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A feature request: "Icons I Love"

I dunno if anyone who can do anything about it is going to read this, but I figured it's worth a shot. I'd love to have, as a third tab with "Icons I Have" and "Icons I Need," "Icons I Love." Basically, allow people to tag a set as a favorite and make it easy to find other people who also have that set or those sets as favorites. I don't know if it should only allow you to tag sets you've already got as a favorite, or if you should be able to do so with every Free Delivery (or even Stock Icon) sets on the site, but that's up to the Powers That Be.

What does everyone else think? I think it'd be cool to make it easier to find new friends who have some of the same preferences as you.

Posted by fdivbug on Apr 04, 2007 in Blab | 6 comments

cro on Apr 04, 2007

It'd also be useful so people can send you the icons you really want, instead of just random sets you don't have.

tamashii on Apr 04, 2007

I actually think this is a good idea. And, obviously, upon accepting that set, it no longer appears in that tab.

While the token count would still be hidden, knowing what sets people would like specifically could really spread the IB Love that much more efficiently.

SuperLlamel on Apr 04, 2007

I think it's a great idea! You'd could actually send people stuff that they want instead of random stuff that they don't have. And as tamashii pointed out, we could share the IB love. Yay!

fdivbug on Apr 04, 2007

tamashii,

Actually, what I had in mind was that the "Icons I Love" wouldn't change based on whether or not you had the set. However, an "Icons I Want" to complement "Icons I Need" would be more like what it sounds to me like you're describing, which is also a darned good idea.

Maybe one of the folks with the power to implement these features would see this and let us know what IconBuffet's stance is on such thoughts. :-)

iqon on Apr 10, 2007

Why not change "Icons I Need" so you can prioritize the list, making your most desired sets bubble to the top.

A related change would be when you view the icon set and it shows "missing this delivery", it would flag the friends' name with a star if this set was on their top 5 wish list.

iqon on Apr 10, 2007

If "Icons I Love" was a permanent (doesn't matter if you have it or not) flag, they could rate icons using your collective friends "Icons I Love" list.