Staff |  george | Apr 17, 4:51pm | Hi all,
We are testing a new Similarity meter in beta. It is currently enabled for all members of the Beta group when viewing a profile in the default theme (white/blue). It replaces the existing Common Interests widget in the sidebar. It determines the level of similarity by looking at each of the topics you both liked as well as the number of pages liked in each topic. It also displays the top 5 most similar interests between the users.
Let me know if there are any bugs or suggestions on improving the feature. We will make the feature available on all themes after the testing is complete.
To see the feature in action you can visit
george.stumbleupon.com [george.stumbleupon.com]
gmc.stumbleupon.com [gmc.stumbleupon.com]
geoff.stumbleupon.com [geoff.stumbleupon.com]
Cheers,
g
PS. I based the different levels (i.e., there is something there, same difference) on existing comparison apps. Feel free to make suggestions on better level names. Especially if you have ones that are related to stumbling  |
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Sponsor | | northpaw | Apr 17, 5:17pm | Very nice! Took me a second, but there are actual tiny increments in the meter levels - yay! (I was afraid it was only showing 25%, 50%, 75%...)
To be honest, I could do without the level names entirely. I'm thinking that once we've seen a few dozen meters, a shortcut like that won't be needed at all. Just my two cents. :)
Oh man, if you could possibly put that meter in a stumbler's avatar mouseover, say... on a fans list... :D |
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Sponsor | | gladsdotter | Apr 17, 6:18pm | | Very cool. It's nice to have something other than just the top of the alphabet for the common interests listed. I'm looking forward to seeing it on all the color schemes. |
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Sponsor | | ConcertPhotog | Apr 18, 12:07am | | very nice, now I really want to see who are my top matches! I also second northpaw's notions that the names will quickly get old and that a mouseover meter would be fantastic. |
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Sponsor | | lerryn | Apr 18, 12:22am | it doesnt seem to work with everyone! for example i just visited CH and the meter was missing!
apparently gmc and i are "two of a kind", i am sure he will be very happy to learn this!) |
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Staff | | CH | Apr 18, 12:53am | From #1: It is currently enabled for all members of the Beta group when viewing a profile in the default theme (white/blue).
Mr-SU is using that theme, I think. |
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Sponsor | | lerryn | Apr 18, 1:00am | | ah so if someone is using a different colour it doesnt work! sorry was just having a blonde moment! |
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Staff | | george | Apr 18, 1:06am | It's part of my evil plan to get everyone back onto the default theme! muhahahaahhah...
Ok.. not really... just too lazy to make all the variations for all the themes at this time. 
#2 Having the meter on hover is a cool idea. If it proves to be a popular feature perhaps we can bug Eric-bot to help make it happen. Help me come up with more names then we can have something different at every % increase then it won't get old so fast 
One additional request: please visit your friends and let me know if you feel the meter is accurate. I realize it will be challenging since it's only on the default theme and it will be based on your perception. But I would really appreciate the feedback.
Thanks,
g |
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Sponsor | | lerryn | Apr 18, 1:29am | maybe all beta group members should return to default theme to test the system! As a gesture of solidarity i have given up my black theme!
suggestions, "ying & yang" "opposites attract" "love & hate" |
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Staff | | george | Apr 18, 1:33am | | Awww, thanks Lerryn. |
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