i am super mega interested to know how they hacked...
did they get in to the server thru the back door or did they go thru the website and exploit some ajax or php type thing?

sorrry if i just said something completely nonsensical. i am dangerously semitechnical.

I mean... was it the videosift app that let them in, or something else on the server?

btw... macs rule.

Instead of deleting the comment after it's been marked as inappropriate by X number of Goldies, why not shadow it so that drops down Ajax style. That way the thread can stay intact if necessary.

I second mlx. I think I'm tough enough to bear the pain or reading an "inappropriate comment" at my own risk, if I decide to.

Note: just like in forum ignores, this should still tell you user and date, and hide the comment only.

Instead of deleting the comment after it's been marked as inappropriate by X number of Goldies, why not shadow it so that drops down Ajax style. That way the thread can stay intact if necessary.

And if the name of the Queue is changing to 'Unsifted' why not name the first tab or home page 'Sifted'?

I like Dag's idea, and all of the features of playlists so far - but like a selfish child I want more...Such as: custom CSS for your playlists and full AJAX drag & drop organisation in playlist manager (not up/down buttons). Also, a VideoSift search for playlists (and their contents) would be good - I guess the up-coming advanced search should have that (and Google already has, but it's a little out-of-date).

dag, it's somehow based on cookies. Anyone with this problem can just delete cookies.. and try to do the non-AJAX login (turn off javascript)

But if cookies are set, you are hosed for some pages.. But most of the site works.

I was thinking maybe a confirm pop up, ajax style that says "you realize were going to ban your ass if this is self promotion right?"

Tags changed from "football, soccer, basten, 1986" to "football, ajax, basten, 1986" by gold star member michie.

The only things I find annoying is the standard search (why I usually use the Google site search) and submission process. I think collapsing comments based on starred votes or personal preference would be nice, although more weight to downvotes would be very bad. But a few thoughts I have on features...

Customisable Interface:
+ 'Collective CSS style' modification available for all upgraded users Profiles and Playlists (uploadable style sheet).
? Maybe a customisable standard VideoSift style sheet for all registered users to modify? Like the current upgraded Profile one, or possibly more basic - so each named Sifter can change their own standard style for accessability/screen size/taste.

Sift Submission:
+ Multiple embeds available for a single Sift submission - so alternative remixes/live versions for music videos, or multi-part documentaries etc can be posted as one. In the interface, this could be available via an AJAX drop-down arrow below the first embeded video (with an indicator of the number of extra parts inside).

Collectives:
+ A much more customisable way to manage Collective emails - so each member can opt-in or out of each type of email notification. A modify link for each member viewing the Collectives page to decide if they want all email notifications for all the Collectives they belong to; or just the New Videos and/or Broadcast Messages of certain ones.
? Maybe a way for Sifters to ignore Collective content, like the channel opt-out feature in the Profile? For example: Ant could ignore my Hip Hop Culture Collective, so he wouldn't have to downvote most of the 'Rap' on here. Also, I could opt-out of seeing the Military Collective - so I wouldn't have to fight the temptation to down (ignorance is bliss!)

If you find my really old comment, I mentioned the interface issues.

The sub-menus under each tab need to be standardized, it's just too hard to navigate.
create new Sift Talk post | profile | logout | submit a video | upgrade | tell me about VideoSift

profile | logout | recent comments | top users | classics | tag cloud | submit a video | upgrade | tell me about VideoSift

login | logout should be moved to right side and permanent (static) on every page. Also, I think FAQ should be next to the search field. (You now have Change Channel over there, so it's not so clean. (Maybe even profile goes over there)

Each submenu should be useful and in similar order.
like:
profile | submit a video | my submitted videos | recent comments | top users | tag cloud | search | upgrade


(maybe a fixed, non-tab dependent menu for profile, top users, etc... or tag cloud next to search (does anyone use tag cloud?) I'd remove tag cloud link and make a sidebar window of the top tags like you see at digg, del.icio.us etc.

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Video submission should be first window for embed ONLY, then it check if valid, maybe auto fills in info if you pull the XML from youtube then you fill in form.

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Change the RSS text links!!! They should be icons or somewhere else. The dropdown box should be links... It's backwards in my mind, and I always accidentally click on the RSS links.

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Search text / titles for SiftTalk comments for just one user. Search only comments. Ability to search in Discarded. (If CPU thing, at least be able to specify where you are searching from one 'advanced' search)

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This isn't a bug, but wishlist code I have is an AJAX slider which changes display threshold on a page of videos. So in the queue, I can move slider and only see vids with >5 votes, or on Front page, filter only those with > 20 votes. It would still be in same order, just hide those that don't match.

for (1) the problem, as noted by firefly, was simply that for some reason page was not updated instantly but changes took some time. it wasn't a firefox caching problem, since i hard-updated it.

i don't actually know ajax, just heard about it, and at the moment i'm too lazy to search wiki for it

As to "(1) I try to edit my favourite tags, it says in green "Profile Updated","

I had that problem for a long time as well. Try this procedure (fixes most things). Log out, delete videosift.com cookies, make sure you are allowing HTTP referrer (if you turn that off with FF extension) (if you don't know what referrer is, then ignore this)

log in, try again. See if you can get a favorite video http:// in there as well.

For (2) it is easy to forget the final submit button on the SiftTalks. That's 99% of what happens. You can check the "Last 5 Discarded Videos" over here ===============>
if you think that it's getting lost.

On this subject, I notice on one computer (both FF) I get the AJAX login, and this one I don't.. looris, do you get AJAX tag editting and login and comments? Or the older static page version?

Note: I deleted cookies and now DO get AJAX login page. I recommend everyone delete their videosift.com cookies (just don't click delete ALL like I just did)

we both had ajax comments out at the same time?

Wow, glad everyone likes it so much. That's awesome.

JD> can you AJAX check if they are already in Collective and/or already on the pending invite list?
ST Post> For any videos posted by members not already in or invited to your collective you'll find a new "invite" link.

One thought... can you AJAX check if they are already in Collective and/or already on the pending invite list? And give some error message, or something. Maybe this is already coded. I guess I could experiment, but if not already implemented, I think this will be valuable.

Not worth the complexity. So what if 1% of your votes are accidental. It all averages out (though a downvote early on in the queue is a death sentence).

Can you change vote on digg? or slashdot? etc. etc.

My only suggestion might be to add AJAX to downvote button ONLY that brings up a confirmation popup that mentions "only downvote in these situations, Are you Sure?"