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12 votes
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Death Stranding | Heartman character spotlight trailer
4 votes -
The origins of anime
3 votes -
Cricket is the fastest growing sport in Sweden – Afghan refugees boost player numbers
5 votes -
Overly Attached Girlfriend officially quits YouTube
8 votes -
The millennial left is tired of waiting: How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff is working to build a generational movement
41 votes -
Suggestion: a method for anonymous appreciation at the user level
One thing I really like about Tildes is the exemplary tags for comments. I love being able to let someone know I thought they had a great post, and I especially like that it's anonymous (though I...
One thing I really like about Tildes is the exemplary tags for comments. I love being able to let someone know I thought they had a great post, and I especially like that it's anonymous (though I realize some people like signing theirs, which I'm fine with too).
One thing I've found myself wanting to be able to do is give someone an exemplary label not for any one individual comment but for their contributions to the community at large. Maybe they're consistently thoughtful and insightful; maybe they go out of their way to post a lot of content for the community; maybe they're contributing code to the platform. It's less that any one particular thing they've done is amazing (though they often have individually great contributions too) and more that they've demonstrated a noteworthy and consistent pattern of good behavior.
As such, I think having something similar to the exemplary tag but applicable to a particular user could be very beneficial. I realize privately PMing a given user can currently accomplish this, but those are not anonymous, and I really like the idea of supporting others without revealing who I am, since I don't want my praise of others to influence their opinion of me. Furthermore, for the community at large, I think there's a benefit to praise of that type coming from "a voice in the crowd" rather than specific identifiable users, as it promotes community goodwill rather than person-to-person cheer.
Of course, with any type of anonymous feedback the thing to consider will be the potential for misuse. Someone could easily target/harass someone using an exemplary user feature by writing a nasty message, but this is also currently possible with exemplary tags and I don't know if it's been a problem? Nevertheless, it's something to consider. Perhaps a built-in report feature should something cross a line?
Furthermore, if such an appreciation mechanism were to be implemented, I would strongly advocate against any sort of publicly visual indicator on the site (like the blue stripe on comments). I think applying differences to that at the user level can create an appearance of user hierarchy, which is undesirable for a variety of reasons. Instead, I feel like it should be invisible to everyone except the recipient--basically an anonymous PM that they can't respond to, letting them know that they're awesome and why. I also think a similar "cooldown" system would benefit it. In fact, I'd probably advocate that it be longer than the one for comment tags.
Thoughts?
13 votes -
How a new logo saved the city of Oslo $5 million a year
8 votes -
Seeing yourself (BPD in the media)
6 votes -
How societies turn cruel featuring Sargon of Akkad
12 votes -
Proposed removal of kernel AX.25 support
5 votes -
Monolithic concrete forms associated with brutalist architecture inspired the interiors of Axel Arigato's Copenhagen flagship store
4 votes -
Sauna Day celebrates favourite Finnish pastime – over 1,000 public and private saunas throughout Finland open their doors
7 votes -
What is your least favourite window manager or desktop environment and why?
Can be something current or ancient, and if you've really got an axe to grind feel free to drag in Windows or macOS or other proprietary operating systems. Personally after using i3 for around...
Can be something current or ancient, and if you've really got an axe to grind feel free to drag in Windows or macOS or other proprietary operating systems.
Personally after using i3 for around half a decade now (though I switched to sway about a year ago) everything else I try just seems to add friction.
25 votes -
Pansexuality 101: Five key facts you need to know
17 votes -
Men. Abuse. Trauma.
14 votes -
Yabby You and King Tubby - Walls Of Jerusalem (2019)
8 votes -
These circular ruins at Smeerenburg are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost
4 votes -
The government’s arguments for restoring the death penalty all fail
5 votes -
USA's World Cup stars return to big crowds – but will it last?
4 votes -
Denmark in favour of coalition presence in Strait of Hormuz
4 votes -
Why the end of smoking is complicated
5 votes -
SpaceX's Starship prototype aces first untethered hop test
15 votes -
Pro-Donald Trump Republican aiming to unseat Ilhan Omar charged with felony theft
18 votes -
1993’s Doom requires a Bethesda account to play on Switch, quickly becomes an internet joke
11 votes -
Opinions on “grammar nazis”?
What are Tilderinoes' opinions on people who correct other people's grammar? Should it be done publicly, as a reply, or privately, in a PM, if at all?
