On 4/15/06, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Target Your News has now been integrated with del.icio.us. >
You can now try playing with this service without registering by using not only the default "demo" account but also preregistered del.icio.us user demo accounts that already have bookmarks imported as "liked". Simply log in as "delicioususername_demo" and leave the password blank. For example, you can log in as "amichail_demo". http://targetyournews.com/?cmd=login Feel free to log in as someone other than yourself. These are just demo accounts for experimentation. If you have been getting direct import on TopTaggers/CollaborativeRank, then you can expect a lot of your bookmarks to show up as liked. Note that anyone could log into your demo account and make changes. Moreover, these demo accounts may be reset or removed. So if you would like to use this service on a regular basis, please register and import your bookmarks. Other notes: * Targeted Links: These links have been targeted to you by their submitters based on your likes/dislikes of their targeting links. * Targeting Links: These are targeting links that - depending on whether you like them or not - may result in targeted links. * you can click on "why was I targeted" to get an explanation in terms of your preferences on targeting links for why you were targeted to receive a particular link Whenever you have no targeted links, try specifying your likes and dislikes for the targeting links. Doing so, may result in links being targeted to you. Also, * when submitting a link, don't forget to target it; when targeting it using targeting rules, don't forget to specify how the targeting scoring should be done (e.g., by clicking "target liked, avoid disliked, etc.) * also, don't forget to check your targeting links often to see how well they are working; you can make changes as often as you like to your targeting rules Amir > As mentioned in a previous email, Target Your News is a social news > site with a twist: it is the submitter of a URL who is responsible > for recommending it to those people who are likely to be interested. > > See a description here: > http://groups.google.com/group/TargetYourNews/browse_thread/thread/756821b6c813835f > > Although it takes more work to submit news than > del.icio.us/digg/reddit/slashdot, you might want to use this if you > would like more control over the propagation of your news. Note that > advertising/self-promotion is fine and actually encouraged here. > > Moreover, the process of targeting your news is a real-time game and > could be fun. (See the description at the url above.) > > With del.icio.us integration, you can have the service take your > del.icio.us bookmarks as "liked". This is done by sampling your rss > feed to pick up new bookmarks. > > If a reasonable number of del.icio.us users import their bookmarks in > this way, then we can get started quickly with recommendations and > targeting. > > To import your del.icio.us bookmarks as "liked" via your rss feed: > > * register and login @ targetyournews.com (no email required) > * enter your del.icio.us name under "Del.icio.us Import" > > After a day or so, you will start to see your recent bookmarks being > imported as liked. > > So this means you can now receive recommendations, provided of course > that submitters target their news to you. > > Some notes: > > * both "top" and "new" refer to your personal recommendations > * the submitter determines who will receive the submission as a recommendation > (under both top and new) > * the submission score determines its ranking in your "top" recommendations > list > * a poorly targeted URL will have a low score, thus ranking low under top > * whenever you submit a URL, don't forget to target it by clicking > "target submission" (without targeting, it will not be recommended to > anyone!) > * to target a submission, enter other URLs that are used to determine > the sort of people to target and avoid (try clicking "Submissions" > then "target submission" in the demo account to see what I mean) > * you can check up on your targeting rules frequently to get back > feedback on how well they are working, so you can modify your > targeting rules if necessary (this is the real-time game part) > > Amir > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.del.icio.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
