ XHTML SE] | |||
* [[vote-links]] | |||
* [http://dbpubs.stanford.edu:8090/pub/1999-66 Stanford paper describing an early version of PageRank] |
Revision as of 13:18, 28 May 2007
Voting Examples
The Problem
There has been a good bit of discussion relating to how to represent the intent of a link from one site to another as an endorsement of that site or not. See Kevin Marks on voting (Vote Links) for initial arguments for a way to represent this information.
This page serves to document the current list of voting examples from real world sites for the design of a simple voting microformat. - Steve Ivy
Participants
- Kevin Marks
- Tantek Çelik
- Steve Ivy
Related Pages
Discussion/Concepts
(This may belong on a page of its own)
- When is a link an endorsement? - Nathan Ashby-Kuhlman
- Anti-links - linking to things you disagree with and saying so - Kevin Marks
- Vote Links - Kevin Marks
- PageRank is Dead - Jeremy Zawodny
Real-World Examples
Centralized Implementations
- Digg - Digg is essentially a centralized voting system for links. Digg users can "digg" (vote-for) a link. Links with more diggs float to the top of the popular lists, hence getting more exposure and getting more diggs/votes for and against. Markup is plain html - links and images. However, the semantics of a digg are still unclear - links often get many diggs though the majority of commenters disagree with the content of the linked page. Comments on links can also be voted for or against - 'digg' or 'bury'.
- Link and descriptions
- # of votes ('for' votes)
- controls to vote ('digg')
- controls to vote on comments ('digg' or 'bury')
- Urban Dictionary - dictionary of colloquialisms where users can vote up or down (for/against) terms in the dictionary. Markup is plain html - tables and images.
- Term and Definition
- # of votes 'up' and 'down'
- controls to vote ('up' or 'down')
- Google's PageRank - "In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B." Issues with PageRank's "any link is a good link" model are a major impetus to standardizing on a format for link-intention.
- Slashdot - users can give comments a karma score which affects what comments are seen (comments can be filtered based on the score)
- del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, Technorati favorites - bookmarking sites that more or less represent a "for" vote
Vote Links
There are a few implementations based on the VoteLinks microformat combined with other technologies:
- Distributed votings using microformats from Artweb Design
- Boost Your Hyperlink Power - Jeremy Keith, using CSS to surface vote information
- VoteBack - VoteLink discovery + pingback/trackback
Example: Vote Links
(from: VoteLinks microformat)
<a rev="vote-for" href="http://ragingcow.blogspot.com" title="neat spoof">Raging Cow</a> <a rev="vote-against" href="http://ragingcow.com" title="nasty corn syrup drink">Raging Cow</a>
Existing Practices
- Most example sites, including Digg, UrbanDictionary.com, and Slashdot all use plain text labels or images for marking up their voting features.