Top Flyer will be launched tomorrow
Jan 10, 2011, 5:39 pm
#16
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To quote IB-Dick: “Our intent is to offer a new method of sharing knowledge that some members might find engaging. For those who don't find it engaging, your Flyertalk experience should remain mostly unaffected.”
Thanks, I will. And my guess is that most of FT will, too.
Were you around for FT Reviews? That was another bad idea in the dustbin.
I disagree. FT is putting a value on the advice FTers give. And that value is $25 a month (which you can only "win" 5 times a year).
Jan 10, 2011, 5:40 pm
#17
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Jan 10, 2011, 6:51 pm
#18
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Jan 14, 2011, 8:19 am
#19
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Basically this is a popularity contest that can easily be rigged. And the best part seems to be that IB/Amex only have to pay out for the top 10 contributors and gets everyone else's who didn't win for free.
No thanks IB. You can keep you idea.
Jan 21, 2011, 6:07 pm
#20
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I decided to try out TopFLyer and posted this. I like the idea of being able to easily post photographs and subsequently engage in discussion over them, but I would prefer to see that functionality more closely integrated into the message board experience (and of course either linked to a more worthwhile system of kudos or have none at all).
IB Angel, would you be an angel and let us know if that is a possibility?
IB Angel, would you be an angel and let us know if that is a possibility?