I was doing some work on my main MOG page today when a few questions struck me:
1) Does anyone ever notices the "custom widgets" I've put on my page? (which lead me to..)
2) How often do we view MOGgers' main pages?
To fully disclose, I don't view the main MOGger pages that often. Usually it is when I've seen someone new and investigate whether I want to trust them, to receive news of when they post. For those MOGgers I already trust, I rarely check their main page, but rather follow the individual post links that get e-mailed to me.
I imagine that many other MOGgers follow the same modus operandi. Which returns me to question one - had anyone noticed the custom widgets I've created. Of the MOGs I frequent, only a few have made extensive use (at least, as much as I do) of custom widgets. Not even our fearless leader has created any.
I generally classify custom widgets into two categories: "I think it would be easy for MOG to do this for us" and "That's creative/unique." Obviously items like EMCD Notches in the Belt and DIY Things ought not be expected to be presupplied, but perhaps a "Widget You Fill In Yourself" for Favorite MOG Posts could be added, or even better - a button similar to the "Like" button on posts. Also, I would think it would be fairly easy to implement tracking widgets that record recent comments or an index of all your MOG posts. They could be throttled like the "Last Played Songs," "Recently Added to Music Collection," or "My Digital Music Collection" widgets to prevent them from taking up the entire page.
I will grant the PTB that these widgets are easy to custom-create for those who wish to do so. However, there's a whole field of economics that shows people tend to choose the defaults provided to them. As evidenced here at MOG, most of the MOGgers out there have some of the site-created widgets on their page, but substantially fewer have made the effort to make custom widgets to express themselves.
Just a few thoughts I had. Now I'm off to add this post to the index custom widget at the bottom of my page...
--Torch
Posted on 04/16/2008
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My Trusted MOGs
I think you have one of the cooler pages on MOG. Your widgets aren't only funny, but also informative and just overall stimulatingl.
"substantially fewer have made the effort to make custom widgets to express themselves."
-Now I gotta make some custom widget so I don't feel like one of the silly Moggers who doesn't express himself.
My Trusted MOGs
I rarely look at people's profiles on Mog. Sometimes I peep people's pages (alliteration is fun) to see what kind music they're listening too, but for the most part I add people to my trusted list based on how many posts I've 'liked' by them. You definitely have some great widgets. I've added a few custom widgets to my page, but I don't maintain them nearly as much as yourself.
My Trusted MOGs
Glad you posted about this...because otherwise I might not have actually visited your page...very cool!