Have you noticed the "You Might Also Like" feature? / myLot

Cambridge, England

August 19, 2015 4:53am CST

On the right hand side of a Discussion page I noticed this morning that we have a box entitled "You Might Also Like". I'm not sure yet what drives it - whether it's tags, relevant words in the discussion or what - but it lists discussions from way back. It doesn't seem to appear (or at least it hasn't so far on this discussion) until there are responses. If you've noticed it, how have you used it and did you find it interesting or useful?

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myLot Bugs

@myLotBugs (211)

• Kansas City, Missouri

19 Aug 15

You've figured it out for the most part. It's not completely random though. Basically it will pull the 20 most recent discussions for any given tag (up to 5 tags x 20 discussions = 100 discussions) and randomly choose 10 from those. I believe "myLot" is the only tag that is ignored for this particular feature since that tag gets used a lot. It's still a work in progress, but the results are looking decent so far...

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

20 Aug 15

Thank you very much for this explanation. I feel that it's a useful feature and something which members can be encouraged to improve upon by learning to tag appropriately and with relevance.

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theSids

@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

19 Aug 15

The only issue, it is way too outside the screen. Need a snapshot? I attach one.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

19 Aug 15

@thesids It looks as though you need to adjust your screen resolution It should be set to the optimum setting (or the highest your screen is capable of) for your monitor, as recommended by Windows in Display Settings. Mine is 1280 x 1024.

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theSids

@thesids (22180)

• Bhubaneswar, India

19 Aug 15

@owlwings Ah yes. I had to change this - the resolution to allow the windo to fit in. Unfortunately, that makes the text too small and much stressing to my eyes for a read. But yeah, I get the problem resolved.

Thanks

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myLot Bugs

@myLotBugs (211)

• Kansas City, Missouri

19 Aug 15

You might also try using the "Zoom" feature in your browser. Zoom out to like 80 or 90%, which will resize myLot only and not affect other websites or other applications on your PC like changing the screen resolution does.

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AnjaP

@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

19 Aug 15

I have seen it but I am not sure how it is generated because what you list that you see is not what I have listed there. Just one of the discussions in your list is on my screen under "You Might Also Like". Interestingly, I see "Some guy was talking" listed first. Is that taken from the fact that Some Guy Typing has commented? If it were generated by tags then we should get similar lists, right?

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

19 Aug 15

You would think so, wouldn't you. I'm guessing that it IS random but that the 'seed number' (the number chosen to start any random list of numbers) is based on something to do with the account of the person viewing. The discussion you mentioned was posted by @3SnuggleBunnies and one of the tags is 'features' (it happens to be about mobile phones).

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AnjaP

@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

19 Aug 15

@owlwings And now the list is all different. But that's a good thing, it means there's a large number of posts being featured in that list. Today I commented on a couple and liked another couple and followed some people even though they might not be here anymore. Maybe they will come back, who knows?

marguicha

@marguicha (223720)

• Chile

8 Nov 15

am not sure I like that as many of the posts arequite old. I don´t know if those mylotters are still active.I

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

8 Nov 15

Yes, some of the posts can be quite old but, as people begin to use tags on newer posts, more recent discussions will appear. There is something to be said for responding to older posts because there are still many people who used to be avid users of MyLot and have not heard that it is paying again. There are quite a few people who have returned just because they received an email saying that someone had responded to, commented on or even just 'liked' their old discussion.

Cristian Ichim

@Cristi_Ichim (3743)

• Bucharest, Romania

19 Aug 15

It might have something to do with tags.

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Cristian Ichim

@Cristi_Ichim (3743)

• Bucharest, Romania

19 Aug 15

or key words

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

19 Aug 15

Yes, it's definitely selecting by tags. If a discussion has no tags, the box is there but unpopulated. It also doesn't appear until there's at least one response.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (220068)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Oct 15

I found it threw me into some older posts. I wonder if it's driven by key words--words we might have used in a recent posts.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

6 Oct 15

It's driven by the tags that have been used in the current discussion (see the response below by MyLotBugs). At first it was showing older discussions but, as people have started to post and use tags more recently, it is showing more of the more recent posts. If you don't use any tags, it won't show up and it will only show once at least one person has responded to the discussion.

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@flowerchilde (12529)

• United States

21 Aug 15

I did notice it! then I wondered how long it had been there without my noticing! I've used it once, but I know I really like the feature and used to use it a lot on the old mylot.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (160883)

• United States

19 Aug 15

I just finished responding to one old discussion. This may be a way to begin bringing members back to see why they are getting responses and notifications. I chose a discussion with someone I had been following before.

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Karen Waterson

@rosekiss (30414)

• Eugene, Oregon

19 Aug 15

I never really noticed those, but now that you mentioned them, well, there they are. I might go and comment on some of them, as yes it is good to revive old ones again. I had one of my old ones revived the other day, and it felt great that someone was willing to post to it, to get it started again. It is true, that possibly the users of those discussions may not be back yet, but once their discussions are commented on, they will get an email, and who knows but that they might just check it out and come back to stay.

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firecracker

@sacmom (14192)

• United States

20 Aug 15

Yes, but I only noticed it after another member mentioned it!

lol

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Always smiling

@allknowing (137553)

• India

20 Aug 15

I saw it yesterday but all the topics mentioned there do not seem relevant. Against this post I see the following: You Might Also Like Are you quirky? Aja103654 Would you want your life to be simple, interesting or chaotic? gloryacam Sometimes the culture is very interesting youless An Interesting Way of Answering Prayers lloydbelleza Why do you like mylot? betterdays Get a hard copy ddomz_83 Which smart phone ? Please suggest edumate Chick comes out of shell nicanorr Checklist for buying a new laptop in 2011 stuckonu Supernatural - horror or freaky mystery? ivan88

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

4 Sep 15

I have visited some of the articles there though as you noticed many are a few years old now

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

5 Sep 15

It depends on the tags used and how many recent articles use the relevant tags. I am beginning to see recent articles more frequently now.

sofs

@sofssu (23662)

•

21 Sep 15

Its a great feature to have, it pulls out discussion of similar interests. It could help old discussion to earn some more.. while its also brings up the need for suing the right tags.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (50580)

• United States

7 Sep 15

Thanks for pointing this out.

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Canadian Archer

@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)

• Canada

4 Nov 15

I've mainly just used it if something catches my eye-since I'm still finding my way around, I have found it helpful:)

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Lee Ka

@kaka135 (14931)

• Malaysia

22 Aug 15

I remember this feature has been there since the old mylot, and I liked to use it since then. It helps me to explore more related or interesting discussions. I didn't realize the response and tags part.

Shasta

@cupkitties (7421)

• United States

19 Aug 15

The discussions are rather old, but yes they are interesting and I learned a few things reading them.

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Ifamous

@ifa225 (14460)

• Indonesia

20 Aug 15

I find it very useful, tags are really important but yet, I don't know how they classified those tags or discussions Your post here helps me a lot to get more info about it

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TLChimes

@TLChimes (4822)

• United States

19 Aug 15

Some of the discussions are older ones.... just a side note.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112959)

• El Paso, Texas

19 Aug 15

K, I haven't noticed it .... yet ..... but I'll look for it, sounds like a great way to get to know mylotters and maybe even revamp some good old discussions.

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racariu george

@georgex52f (4)

• Bucharest, Romania

20 Aug 15

any change is welcome