Do you think there should be more categories on fluther?

My initial feeling is that I would like more categories. But history proves that when this is done on a Q&A site it all goes to shit and the site is gone a year later.

Well, I started rambling as I was answering this question, but everyone was spared when I accidentally went back in my browser and lost the response—thank the Fluther gods!

Long story short, no, I don’t want more categories, and I found out I have a whole host of reasons why not…

But perhaps the most relevant reason why I don’t want the new tabs is that they’re not needed. Fluther already gives users a way to sort questions according to categories—any category you could want—using the Fluther topics.

Search for a topic in the search bar and click on its dark orange button/icon. You should be at a page that looks like this one: https://www.fluther.com/topics/cooking/ and you can see all the functionality that you have there.

There are so few questions I don’t find it onerous at all to read them all and ignore the many I don’t care about. If there were hundreds of questions, that might be warranted. Besides, the Questions for You, when it is functioning, serves as that kind of a filter.

I agree with the penguin. If we were a busier site, sure, but it’s pretty easy to filter through the day’s questions.

@cookieman And the penguin will take a bite out of you. Mmmmm

There are about 5 to 10 questions a day in each of General, Social and Meta categories. Every time I visit the site on the computer, I scroll through each to get to the last question I saw. It takes about ten seconds in each category to do that, tops.

The purpose for having more specific categories would be if we were going to revisit questions that were asked months or years ago and add to the thread. However, for the most part we don’t do that. If anything, we’ll ask the question again. If I went to a question that was asked years ago and I added to it, 99% of the Jellies here wouldn’t read it and so it would be a time waster.

I think there should be more awards like:

Jelly weenie of the day

Darwin Jelly

Jelly Troll

Jelly Dummy

Spam o’ rama

No, these three are enough. If you don’t like the question, don’t answer.

@Coloma: Add to that list “New Jelly that we suspect of being an Old Jelly.” LOL

—^ Yeah, the reincarnated Jelly x 1,2, 3, 17. haha

@Sneki95 That was aimed directly at me, I did not say I didn’t like the questions, I said if people did not like the questions. Read before you are so curt.

@LornaLove “You” there refers to pretty much anyone. It was that type of “you”.
And even if it was “aimed” at you, it wasn’t offensive in the slightest bit.
Wobble your head a bit before acting all offended and get your chin high for no reason.

Irony
Sarcasm
Banter

@Sneki95 I find that answer to me rude as well. Don’t bother answering again, I shall not reply.

@LornaLove Isn’t it strange… I read @Sneki95 ‘s reply and didn’t see it personally at all. When I saw the word “you” I interpreted it as if he/she had said “one” or “anyone”. I wonder if it is a difference between American English vs. the Queen’s English.

I think a no rules section could be useful for some jellies. Many seem to get their tentacles in a wad when they get moded. Maybe a section where they could just go at ,or vent would be therapeutic. Some here seem to enjoy arguments,or at least spectating…

@johnpowell They had categories on Answerbag, and if you had the most points in the answers you gave in that category then you were deemed an “expert” in said category. Then they changed the whole layout, took away the categories (and the ability to downrate people) and while the site chugged along, it eventually died. (might be another version now, not sure, would have to check)

I guess people liked their phony points amd categories, I admit I liked it too, but “expert” was pretty misleading. Still I don’t think the site died because they took away the categories, but rather because it then adhered to short answer formats and smartphone type layouts. I know I left because discussion was no longer a thing, and in one hundred answers there might have been one that was worth reading.

ugh, sorry, rant

I’m not sure we even need general and social.