features · Jul 13, 2016
We’re not Facebook. So why Like?
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Quire's favorites look like a social Like but work differently. A favorite is personal, marking the tasks that matter to you rather than tallying public approval; it is minimal, one tap with no clutter; and it is quietly social, so a team can still use it to point attention at work worth seeing. It is about focus, not vanity metrics.
What do Quire and Facebook have in common? Likes.
In Quire, we call them favorites. Of course you can ♥ a task and feel proud of the 23 number of ♥ you get, but more importantly, it’s a way to easily see the tasks that matter to you. Personally.
In other words, when you want to focus on a few tasks that are important to you and you alone, you ♥ them.
Below, we dig into favorites a bit more:
A small signal of "this matters" goes a long way. Gallup found that only about one in three workers strongly agree they got recognition in the past week, and favorites are one quiet way a team can point at good work.
Why are favorites personal?
You may ask, why have favorites when we’ve already got priority or tags? The answer is because they’re personal.
If a task has priority or tags, it’s shared by every member in the project. That is, your team members can see them, edit them, remove them, etc. But, with favorites, you and yourself alone have the rights to them! Simply put, they’re like your personal bookmarks.
For example, you have a task or two that you want to focus on this week. You can favorite these tasks, and then filter by Favorited by me to see them. Turn that into a Sublist if you want the same view to persist without re-selecting it every time.
Why are favorites minimal?
You may ask again, how is it different from followers?
With followers, it’s likely that you’ll follow as many tasks as possible in just one project so you can be kept in the loop of all things happening to them. But, you may want to focus on just a few ones important to you silently too. No one does it better than favorites!
How are favorites social?
Favorites can come in handy when you want to see where your team’s heart lies.
For example, when you made a list of all the possible features you think the new app should have, you can ask your folks to vote it up. So for each winning feature with the highest number of votes, you’ll know they’re definitely a go!
Worthy to mention here is the difference between ♥ and ♡.
A solid heart means you’ve liked the task, whereas an empty heart means you didn’t like it. The number beside either heart indicates the number of people who’ve liked the task.
Now, you know what you can do with ♥. And it’s not just for fun.
To summarize it in a sentence, favorite is not just about like but more importantly, about focusing on minimal tasks that matter to you personally.
We hope you ♥ it.
Oh and you can choose to turn this feature off in the "Project settings" whenever you want. Favorites is one of several features that fly under the radar; see 20 Hidden Quire Features You Should Know for more.
What kind of feature is a favorite, really?
Favorites look like a Like button but behave differently. Three traits set them apart.
So no, Quire is not trying to be Facebook. The point of a favorite is focus, not vanity metrics: a fast way to pull your own important tasks to the front, and, when a team wants it, a light touch of recognition without turning work into a feed.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are favorites in Quire?
Favorites are Quire's version of a like, shown as a heart on a task, so you can flag what matters to you personally.
How are favorites different from priority and tags in Quire?
Priority and tags are shared and editable by the whole team. Favorites are personal, visible only to you.
How do you focus on your favorited tasks in Quire?
Filter by Favorited by me to see just those tasks, handy when you want to focus on a few items for the week.
How can favorites be used socially in a Quire team?
Ask your team to heart tasks as votes. The one with the most hearts wins, and the count shows how many people liked it.
