Announcing the all new IndiVine 2.0!
It's finally here - thanks to everyone's ideas, inputs and suggestions here, we're super happy to bring you the new IndiVine! Freak out and fill up the categories with your blog posts - and vote away!
As always, you guys will be instrumental in IndiVine's development, and the next few days are crucial while the system stabilizes. Do send in any bugs or feedback you have so we can track everything on this topic.
A special thanks to Vipul Grover and the gang who pushed us to do this. Personally, I think it's something IndiBlogger badly needed - a fact I never would have realized if not for the forum!
For those with questions about how it works, do read the faqs.
Man i dont know how i land up on Indiblogger at just the rite time.. i hop ppl dont strt thinking um so crazy tht keeping sitting here all the time..
Its gr8 2 c d all new IndiVine 2.0.. mst congratulate Renie n team 4 bringing it out.. Will chk all d features nd strt adding my posts :)
Cool revamp ! Congratz guyz !
Of the 67 posts on my blog, now 43 are on the IndiVine
But there are some important sub categories missing - like
- Books under Lifestyle,
- Other Issues under Nation and Politics,
- International Relations under Nation and Politics
Overall, the new IndiVine is really cool.. just loved it
Hey Vipul, your handsome face is plastered all over IndiVine!
Will look into the categories tomorrow!
Lets see for how long it remains there :)
Here’s my post on IndiVine 2.0 http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2009/08/presenting-all-new-indivine-20.html
I love this new feature. Just submitted a few best ones I had in my queue!
I love the way Indivine is integrated with Indirank. I hope my rank improves now
we all want our ranks to go up...dont we..:)
But i need a secret to make it happen faster;)
Post= Letting Go of the Past: The Healing Power of Forgiveness &Release
wow...the indivine is great renie..... I never expected engineering and sports will be added to indivine.its great....
kudos to renie.... http://ballat.blogspot.com
The new Indivine is awesome!!
I already added my latest blog post. So fast and simple. I love the fact that its post specefic. That way none of my articles go unnoticed. Thanks indvine makers..whoever you are.
You guys rock!
Post= Letting Go of the Past: The Healing Power of Forgiveness &Release
Very pro stuff.
Nice post on the Yezdi!
I have one doubt renie....
If i promote a post... The post gets two points..... But still some post have 7 and 5 points.. how is that possible? http://ballat.blogspot.com
From the FAQ's:
I voted once, but the count increased by 2 points. Is that a bug? No, that's a feature of IndiVine. The IndiVine voting system is integrated with IndiRank, where a vote for a higher ranking blog gets more weightage. Let's take for example the blog gujiligalaba.blogspot.com having an IndiRank of 55. Every vote for posts from this blog will have a value of (1 + .55 = 1.55). Votes are rounded off for display. All fresh entries on IndiVine start at 0 votes, regardless of the IndiRank.
So if higher ranking blogs get more weightage..what about lower ranking ones... even thought they have good contents due to less weightage they might get unnoticed right??
correct me if I am wrong... just curious to know more about that point system...
That's right Shankar... the logic behind it can be found at the discussion here. (if you can find it, it's a long thread!)
Renie.. I saw the whole discussion you guys made... I missed out such a nice discussion... I now understand ur point of HR... thanks to vipul for making such good suggestions...
hey thnx shankar :)
Thanks everyone, it's awesome knowing that IndiVine is starting to look like a genuine success. I guess this is the next big thing after the forum and IndiRank!
We just added facebook and twitter buttons so it's easier to share the articles you post or read.
good work renie... and where can i find the facebook and twitter buttons???
Under every post of IndiVine - next to the promote button...
When the idea first rolled out I thought it was going to be a complicated interface .. thankfully Renie can think only as an 8 year old kid and I would connect that with the ease of use! he he
Anoop , that's the advantage of being a computer game player
Yeah thats true.. though I beat him up all the time in Age of Mythology he he .. you should see his hippikons run when I chase him with wolves he he
Hey Anoop, I still have a few recorded games which tell the real story... are you a big fan of public humiliation?
Hey Renie.. isn't the rounding off system just too wide.. By just being a rank here and there(IndiRank 49, say), u loose a cmplete vote!
Hey dude, the rounding off is done only for display on the screen... the system does not round off anything and all values are maintained as is, and it is the precise values which are used to set the order of posts on IndiVine...