16 votes -
The new, extremely online era of Christianity
11 votes -
Not with a Bang, but a Letter: How Violet Evergarden rewrites traditional World War I narratives
3 votes -
Mudslide, snow, hail: Tour de France shuts down Stage 19 due to crazy weather
7 votes -
A blind man couldn't order pizza from Domino's. The company wants the US Supreme Court to say websites don't have to be accessible.
32 votes -
2019 XXL Freshman Cyphers
DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, YK Osiris and Lil Mosey's 2019 XXL Freshman Cypher Blueface, YBN Cordae and Rico Nasty's 2019 XXL Freshman Cypher Roddy Ricch, Comethazine and Tierra Whack's 2019 XXL...
DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, YK Osiris and Lil Mosey's 2019 XXL Freshman Cypher
Blueface, YBN Cordae and Rico Nasty's 2019 XXL Freshman Cypher
Roddy Ricch, Comethazine and Tierra Whack's 2019 XXL Freshman Cypher
There's also the freestyles and interviews in this playlist.
6 votes -
Where does belief come from for you?
Where are your beliefs and principles born from? What does it take for them to change? Do you have a conscious way that you manage and shape your own belief, or does it just happen? How much...
Where are your beliefs and principles born from? What does it take for them to change? Do you have a conscious way that you manage and shape your own belief, or does it just happen? How much control over it do you think you have? Do you think that's different from the control others have?
10 votes -
Transgender women explain what it's like when they don't 'look trans'
12 votes -
Five myths about global poverty
10 votes -
Gay artist devastated by removal of artwork from Llandudno gallery after complaints of homophobia
News article: Gay artist 'devastated' to have THIS artwork 'censored' by Llandudno gallery after 'homophobia' complaint to police Direct link to the artwork on Paul Yore's Instagram:...
News article: Gay artist 'devastated' to have THIS artwork 'censored' by Llandudno gallery after 'homophobia' complaint to police
Direct link to the artwork on Paul Yore's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz2OF2EA4mR/
Is it homophobic to depict homophobia in art?
11 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
8 votes -
How to cover 11,250 elections at once: Here’s how The Washington Post’s new computational journalism lab will tackle 2020
9 votes -
What's the best horror game you've played?
I'm not necessarily asking for the scariest one you've played but for your personal favorite/best, based on whatever criteria you choose. Games that are more horror-lite/spooky still count as...
I'm not necessarily asking for the scariest one you've played but for your personal favorite/best, based on whatever criteria you choose. Games that are more horror-lite/spooky still count as well, so feel free to consider and include those.
With regards to your pick: what made it so good? In what ways did its use of horror add to your experience?
Given that a lot of horror relies on surprise, subverting expectations, or the unknown, please give spoiler warnings if you plan to discuss important aspects/plot points that might ruin the game for others.
13 votes -
Exploring the Sierra On-Line "Super-Junior" computer
4 votes -
Project Glasswing: Adobe's new transparent display
7 votes -
No, Lyme disease is not an escaped military bioweapon, despite what conspiracy theorists say
10 votes -
Are you optimistic or pessimistic about humanity's future prospects?
I thought it would be fun to take Tildes's temperature on humanity's future prospects. If you respond, can you include your approximate age, your opinion, and maybe a brief explanation of why you...
I thought it would be fun to take Tildes's temperature on humanity's future prospects. If you respond, can you include your approximate age, your opinion, and maybe a brief explanation of why you think/feel the way you do.
I'm in my early 30s. I'm cautiously optimistic. I think it's an interesting time to be alive, as its the first time humanity is facing a problem of this scale. I think it'll pull through in one way or another. It may get bad for a bit, but nobody will let it stay bad for very long. I also think humanity has more control over the current situation than it realizes, it seems like the last two generations and maybe the current gen were content to let tunnel-visioned, big business interests do the metaphorical driving. Hopefully that'll stop soon, and we'll put people without a profit motive in the driver's seat.
Thanks for participating!
17 votes -
Dialysis firm cancels $524,600.17 medical bill after journalists investigate
10 votes -
A doctor shortage is looming, and a Clinton-era policy is partly to blame
6 votes -
Trump’s Budget Deal Shows Deficits Don’t Matter Anymore
6 votes -
It's six months until Christmas - perfect timing to start your aged eggnog
8 votes -
Meet the man who created the fake presidential seal — a former Republican fed up with Trump
7 votes -
Women now seen as equally or more competent than men: Polling data suggest stereotypes have significantly changed since 1940s
7 votes -
The helicopter team that films the Tour de France
8 votes -
The 101 people, ideas and things changing how we work today
3 votes