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Feature request: How many members have my POI file as a "Favorite File"?

 
Fri, 05/31/2013 - 5:50pm

A nice little perk for maintainers would be to display the number of members who have selected a POI file as one of their "Favorite Files". If it was publicly viewable then it would have the added bonus of being like the "n users 'Like/+1' this" on other sites.

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Fri, 05/31/2013 - 5:58pm

uhm

You already get a count of the number of times it has been downloaded.

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Fri, 05/31/2013 - 6:21pm

RE: download count

Box Car wrote:

You already get a count of the number of times it has been downloaded.

Yes, but that's not quite the same thing. Keeping something as a "Favorite" indicates affinity, while the aggregate number of downloads includes "drive-by" downloads. Also, the download count is not public information (although it could be...).

Fri, 05/31/2013 - 6:45pm

This is how I look at the

This is how I look at the whole situation.

It doesn't matter to me how many people download my file or use it. The only thing that matters is that it fits my needs. Sharing with the rest of the world is simply my way of saying "thanks" for everything I learned.

That said, obviously people do use my files or I wouldn't see the counts increase whenever a new version is released.

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Fri, 05/31/2013 - 7:37pm

I'll bite

It's in my Favorites Bar

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Fri, 05/31/2013 - 10:18pm

Agreed

Strephon_Alkhalikoi wrote:

This is how I look at the whole situation.

It doesn't matter to me how many people download my file or use it. The only thing that matters is that it fits my needs. Sharing with the rest of the world is simply my way of saying "thanks" for everything I learned.

+1 Couldn't have said it much better

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Sat, 06/01/2013 - 1:05am

LOL

The first POI file I submitted has 27 downloads after 2 years. I'm with Strephon.

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Sat, 06/01/2013 - 6:23am

None

They are all in Canada.

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Sat, 06/01/2013 - 8:25am

?

pwohlrab wrote:

None
They are all in Canada.

I wasn't referring specifically to my own files, I was talking about a feature that would be available on the POI pages for all files.

And if you were referring to *my* POI files in particular as being "all in Canada" I guess you missed:

WiFi "Lite", US & Canada
Starbucks, US & Canada
Pizza Joints
Bob Evans Restaurants
Pita Pit - Canada and USA (CSV & TomTom OV2)
Pita Pit - Canada and USA (Garmin GPX)
Mimi's Cafe
Quiznos - USA (CSV & TomTom OV2)
Quiznos - USA (Garmin GPX)
Red Lobster - USA (CSV & TomTom OV2)
Red Lobster - USA (Garmin GPX)

Sat, 06/01/2013 - 8:53am

Missed those, but I don't go to them anyways.

VersatileGuy wrote:
pwohlrab wrote:

None
They are all in Canada.

I wasn't referring specifically to my own files, I was talking about a feature that would be available on the POI pages for all files.

And if you were referring to *my* POI files in particular as being "all in Canada" I guess you missed:

WiFi "Lite", US & Canada
Starbucks, US & Canada
Pizza Joints
Bob Evans Restaurants
Pita Pit - Canada and USA (CSV & TomTom OV2)
Pita Pit - Canada and USA (Garmin GPX)
Mimi's Cafe
Quiznos - USA (CSV & TomTom OV2)
Quiznos - USA (Garmin GPX)
Red Lobster - USA (CSV & TomTom OV2)
Red Lobster - USA (Garmin GPX)

As to a "feature", we do get a download count.

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