Ohk got it.. mayb u shud clarify tht in faq's 2 prevnt any othr ignornt prsn like me frm bothring u again on tht account :)
hi mods,
I have been trying almost a day long to submit my post in the indivine and always i get an error while posting.
Is it a problem which i am facing alone or is it a common problem. If its a common problem. please report here.
The mods can take action about this.
Kartik Srinivasan
I've replied to you on the other topic you created!
Super Cool Feature, and I am already getting the results.
Hi! It's taking ages to post on Indivine.
Infact its not getting posted at all! I mean the processing is taking so much time, with no result!
Is this problem unique to me??
Hey Shilpa, what's the URL you tried to submit? Did you try re-submitting it after the first time?
Shilpa...I think it might be unique to you.Because I could post 28 articles within half an hour...Its very fast indeed....
Faster than a click indeed! May be it could be some problem caused due to the internet connection! - sounds lame, but just a guess...
Mybe its retrieving criminal records he he
Just added one of my post. I feel that the navigation is bit of a disadvantage for the blogs starting late. It would be nice to have 'next' button in 'Latest' category
Hi Renie!
Thanks for a very prompt response!!
I have done it 3 times, so far!
URL would be my blog post specific. Right??
So for that specific post it is: http://shilpaagarg.blogspot.com/2009/08/yippee-100th-post-today.html
Am I doing it right??
The Processing submission is just going on and on!! :(
Will look into this Shilpa - we'll get your post onto IndiVine soon. Congratulations on your 100th post!
Thanks so much Renie!!
Hi Renie! I am trying to post my blog at this hour (since 6.30 am!) and it's not happening.
I thought there would not much of a rush to upload at this hour!!
It's nothing to do with the rush - it's something else! Fixing it!
Hey Shilpa, what browser are you using?
She's using Google Chrome 3.0.. (nd i blive um spot on)
Vipul "Oracle" Grover... how do you know what browser she's using?
How Vipul knows that I am using Google Chrome ??
The answer is: He seems to studying the Live Trafiic Feed Widget on his blog very very religiously!
ha ha... all right.. Shilpa, I need a favour, could you try the same in Firefox? I haven't slept in 24 hours and can't think straight at the moment! Will check for your reply later in the day!
OMG!! I did it with Firefox! And It got posted in a split of a second!!
Amazing!!
Thanks a ton Renie!!
But why it was not getting done with Google Chrome??
Shilpa..I use google chrome only.... and It uploads within fractions for me....may be i think still some bugs have to fixed..
And renie..hats off to your dedication and response...
Haha, shilpa got me right.. bt um not tht crazy too.. just wantd 2 solve her pblm fast so tuk d help of my Feedjit d gr8
Is Chrome 3 still in beta? It works in Chrome 2, that's the version it was tested with...
I dont know my version renie..let me find out..But it works fine for me in chrome....
Toughest part of this contest is to get your head above the water, of you have entered late. Its loaded in favour those who are ahead, because only those posts get read and voted further up.
Ideallly there should be a facility for either 'randomized blog' suggestion, or a scroll of blog titles - so that visibility of blogs with low scores is increased.
@Renie
Abhishek nd Sanjay hav raised vry importnt issue.. Evn i wud hav raisd it ystrday bt didnt want 2 bothr u 4 sum time :)
Actually, the vry frst issue we hd raised in that discussion is actually taking place now, so um bit wrried. Um sure u mst have thought bout it nd will implemnt it latr.
Anyway, RANDOM tab is a mst in addition to Latest and Popular on the top. Moreover Random should be set as default rather thn popular.
Though named random, it's algorithm should give more weightage to old posts and lesser ranked posts.
And yeah, why not the Next-Previous option on Indivine Home page like the categories page.
@Sanjay
Actually prblm is not only 4 new cumers bt also prsn like me who was frst 2 add his posts. At tht time evryone was busy adding, so didnt vote 4 most of my votes.. Now i find all my posts (with a couple of xcptions) stacked in d end doomed to be there till etenity ;)
Moreover, the one post CHAMPION which is still among Popular posts on main page is not even a fraction close to my other better posts which r languishing in d bottom. So frm tht perspective too thrs a pblm.
nd renie i actully believe u mst disable 'promotion' option 4 sum time till Random option gts implemntd. Morevr evn wn random is introducd if nd wn, popular option should b removd nd introducd back aftr some time.
Yeah .. this way there is room for optimum coverage for all people who post .. we were actually thinking about this a while back ..
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