RiverSnake Posted January 12, 2012 I have been noticing that often a ton of great threads seem to end up being lost in the history of Taobums and was thinking that it would be cool if we had a top 20 list of threads for each year. -Top 20 threads from 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008...etc and then keep it going yearly so that we can have a place to look at all the great posts that have that been made on the forum. Why do you guys think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chang Posted January 12, 2012 Sounds good. What would constitute a "Great Thread." Would it be the threads with the greatest number of replies, the threads deemed most interesting or the threads deemed most important? Who would decide? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted January 12, 2012 Sounds good. What would constitute a "Great Thread." Would it be the threads with the greatest number of replies, the threads deemed most interesting or the threads deemed most important? Who would decide? i am not exactly sure. A number of ideas come to mind: the thread with the most likes overall, the most replies, the most views...or perhaps a balance of all three...those are the most objective forms of measurement i can think off. It would be cool if we could just look at all the threads from each year in one page and just pick from them or give each thread a like if you think it should be in the top 20...but i don't think you can do that type of search on hear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted January 12, 2012 Good suggestion Old Green. One thing you can do is copy the url's of threads you like and paste them into your "notes" application under Settings -> Manage Notes. You could then share the ones you like with others. I also like your idea of a quick link to "top threads" but not sure how that could be worked out given how subjective that is. The mod team is certainly open to suggestions about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted January 13, 2012 Good suggestion Old Green. One thing you can do is copy the url's of threads you like and paste them into your "notes" application under Settings -> Manage Notes. You could then share the ones you like with others. I also like your idea of a quick link to "top threads" but not sure how that could be worked out given how subjective that is. The mod team is certainly open to suggestions about that. Indeed, i think a good start would just be able to look at all the threads that occurred in the individual year. I think that would require a particular search engine...not sure how to do that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted January 13, 2012 Indeed, i think a good start would just be able to look at all the threads that occurred in the individual year. I think that would require a particular search engine...not sure how to do that? Sorry, can't help there. That's beyond my pay grade. I'm probably the least tech savvy mod on the team. Hopefully one of the other mods or members will chime in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mal Posted January 15, 2012 Indeed, i think a good start would just be able to look at all the threads that occurred in the individual year. I think that would require a particular search engine...not sure how to do that? The on site advanced search option will allow you to search for a post or a thread within specific date ranges. The forum software itself also allows you to change to a few different filter options the "click here to show different filter options" at the bottom of the page But IMO TTB has too many threads for that to be useful Realistically the issue is basically like eating an apple and expecting it to taste like an orange Discussion board software just doesn't lend itself to becoming a searchable database - Pietro's "tag" idea is perhaps the best work around for the "how to find a good thread about xyz" problems (but then raises the issue how do we use tags correctly etc) The +/- post icon is an attempt by this version of the powerboardsoftware to have an easy "find useful posts" option. But as we know the +/- posts option didn't work out at TTB "-" had to be turned off. So we really are stuck with this sort of thing happening every few years. I recall a "best of year xyz" thread here last year or the year before.... but as I can't remember the wording of the thread title of the author it's pretty much un-find-able unless I luck out with a date like this one Tao Bums post of the year (2009) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mal Posted January 15, 2012 Just for my amusement, as I enjoy doing this sort of stuff Top threads filtered by by number of views Got Ego? "ego death" and the folly of western interpretation Hundun 104 Replies 342,246 Views Haiku Chain Make it spontaneous ... have some fun ^.~ Stigweard 4,449 Replies 141,909 Views Flying Phoenix Chi Kung Terry Dunn's Chi Kung for Health Series Fu_dog 1,049 Replies 117,193 Views Resources: Books, Links, Articles, Movies, etc 118 Replies 77,698 Views Everyone post some favorite quotes! 362 Replies 77,431 Views John Chang Video affenbrot 209 Replies 73,068 Views non-dualism & the need for practice mat black 144 Replies 69,240 Views Poll Kunlun follow up poll Yoda 1,047 Replies 63,468 Views Ideagasms captstav 101 Replies 60,900 Views Lama Dorje Cameron 747 Replies 56,965 Views The "Get a Job, Have a Wife, Make a Child , Get a Life" Thread How important is this for you...? Little1 238 Replies 56,510 Views tooth regeneration it's official Yoda 262 Replies 52,177 Views Yin Xian Fa and Ling Bao Bi Fa Cultivation Methods A first draft outline of the Yin Xian Fa and Ling Bao Bi Fa training l 松永道 132 Replies 52,032 Views KAP Kundalini Awakening Process zazaza 1,001 Replies 51,616 Views and the big ones < 1,000 replies Haiku Chain 1 2 3 279 → Make it spontaneous ... have some fun ^.~ Stigweard 4,449 Replies 141,909 Views How to determine someone's level of enlightenment? a sane approach to life goldisheavy 1,333 Replies 18,285 Views Flying Phoenix Chi Kung Terry Dunn's Chi Kung for Health Series Fu_dog 1,049 Replies 117,193 Views Poll Kunlun follow up poll Yoda 1,047 Replies 63,468 Views KAP Kundalini Awakening Process zazaza 1,001 Replies 51,616 Views If you want to try changing your filter options just don't select "remember filters" or you might have problems finding new posts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted January 27, 2012 one of my favorites was the thread about the Thunder Trigram . and how it had been shown scientifically that lightning produced anti-matter. the thread was started by Taomeow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted January 29, 2012 Hm...if only you could search for posts solely on dates...without having to put in a title..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Encephalon Posted January 29, 2012 None of these threads have anything to do with me. Therefore, I cannot sign off on any of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
三江源 Posted January 29, 2012 None of these threads have anything to do with me. Therefore, I cannot sign off on any of them. This kind of thing. Dont agree with the idea of such classification. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Encephalon Posted January 29, 2012 This kind of thing. Dont agree with the idea of such classification. Really? No kidding? As if anyone would. So much for the joke about my unquenchable ego. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted January 29, 2012 Really? No kidding? As if anyone would. So much for the joke about my unquenchable ego. i know right, at first i was like wth, then a moment later i burst into laughter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
三江源 Posted January 29, 2012 Oh, I see. I was very unclear? I meant: I agree with Encephalon. Many of the so designated 'top 20' threads could be irrelevant to a lot of us. I dont agree with the idea of hierarchy of threads. Apologies for my ellipticalism. The egocentric joke thing, I thought, was a shorthand way of pointing out the faulty structure of the idea posed by the thread. ho hum. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
