Small Upgrade On The Way

[AB Editor]

We're just adding some links to the AB social profiles (for those interested) and adding a "related question" feature.

The latter is a bit "dumb" at the moment, and runs a direct title search to produce results. We will tweak this in the future to produce more nuanced results.

Let me know if anything is on fire over the next couple of hours.

All the best,

Ed

[mccfluff]

but i use all three sites so those buttons are useful to me....

[emmie]

it's called having an opinion, that is part of the charm of the site.

[emmie]

i don;t use fb or any of the others.

[jno]

agree with ummmm.

I don't use f, t or g+ but the logos look very smart.

[AB Editor]

"i don;t use fb or any of the others."

And we're not asking you to... blimey...

[AB Editor]

Sadly G+ isn't just waiting for the tonic. It's a Google thing apparently.

[emmie]

i wasn't suggesting you were, i didn't see them at first until someone pointed them out.

[mccfluff]

think the ed needs a g&t now...

[tonyav]

Doh, won't click on the G then.

[ChillDoubt]

Will there be a Geneology Medal for Most Related Questions Visited?








I'll get me coat........

[vivandorron]

Ed.. I know you are able to disregard my advice, but in my opinion you should solve any existing problem before introducing further confusion.

Sorry if you may think that I am a Badger.

Ron.

[AB Editor]

BOO!

[mazie]

It's helped me on my Lawn seed question. I can't see that it's a big deal and it will be a help on Q&P as I said earlier. How many post do we get in crosswords headed RT3 etc. All the RT3 post show up underneath, makes it much easier to find an answer

[ummmm]

There's giving an opinion and then there's moaning. You, Em, appear to be moaning.

[shoota]

I presume it identifies keywords?
If someone in crosswords says 'I'm stuck on this one', we'll get everybody else who has ever been 'stuck' as well.
If you limit the number of related posts to (say) 5 then you may very well miss one that is directly relevant.
I can see that the idea could be very useful - I can't see a practical way that it can work effectively at the moment.
Lets give it a while before condemning it out of hand?

[ChillDoubt]

tonyav,
Whatever you do, DO NOT look in the Jokes section......

[AB Editor]

"Ed.. I know you are able to disregard my advice, but in my opinion you should solve any existing problem before introducing further confusion."

What problem Ron?

[bibblebub]

p.s. i've never said that i'm offended by those new buttons, i just made a passing comment that they won't be appearing on my screen once these changes have been finalised

[AB Editor]

"It will be a help on Q&P as I said earlier. How many post do we get in crosswords headed RT3 etc. All the RT3 post show up underneath, makes it much easier to find an answer"

I hope it's going to be pretty useful for Q&P - especially as they make up about 60% of the audience!