Repurposing the Community Stream

This Refinder post titled Managing Activity Streams discusses how to better utilize activity stream content through searching, sorting and filtering. In Sueetie there are two features which generate content like the activity stream the author describes: 1) the Site Activity Log, and 2) the Sueetie Wall.

Let’s consider how to use functions like searching, sorting and filtering to improve the value of the content that these Sueetie features generate.  First, the Site Activity Log.  The Activity Log is displayed on the left-hand side of the Sueetie.com footer.  Screenshot follows.

No, the Activity Log is not searchable, sortable or filterable.  Should it be?  The answer is probably “ehh.”  I don’t see any value in adding any of those functions to the Activity Log.  The Activity Log is, as its name implies, a log, an ongoing record of site activity.  The value of the Activity Log lies in Analytics of the content, not in repurposing it at the presentation level.  Sueetie v4.1 will see a focus on Analytics Reporting, so look for the Site Activity Log to play a role there.

Now, the other stream to look at is the new Sueetie Wall. We maximized the value of Wall content the best we could in the initial release by making it searchable, taggable, RSS-enabled both at the wall and individual message level, permalinks to every message and comment, and even added a new Sueetie Taxonomy architecture so that Wall Posts could be arranged by category.  There’s definitely more to do here in Sueetie v4.1 and beyond. On The Edge, for instance, where posts about the Sueetie apps are arranged by application.  It would be great if we had a “Titles Only” view so you could quickly scan the News and Tips by application.  And that’s just one idea.

If you have ideas for repurposing either Sueetie Wall Content or the Site Activity Log, please share!