Circle of Friends

danniemcq

Whats that all about then?

Blowfish

Was just coming here myself to check that one. Right now I havent found a 'circle' which does anything other than link back to the main page

MrJoeSoap

Yeah, I'm wondering myself! Anyone about who can explain?

Sparky

The almighty Cloud can explain.

tba

Anybody else find themselves singing Elton Johns Circle of Life when they see it?

Cloud

Hehe! Try now...

RuggieBear

ohh it so preeeeetty....

danniemcq

stupid work computer java not updated

Hermione*

Ha, just noticed it after I saw this thread! Very observant, me :rolleyes:

MrJoeSoap

Its kinda class!

Blowfish

hmm something i'm using doesn't like it. Tried stopping adblock, but it still doesn't want to do anything
[edit] seems like its zonealarm that didn't like it. mine looks a bit sad though unfortunately, got to get myself a few more links.

Kolodny

Very nice

Blowfish

Ah it's great, I see Cloud likes his recommender system FOAF type stuff.

Doctor J

My, my, bubbles and jade are popular.

Amz

Who?

koneko

Jade = Bubbles
He put loads of people on his buddy list to mass-send a PM newsletter thingee

Cabaal

Bubbles is my friend!!!!!
I have a friend!

grimloch

Mine is rather bare looking. I have no friends you see.

Tar.Aldarion

What is with the force bit?
Talk about chaos!
The radial one is fairly cool all right, very confusing though.
The feature seems to log me out.

Grimloch, remove Sparky and what kind of a circle is that! :P

Basq

Take anyone else ages to find themselves in it?



HOORAY!

Tar.Aldarion

basquille wrote:

Take anyone else ages to find themselves in it?

You could say that!
Although clicking other poeples names helps.

Talliesin

We should removed banned users from the FOAF data (or just from the friends altogether). They're skewing things.

Sparky

Tar. lights up like a christmas tree

Piste

I....don't get the web/circle Is it just a web of hoe all the boards users are linked to eachother via friends?

Tar.Aldarion

That seems to be it.

Blowfish

Sparky-s wrote:

Tar. lights up like a christmas tree

Hehe, have you tried forcing his? It goes nuts and just doesn't stop

Tar.Aldarion

Blowfish wrote:

Hehe, have you tried forcing his? It goes nuts and just doesn't stop

Well I've tried it and it goes mental. I don't even know what it is supposed to be like.
Guess I'll look at yours.

Blowfish

Mines pointless because I don't have enough friends, try someone in between
[edit] try grimloch's, it will go for a while, and eventually put him in the middle

Piste

But when I click on "my" cirlce of friends I cant see my name anywhere.

WhiteWashMan

danniemcq wrote:

Whats that all about then?

meave binchy forum.

obviously.

Blowfish

Piste wrote:

But when I click on "my" cirlce of friends I cant see my name anywhere.

You're right in the middle of the radial one.

WhiteWashMan

im the same, i see nothing no matter whos ciricle i click on.
just a blank grey screen.

what is wrong?

have i broken it?

Blowfish

Zonealarm doesn't like it for me, although I actually haven't found a proper way around it short of turning zonealarm off, which obviously isn't great

seamus

It needs Java and you need to configure Zonealarm and those other crappy programs to allow Java to make outgoing connections.

bubbles has unwittingly kind of messed this up. If one of the admins would be so nice as to delete all of bubbles' friends, then it may appear better.

Sparky

Ah is that whats messing it up?

Mimikyu

This post has been deleted.

gimmick

Ive no idea what this is all about. I have added no-one to my friends list, yet when I click my own 'circle' there are plenty there. Are these people who have added me?

Is it the people who you have PMed in recent times or what?

Hagar

I think Sparky's circle just broke my computer...

Faith

gimmick wrote:

Ive no idea what this is all about. I have added no-one to my friends list, yet when I click my own 'circle' there are plenty there. Are these people who have added me?

Is it the people who you have PMed in recent times or what?

I think it's actually showing DubGuys circle because he's your only friend. It's like an extended circle or friends, or something.

Sparky

Hagar wrote:

I think Sparky's circle just broke my computer...

Nice

BuffyBot

It's also a useful visual aid for deciding who you should dislike, purely on their association with others

Steveire

Wouldn't it make sense to only include mutual friends, rather than people who've made a one-way connection? Could probably then display more than 2 degrees of separation. Could look interesting then...

irlrobins

I find it crashes a good bit. Quick refresh gets it moving again.

Hagar

Steveire wrote:

Wouldn't it make sense to only include mutual friends, rather than people who've made a one-way connection?

Good idea. I second that.

ST*

Steveire wrote:

Wouldn't it make sense to only include mutual friends, rather than people who've made a one-way connection? Could probably then display more than 2 degrees of separation. Could look interesting then...

Hagar wrote:

Good idea. I second that.

Agreed.

CuLT

Mine is fairly, er, useless looking

Sparky

May of discovered something.
I left the circle in forced mode while I went downstairs, then when I came back to check 24, I got logged out.

Anyone else get this?

Basq

Sparky-s wrote:

May of discovered something.
I left the circle in forced mode while I went downstairs, then when I came back to check 24, I got logged out.

Anyone else get this?

Whoa.. are you saying the circle can detect when you go downstairs in your house?

Christ..... i'm never leaving my room! :eek:

Tar.Aldarion

Sparky-s wrote:

May of discovered something.
I left the circle in forced mode while I went downstairs, then when I came back to check 24, I got logged out.

Anyone else get this?

Everytime I click circle I am logged out.

Blowfish

Yeah, it does seem to log me out too.

Basq

Doesn't log me out.... i'm special!