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Re: Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

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Post by philgyford »

throwaway150 wrote: post #19

The problem with https://ooh.directory/ is that nobody can tell what gets added and what doesn't. Submissions go through an opaque review process and a lot of good submissions don't make it. Just try searching your favorite bloggers in ooh.directory. 9 out of 10 times they'll be missing from the directory. I'd prefer a more transparent directory where we can can tell why something is or isn't added.

Hi, it’s my site. I’m sorry you don’t feel this hobby site run by one person doesn’t have a sufficiently transparent process. The process is: I add blogs that are interesting, recently-updated, etc, when I have time. And there’s only so much of that in life.

Another problem is that I like to add a variety of sites so that people following what’s recently added don’t get swamped by loads of blogs on one topic. And last time the site got on HN the suggestions (not “submissions”) were swamped with mostly men with rarely-updated blogs about computers. I’m expecting more now :)

I also enjoy searching for blogs that I find interesting and adding those, rather than relying solely on the suggestions. Honestly, I’ve been thinking of removing the suggestions form entirely, because it results in exactly this level of expectation and uncertainty about what gets “approved”.

And, yes, of course lots of blogs are missing! Look how many blogs are in there and try to guess how many blogs there might still be out there!

Re: Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

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Post by sofayam »

cosmicgadget wrote: post #34
nefsim wrote: post #7

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My buddy and I are building an index with a category interface like this one (and indieseek.xyz). We index anything we consider authentic and contentful, but our category interface (mostly) consists of small web pages. Happy to hear any feedback. Link: https://outerweb.org/explore-sorted

Strange, I looked around and couldn’t find a single contentful or authentic site in your index, rather the opposite.

Re: Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

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Post by bookofjoe »

philgyford wrote: post #41
throwaway150 wrote: post #19

The problem with https://ooh.directory/ is that nobody can tell what gets added and what doesn't. Submissions go through an opaque review process and a lot of good submissions don't make it. Just try searching your favorite bloggers in ooh.directory. 9 out of 10 times they'll be missing from the directory. I'd prefer a more transparent directory where we can can tell why something is or isn't added.

Hi, it’s my site. I’m sorry you don’t feel this hobby site run by one person doesn’t have a sufficiently transparent process. The process is: I add blogs that are interesting, recently-updated, etc, when I have time. And there’s only so much of that in life. Another problem is that I like to add a variety of sites so that people following what’s recently added don’t get swamped by loads of blogs on one topic. And las…

FTW!!!

Re: Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

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Post by philgyford »

esafak wrote: post #21
throwaway150 wrote: post #19

The problem with https://ooh.directory/ is that nobody can tell what gets added and what doesn't. Submissions go through an opaque review process and a lot of good submissions don't make it. Just try searching your favorite bloggers in ooh.directory. 9 out of 10 times they'll be missing from the directory. I'd prefer a more transparent directory where we can can tell why something is or isn't added.

An RSS feed of changes would help.

There should be a feed of “Recently added blogs” linked right on the home page!

Oh, hang on, what’s that I see on the home page?

Re: Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

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Post by listenfaster »

philgyford wrote: post #41
throwaway150 wrote: post #19

The problem with https://ooh.directory/ is that nobody can tell what gets added and what doesn't. Submissions go through an opaque review process and a lot of good submissions don't make it. Just try searching your favorite bloggers in ooh.directory. 9 out of 10 times they'll be missing from the directory. I'd prefer a more transparent directory where we can can tell why something is or isn't added.

Hi, it’s my site. I’m sorry you don’t feel this hobby site run by one person doesn’t have a sufficiently transparent process. The process is: I add blogs that are interesting, recently-updated, etc, when I have time. And there’s only so much of that in life. Another problem is that I like to add a variety of sites so that people following what’s recently added don’t get swamped by loads of blogs on one topic. And las…

I’ve always enjoyed your curation, especially in the music department. Thanks so much!

Re: Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

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Post by philgyford »

ehecatl42 wrote: post #2

> No blogs or categories were found matching emacs. OK then.

lol

Even after the site being on HN last time, and getting hundreds and hundreds of tech blog suggestions as a result, none of them were about emacs.

What are your favourite emacs blogs?

Re: Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

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Post by listenfaster »

sdoering wrote: post #10
nefsim wrote: post #7

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Agreed. I also like the small web lens in kagi. Helps me to search through and find interesting stuff to read and follow.

+1 for Kari. You’ll find smaller, less SEO’d sites favored in their search results.

From https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/noads.html:

“Kagi Search is an ad-free search engine that will actively down-rank sites with lots of ads and trackers in the results and promote sites with little or no advertising”

Re: Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

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Post by add-sub-mul-div »

throwaway150 wrote: post #19

The problem with https://ooh.directory/ is that nobody can tell what gets added and what doesn't. Submissions go through an opaque review process and a lot of good submissions don't make it. Just try searching your favorite bloggers in ooh.directory. 9 out of 10 times they'll be missing from the directory. I'd prefer a more transparent directory where we can can tell why something is or isn't added.

Sometimes I think about making public a utility or data set that I've curated for my own use. I don't necessarily intend to continue it or support it but I think, maybe some people would find it useful in its current state. And then I think about getting these comments all the time and it seems not worthwhile.

Re: Ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

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Post by philgyford »

throwaway150 wrote: post #24
ehecatl42 wrote: post #2

> No blogs or categories were found matching emacs. OK then.

>> No blogs or categories were found matching emacs. > OK then. Exactly. This is a deeper problem with ooh.directory, that the review process is opaque. They do not explain why something is added or rejected. I do not care much about Emacs itself but I submitted several of my favourite bloggers who write about retrogames, gaming rigs, and custom keyboards. None of them were added. None at all. I do not think we shoul…

You do seem particularly offended or annoyed that some blogs you suggested have not yet appeared on the site.

You can read the FAQ article to see the criteria for what’s accepted, and also reasons why suggested blogs haven’t yet appeared.

Ultimately it’s my own hobby site and so I decide what is “good” or “interesting” - so long as it meets the other criteria.

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