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one-two · 11-05-2015 03:32 AM

When I come across an interesting thread, I scan for the most liked posts first. On reddit, most popular posts float to the top. But on a forum like this it is all chronological. So I figured I'd write some code for fun after a long day of writing code for money.

Here is the source code in a readable format
https://github.com/serg-mo/forum_bookmarklet

Here is the same source code inline. Make a bookmark. Name it what you want. Paste this as the url.

Code:

javascript:%20var%20posts%20=%20[];%20get_page(1);%20function%20get_page(page)%20{%20var%20url%20=%20window.locati​on.href%20+%20"?page="%20+%20page;%20var%20meta%20=%20{%20method:%20'get'%20};%20meta.onSuccess%20=%20​function%20(xhr)%20{%20get_content(page,%20xhr.responseText);%20};%20new%20Ajax.​Request(url,%20meta);%20}%20function%20get_content(page,%20content)%20{%20var%20​total%20=%20content.match(/Pages%20\((\d+)\)/i)[1];%20if(page%20<%20total)%20{%20var%20matches%20=%20content.split(/<!--%20(start|end):%20postbit%20-->/i);%20matches%20=%20matches.filter(function(v){%20return%20v.length%20>%205;%20});%20Array.prototype.push.apply(posts,%20matches);%20get_page(page%2​0+%201);%20}%20else%20process_content();%20}%20function%20process_content()%20{%​20var%20head%20=%20posts.shift();%20var%20tail%20=%20posts.pop();%20posts.sort(f​unction(a,%20b){%20return%20get_likes(b)%20-%20get_likes(a);%20});%20document.write("ALL%20POSTS%20SORTED%20BY%20DESCENDING%20LIKES");%20document.write(head);%20for(var%20i%20=%200;%20i%20<%20posts.length;%20i++)%20document.write(posts[i]);%20document.write(tail);%20}%20function%20get_likes(content)%20{%20var%20match​es%20=%20content.match(/The%20following%20(\d+)%20users%20Like/i);%20return%20(matches%20!=%20null)?matches[1]:0;%20}

Note: this will probably not work on any other forum and it gets super slow on long threads, especially if they have lots of images embedded in them.

The Beast1 · 11-05-2015 03:34 AM

Honestly if I wanted Digg or Reddit i'd go to those sites. The "most liked" post phenomena ruins intellectual discourse for pandering to majority group thing.

Sooth · 11-05-2015 03:43 AM

When I was studying I had time to basically read the whole forum but now working 10-11 hour days I can only skip through for 15 mins and usually pay more attention to the most liked posts.

(11-05-2015 03:34 AM)The Beast1 Wrote: Honestly if I wanted Digg or Reddit i'd go to those sites. The "most liked" post phenomena ruins intellectual discourse for pandering to majority group thing.

Reading the "majority group think" of the best forum on the internet is a very good way to spend my limited time.

cascadecombo · 11-05-2015 03:52 AM

I predict that after using ops code, any new person to this forum will only want to know one thing.

That one thing being.

Who the fuck is little dark?

Thoroughbred · 11-05-2015 04:24 AM

No.

Matrixdude · 11-05-2015 05:24 AM

(11-05-2015 03:34 AM)The Beast1 Wrote: Honestly if I wanted Digg or Reddit i'd go to those sites. The "most liked" post phenomena ruins intellectual discourse for pandering to majority group thing.

This is exactly why I stay away from those places.

The hive mind censors contrarian viewpoints by hiding them at the bottom.

I think it would be best if there was an archive of the most liked "content with some context" type of thing, pinned in a new subforum.

Paracelsus · 11-05-2015 05:38 AM

No. Any other questions?

Vice · 11-05-2015 08:48 AM

Not sure why everyone is against this. Sorting by likes would actually be pretty good for the Travel Forum, especially in those megathreads which stretch 50+ pages (like the ones on Poland, Ukraine, and the Philippines).

heavy · 11-05-2015 08:52 AM

I'm not a computer guy but...

Pasting that code into the url bar didn't work

wi30 · 11-05-2015 08:52 AM

LouieG made a thread containing posts with 50+ likes.
/thread-33837...most+likes

Samsamsam also has a thread on best posts.
/thread-51109.html

Thomas the Rhymer · 11-05-2015 10:20 AM

I thought it would be fun to try out but I can't get it to work.

One-two, your bookmark instructions make no sense. Copy and pasting the url doesn't work. I tried to run the code in Firefox Web Console and I got a syntax error.

one-two · 11-05-2015 03:49 PM

(11-05-2015 10:20 AM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote: I thought it would be fun to try out but I can't get it to work.

One-two, your bookmark instructions make no sense. Copy and pasting the url doesn't work. I tried to run the code in Firefox Web Console and I got a syntax error.

I'll check it out later today

Tigre · 11-05-2015 04:12 PM

+ 3+-

Foolsgo1d · 11-05-2015 04:25 PM

If you think the like system would benefit your own browsing then I would suggest heading into some threads such as the ass licking thread located in Game.

A lot of liked posts in there but the #1 liked post is a Homer .gif disappearing into a bush.

eljeffster · 11-06-2015 10:44 AM

Like everyone is saying it will only encourage posters to cater their posts to gain maximum likes, and less about speaking their mind. That is the realm of facebook et. al. which we castigate chicks for.

[Internal voice] God I hope I get, like, thousands of, like, likes for this post. I like, need the validation so much!

roberto · 11-06-2015 11:27 AM

^ I can't help it, I went to click 'Like'. Oh, the irony!

The Beast1 · 11-06-2015 11:29 AM

I was hoping for more likes so I would appear at the top of the search....

kmhour · 11-06-2015 01:13 PM

I don't think that would add positively to the intended dialog. Like it or not, the "Like" system already leads to people pandering for 'upvotes'. I know I've been guilty of it myself. I think some of my most "Liked" posts are more meme-oriented and some posts I put actual time and thought into trying to articulate a point barely seemed noticed. Filtering/ordering on the number of likes would turn a discussion forum into a popularity contest. It's fine the way it is, in my opinion.

SirTimothy · 11-06-2015 01:30 PM

(11-06-2015 01:13 PM)kmhour Wrote: I don't think that would add positively to the intended dialog. Like it or not, the "Like" system already leads to people pandering for 'upvotes'. I know I've been guilty of it myself. I think some of my most "Liked" posts are more meme-oriented and some posts I put actual time and thought into trying to articulate a point barely seemed noticed. Filtering/ordering on the number of likes would turn a discussion forum into a popularity contest. It's fine the way it is, in my opinion.

Ditto. It also just seems kind of unnecessary. If I want to see the most liked posts in a thread, I can always just zip through a page and stop when I see a bunch of likes.

eljeffster · 11-06-2015 09:30 PM

(11-06-2015 11:27 AM)roberto Wrote: ^ I can't help it, I went to click 'Like'. Oh, the irony!

I know, and look how many "likes" this thread is racking up already. . .

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