Thinking about this more... You've got two audiences:
1) People who will install the pluging, to get more information as they read the news. 2) People who will then crowd source things. I'd try to get *everyone* coming to the site to do 1) (and explain to them simply the benefit). And then upsell 2) by asking people to contribute when they go to an article which your algorithms has detected is an interesting one to source. This is an interesting and fun community building challenge which I'm sure you're thinking about :) Francis P.S. Love the subtle icon for the plugin. I think the first time you go to a sourced article it should perhaps have a bubble to let you know, next to the icon? So people realise about it. Or perhaps just when the plugin is first installed. On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:12:39AM +0100, Seb Bacon wrote: > One other thing... > > When you're sourcing an article, you get the article with yellow boxes > around things that might be useful in finding the source. However, > it's only clear what these yellow boxes are once you start the "find > source" process. For a while I was trying to click on them or hover > over them to find out what they meant. > > It is a very cool feature but slightly confusing. I think they should > either only be highlighted *after* you've started the "find source" > process, *or* you should get some feedback when you hover or click > them (e.g. "we think these might be useful in finding the source. > [click here to search]" or something like that). > > Thanks, > > Seb > > On 13 September 2012 10:04, Tim Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > Awesome, really rich and featureful, I like the feature extraction to find > > researcher names etc., and how it can then feed those into a google scholar > > search when you try to add a paper reference. > > > > 1) Agree with Seb on Twitter login link not being obvious > > 2) Do you have to mark a paper as being fully sourced for it to appear as > > such in the browser extension? I didn't notice the button straight away and > > quite a few people might miss it > > 3) The browser extension is really cool, will definitely take this site from > > being a curiosity to a routine tool > > 4) I added a source to > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2202434/Taking-Prozac-Don-t-drive-Pills-raise-risk-having-accident-70.html > > really nice and easily. The browser extension does light up the address bar > > icon, but I kinda think that maybe the information it finds should be more > > prominent, maybe actually inserted into the article below the headline. This > > is because most articles aren't going to be appropriate for sourcing > > (sourcable articles some fraction of all articles, sourced articles some > > fraction of that at first), so I'm not going to be checking the icon for > > every article I view but would tolerate some intrusive notice if there is a > > source. > > > > Looking forward to using it regularly, help with the the power of crowd > > sourcing! > > > > Tim > > > > > > On 13/09/2012 07:58, Seb Bacon wrote: > >> > >> It's really great! > >> > >> One small bit of feedback - when I went to log in with twitter, it > >> took me a few moments to understand that the text link "twitter" was > >> the login action. I think that would be better as a "log in with > >> twitter" button (same goes for Facebook, obv) > >> > >> Seb > >> > >> On 13 September 2012 03:55, Ben Campbell<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> I wanted to announce a project I'm working on: http://unsourced.org > >>> > >>> It's a web site for linking news articles to their sources. You know, all > >>> those "Scientists say Red Wine Causes/Cures Cancer!" type of article with > >>> no > >>> link to the actual research. > >>> You can also assign warning labels to news articles, so toxic/hazardous > >>> material can be labelled as such. > >>> > >>> There's also a browser extension (just Chrome, so far, but a Firefox one > >>> will follow), so you can see sources and warning labels as you read > >>> online > >>> news. > >>> > >>> I want to build up a community of people on unsourced.org who collaborate > >>> to > >>> track down missing sources. > >>> > >>> So I'd be really grateful for help in getting the word our, via mentions > >>> on > >>> blog posts, twitter, mailing lists, whatever! > >>> > >>> There's a little more background at: > >>> http://unsourced.posterous.com/ > >>> and I'm happy to answer any questions about it all. > >>> > >>> All feedback most welcome - it's all under development still, so I'd love > >>> to > >>> know what rough edges stand out the most :-) > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Ben. > >>> -- > >>> Ben Campbell > >>> unsourced.org developer > >>> Coder at the Media Standards Trust > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> developers-public mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe: > >>> > >>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/seb.bacon%40gmail.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > developers-public mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/seb.bacon%40gmail.com > > > > -- > skype: seb.bacon > mobile: 07790 939224 > land: 01531 671074 > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/francis%40mysociety.org > _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
