Comments on: QDOS measures (digital) popularity and tries to sell (real) privacy http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/ Exporting an SL photographer's Second Life Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dalien Talbot http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25748 Dalien Talbot Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:36:44 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25748 Yes :) Well, actually at first I thought to make a contest (with a bounty and all! srs bsns!! :) to get the public to try those out and see, but I fell asleep before finishing the post, and when I woke up, I read upabout the garlik - and decided to give a chance before making the noise. There's nothing supermajor or advanced really there, just something that made me shrug. Yes :) Well, actually at first I thought to make a contest (with a bounty and all! srs bsns!! :) to get the public to try those out and see, but I fell asleep before finishing the post, and when I woke up, I read upabout the garlik - and decided to give a chance before making the noise.

There’s nothing supermajor or advanced really there, just something that made me shrug.

]]> By: Vint Falken http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25742 Vint Falken Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:56:44 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25742 Dalien, and in the mean time, you'll just continue making us all curious? :D Dalien, and in the mean time, you’ll just continue making us all curious? :D

]]> By: Dalien Talbot http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25739 Dalien Talbot Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:45:08 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25739 @Sofian: absolutely - I did mean the QDOS :)))) Ranking could be recalculated on a periodic basis, not Just In Time - so what you saw could be a design decision. I was more concerned with some more basic things on a site that deals with the delicate issues of identity. But before writing more about it - I'll give them the benefit of doubt and time to respond to my mail - maybe the things I noticed are intentional design decisions as well. @Sofian: absolutely - I did mean the QDOS :))))

Ranking could be recalculated on a periodic basis, not Just In Time - so what you saw could be a design decision.

I was more concerned with some more basic things on a site that deals with the delicate issues of identity.

But before writing more about it - I’ll give them the benefit of doubt and time to respond to my mail - maybe the things I noticed are intentional design decisions as well.

]]> By: Sofian http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25737 Sofian Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:30:41 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25737 @ Dalien This site (QDOS, not Vint's!) does not look lame, it is lame! Not only I reach Q9515, but I am not included in the top 20 between Maurice Allais (Q9466) and Madonna (Q9566)... Scoring is totally distorted by the number of sites you declare, even if you do not visit these sites! They really have to fix some bugs... @ Dalien

This site (QDOS, not Vint’s!) does not look lame, it is lame!

Not only I reach Q9515, but I am not included in the top 20 between Maurice Allais (Q9466) and Madonna (Q9566)…

Scoring is totally distorted by the number of sites you declare, even if you do not visit these sites!

They really have to fix some bugs…

]]> By: Dalien Talbot http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25718 Dalien Talbot Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:55:14 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25718 I figured I'd drop them an email and ask whether the things I saw were actually part of the experiment or it is that ... uhm... there is other explanation :-) We'll see. I figured I’d drop them an email and ask whether the things I saw were actually part of the experiment or it is that … uhm… there is other explanation :-)

We’ll see.

]]> By: Dalien Talbot http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25716 Dalien Talbot Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:28:04 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25716 ....On the other hand, the team of Garlik seems to include Tim-Berners Lee himself. Gee. now I am totally lost. ….On the other hand, the team of Garlik seems to include Tim-Berners Lee himself.

Gee. now I am totally lost.

]]> By: Dalien Talbot http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25715 Dalien Talbot Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:24:42 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25715 There are multiple things which make their site look extremely lame to me. I am very curious what their real agenda is... There are multiple things which make their site look extremely lame to me.

I am very curious what their real agenda is…

]]> By: Serenpidity Lane http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25674 Serenpidity Lane Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:54:12 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25674 Um, any chance that I could repost this without the spelling mistakes? Pretty pretty please? Um, any chance that I could repost this without the spelling mistakes? Pretty pretty please?

]]> By: Serenpidity Lane http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25667 Serenpidity Lane Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:55:13 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25667 Entertaining site indeed...but I'm taking the results with a pich of salt.... Tried with my real name (and, like Mylena, I have no web presence with that name, precisely because I care about my privacy), and I come up with a popularity bar that's higher than CodeBastardRedgrave's (clearly impossible!!!!). Unless it's to be read right to left, which would be unusual. So I'd be really interested in knowing the criteria they use.... A good way to list all the digital networks you belong to in one place, though... Entertaining site indeed…but I’m taking the results with a pich of salt….

Tried with my real name (and, like Mylena, I have no web presence with that name, precisely because I care about my privacy), and I come up with a popularity bar that’s higher than CodeBastardRedgrave’s (clearly impossible!!!!). Unless it’s to be read right to left, which would be unusual. So I’d be really interested in knowing the criteria they use….

A good way to list all the digital networks you belong to in one place, though…

]]> By: Sofian http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25665 Sofian Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:45:15 +0000 http://www.vintfalken.com/qdos-measures-digital-popularity-and-tries-to-sell-real-privacy/#comment-25665 Thanks Mylena for the feed-back! Actually I finally figured out how to add my websites and I reached...Q9515! see http://secondlifesofian.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-new-iqdos.html It seems that the more websites you input in the list, the higher your score, even if you hardly visit them! Good to know, who will beat the record of 11199? Thanks Mylena for the feed-back!

Actually I finally figured out how to add my websites and I reached…Q9515!
see http://secondlifesofian.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-new-iqdos.html

It seems that the more websites you input in the list, the higher your score, even if you hardly visit them!

Good to know, who will beat the record of 11199?

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