3 Problems With Yahoo Meme

Ever since we have started using Yahoo meme, we have written a review on it and also invited some of our readers to this new micro-blogging service.

The experience for us has been refreshing but incomplete.

Understandably, it takes time for new social media platforms to perfect their system and we’re glad that Yahoo is open about it.

There are 3 major problems that we feel Yahoo meme should resolve immediately.

1. Not made for conversations

It seems like one to one communication was not considered when meme was planned. We have hardly talked to anyone despite using it for a week. Many users are just dumping their content hoping that it will get reposted. I mean, what else do you expect them to do on meme? Yes, you can comment on an update but it is not properly threaded and doesn’t alert anyone. The comment comes out like any other update and it looks silly.

Commented meme (Unexpanded)

Commented meme (Expanded)

Solution: Introduce @mentions on meme. Facebook adopted it and there’s nothing wrong with that. Make sure comments are threaded and notify users involved of any new comments.

2. We want more popular posts

The “popular” section displays 10 posts that have some of the most reposts. There must be more great posts in meme worth sharing!

Solution: Have 3 popular post sections (featuring more posts): Text, Picture, Video to help users consume information more effectively. A featured meme section would also motivate users to improve their post quality and encourage conversations. However, these popular posts seem to have no meaning unless they are categorized into different topics. Maybe meme should start looking into why Twitter is so successful.