The distinction between quality v's non-quality is pretty arbitrary in its original sense since some people like one thing, others another.
Quote from: slackline on June 23, 2015, 09:49:01 amThe distinction between quality v's non-quality is pretty arbitrary in its original sense since some people like one thing, others another.If memory serves, this wasn't the original intention anyway.
No from me. If I wanted to see what videos were posted on r/climbingvids I'd look at r/climbingvids.
Quote from: GCW on June 23, 2015, 09:53:37 amQuote from: slackline on June 23, 2015, 09:49:01 amThe distinction between quality v's non-quality is pretty arbitrary in its original sense since some people like one thing, others another.If memory serves, this wasn't the original intention anyway.Out of curiosity what was it?
The exact same logic applies to whole of the syndicated Blog Pile
QuoteThe exact same logic applies to whole of the syndicated Blog PileNo, the blog pile is a collection curated by the moderators.
I like looking at both video threads to be honest. Ain't broke, don't fix?
It is not a stretch of the term curated, blogs have to be added to the feed by the mods, and could be removed if irrelevant or requested.
You are suggesting a feed entirely compiled by a third party website. As I said above, if I wanted that I'd go to the third party website.
The Blog Pile is an experiment. We have installed a modification into the SMF software that can syndicate RSS feeds from blogs into forum threads and have got permission from a number of climbing blog writers to add their blogs. We will be rolling it out over the next 24 hours or so. For bloggers we reckon this will focus more attention on their writing. For forum users who already follow some of the blogs, we thought it might be more convenient than consulting them individually or through an RSS tool elsewhere. For forum users who don't read blogs, we thought it might be a fresh input to the forum. Anyway: an experiment. All feedback welcome.
I reckon the current system works fine.
Ok, Ive changed my mind this is a great idea. There's this site called UKC that has a lot of climbing discussion threads, could we RSS them all onto UKB too?
I like trawling other sites for vids and deciding whether they are quality or non quality and this would take a bit of the fun away.
Would an RSS feed work like this or would it pull "all" vids into one place thus negating the (kind of arbitrary) quality/non-quality human decision element? For example, if it drew videos from DPM Climbing, 90% of them would be shite...
Let's stick to what we do best: climbing bantz. I have no internet in turning the site into a content aggregator. It's bad enough having all the blogs pulled in.
Quote from: dave on June 24, 2015, 12:20:58 pmLet's stick to what we do best: climbing bantz. I have no internet in turning the site into a content aggregator. It's bad enough having all the blogs pulled in.A large portion of the content is already aggregated...by humans posting links/embedding videos/pictures etc.!
UKB then choose which blogs to aggregate, none of which post even daily. You are suggesting aggregating content from a large community we have no control over.
Quote from: slackline on June 23, 2015, 10:15:31 amQuote from: GCW on June 23, 2015, 09:53:37 amQuote from: slackline on June 23, 2015, 09:49:01 amThe distinction between quality v's non-quality is pretty arbitrary in its original sense since some people like one thing, others another.If memory serves, this wasn't the original intention anyway.Out of curiosity what was it?Originally, videos made by UKB members were non-quality and those "pro" vids were quality. It seems to have morphed with time.
Why do you persist in repeatedly explaining what an RSS feed is? I understand that.
UKB moderators then choose which blogs to aggregate
As for not reading stuff I don't want to see - that's why I don't read /r/climbingvids. Why do we I need it here?
With a subreddit you're talking about something that would be updating multiple times a day so "syndicated climbing videos" or whatever would constantly be at the top of the Recent Unread Topics and any discussion about a post on it would be interrupted by another video.
No. it morphed into that too. Back when it started there weren't so many vids on the web. They were all "quality". Then later the "non quality" thread was started for vids that were amusingly awful - shaky sideways shockers plucked from youtube. After a while, UKB's Britishness kicked in and users started pushing their vids into non quality. "Here's mine, it's nothing really, just something I knocked together..."
Crucially those humans are member of this forum community.
The major point is what Dave and JB are saying though- the appeal of the video threads on here is not that they're all the climbing videos in the world divided into good and bad, it's that they're picked by UKB users. The near arbitrary quality and non-quality designations are to me an example of the sort of thing that makes me want to visit this forum more than others.
I should be clear that /r/climbingvids is only one suggestion, the Vimeo UKBouldering : Pink Anasazi RSS feed could also be included in this manner.