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    5. Daily Tildes discussion - go forth and multiply

      ~tildes.official Text 178 words
      Alright, not so much a particular "discussion" today, but there are already a couple of other good ones going on in ~tildes as well. As I'm sure many of you have noticed, I've started actively...

      Alright, not so much a particular "discussion" today, but there are already a couple of other good ones going on in ~tildes as well.

      As I'm sure many of you have noticed, I've started actively promoting the site around some reddit places today, and I'm sure it'll probably spread some more from there too. In support of that, I've given all the current users 5 invite codes that you can give to others if you'd like to invite anyone. You can get to these on the invite page, which is linked from the sidebar on your user page.

      Also, in case you missed it, I fixed the invite process the other day so that you can have multiple active codes now, so you don't still need to invite only one person at a time.

      As always, let me know if you need more invite codes or have a particular suggestion for ways you'd like to invite more people. Hopefully we can keep some momentum going for a bit now and get the activity to a self-sustaining level.

      16 votes

    13. PokemonLetsGoPikachu.com and PokemonLetsGoEevee.com have now been registered via CSC Digital Brand Services. This is the company TPCI and Nintendo use to protect brand domains.

      ~games Tweet

      @pixelpar: https://t.co/via68ewCUS and https://t.co/336Zq2kS8S have now been registered via CSC Digital Brand Services. This is the company TPCI and Nintendo use to protect brand domains. Both point to the same Namedserver and contain a blank favicon. Credit to @Pokekalos for finding them

      8 votes

    31. Link to userpage should be more obvious

      ~tildes Text 36 words
      Currently, it's just sitting in the top right corner. Considering the fact that it's hiding useful settings (like dark modes!) behind it, it should be a bit more obvious that it's a button,...

      Currently, it's just sitting in the top right corner. Considering the fact that it's hiding useful settings (like dark modes!) behind it, it should be a bit more obvious that it's a button, especially on mobile.

      5 votes

    35. Daily Tildes discussion - allow in-line expanding of videos/etc.?

      ~tildes.official Text 88 words
      Whoops, forgot about posting a daily discussion until pretty late today, sorry. Simple topic since it's late: what do you think about adding "expand inline" functionality for topics that point to...

      Whoops, forgot about posting a daily discussion until pretty late today, sorry.

      Simple topic since it's late: what do you think about adding "expand inline" functionality for topics that point to sites that provide embeds (like YouTube)? There's already the ability to expand text topics, and it can certainly be useful for other types as well. It's a bit dangerous for things like images though, and if we do allow it we'll need to be careful about whether it starts tilting the site towards "quick" content.

      Any opinions?

      12 votes

    49. Default Post Values and What we call Votes; A potential solution to both of these

      ~tildes Text 169 words
      Problem Summary "Vote" might not be the best word for tildes, since it implies choice 0 might not be the best number to start votes at Solution Call the score "Score". It feels really natural:...

      Problem Summary

      • "Vote" might not be the best word for tildes, since it implies choice
      • 0 might not be the best number to start votes at

      Solution

      • Call the score "Score". It feels really natural: This has a score of 5. My submission has a great score.
      • Call the act of voting +. It feels mostly natural: I give this +. I + this post. I got a +.
      • Start score at 0. Things start at zero.
      • When someone submits something, have them auto+ their own post. + is removable, but see next point - user will never see a 0.
      • Hide scores until you have voted on something. This is potentially controversial, but I think it makes sense. Just show a big + in a box for the vote.

      I think this checks off most of the concerns around things that were brought up in both of those threads (listed below).

      Sources

      For posterity, here are both the previous links on this topic:

      8 votes