The Latest on the Kaberle Sweepstakes

Derek Harmsworth wrote:

Guys, I know a lot of the writers are on Twitter (myself included DerekHarmsworth) I will try and find the names of all the writers on Twitter and post it here in a later comment so you can follow for our latest thoughts and news.
I did bring up the possibility of an iPhone app, or at least a plugin to make our site available and easier to read for mobile users, and it is something we are working on. Alec is a busy man at the moment, so we preach patience.
Any other things you guys would like to see on the site?

Hmmm, an idiot detector on the register a new account page? (oh, never mind…)

How about a ‘Playa Hater’ inspired filter? One where you can check an ignore box next to their name, and you don’t have to manually skip over their posts, they just won’t appear for you? No? Okay, how about something that could actually happen…

Change the format of the comment area so that it’s one big pool. New blogs come in, and you can read them and comment still, but all the comments go to the same spot. Now, when you post something related to a particular blog, you can tag it so it shows up in the list of comments for that blog. You can filter comments for ones that pertain to the blog you are reading, or any other past blog, or you can just go along with the talk that’s always ongoing on this site.

After about the first ten comments, the conversation always turns to a general discussion of whatever the hot topic of the moment is. Having to break the conversation up and jump to the next blog to continue kind of breaks the flow of it. Conversely, having to sift through 30 pages to read the 15 related comments can be a drag as well.

So having all the comments flowing into the same pool, and a filtering mechanism to restrict the view to comments for a blog, or comments from a person, or even exclude comments from a person as the case might be, could be a nice way to satisfy both the general ongoing chatter and blog specific comments.

Then the conversation can just continue to run along. People who just want to see the blog related comments can, and it almost takes on a live chat sort of feel, but with the ability to restrict your view of all the comments in various useful ways.

Just a thought…

Oh, and while I love the look of the site, can someone please donate a seamless background? The tiled look really takes away from the clean, professional appearance of the site. IMO

peterbleafs wrote:

RyanF wrote:
the whole Savard thing has me scratching my head, why would Boston just sign him ti 4 mil a yr and than turn around and trade him makes no sense
Simple at the time they had no idea they would be in line for Hall or Seguin. And now they are certain they are getting Seguin so one of the centers has to go.

Do you think that blow to the head Savard took has some significant lingering effects that helped to move him to the front of the queue for being traded? I like the sound of him, but somehow feel he might be quite fragile going forward.