I don't think I have asked this before, but is there any way of sorting a list (such as stories by a given authoor, or in a particular universe, say, by the score that I gave them, please? If not, could we please have such an ability? Thanks!
I don't think I have asked this before, but is there any way of sorting a list (such as stories by a given authoor, or in a particular universe, say, by the score that I gave them, please? If not, could we please have such an ability? Thanks!
I would probably not implement this. It would be a huge load on the database.
Maybe there is a way to do it on the client side, but that makes pagination by such a sort order almost impossible.
Other than the fact that it would require changing most SQL queries on the site.
Okay, understandable. Maybe all I really need is a way of locating stories that I liked - by whatever author - that (are still available and that) I haven't read for quite some time!
Advanced search has the option of selecting stories we have voted on. Can also select stories we have read. The two selected together will show only stories we've read and voted on, plus whatever else we searched on.
Premier profile is needed for this type of search.
Advanced search has the option of selecting stories we have voted on
Yes, but this picks both the stories I've marked highly, that I might want to read again sometime, as well as the stories I've marked down and wouldn't want to touch with the proverbial bargepole!
The ability in advanced search to select those I've scored more than a particular value would fit the bill (and a useful alternative to the more generalized facility that the boss has already ruled out as too expensive).
The ability in advanced search to select those I've scored more than a particular value would fit the bill
I've never flagged a story, but you can use that feature. Flag stories you liked and might want to read again. Then you can choose "flagged only" in the Advanced Search.
It won't do any good for the stories you've already read and might want to read again, but you can flag stories from this point forward. And you can do a one-time search for stories you've read, check the score, and flag those that you gave a high score.
As mentioned elsewhere, you can also use the flag feature. I use it for things I want to filter out of future searches. I also use a combination of a flag and my own tag to indicate the titles that are too large to email to my kindle account and would need direct download.
I like that the stuff I want to remove from future searches, which are often resulting in kindle email delivery, are flagged and thus not presented to email.
You could use the self tagging option to create a group of titles that are your all time favorites for re-reading.
You will need to rely on the overall score for sorting the results of the searches. The index to allow fast access to scores for the circa 60k titles becomes very unworkable for 60k titles times number of users.