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6 votes
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Building "Board Culture" for each separate group through scrapping the 'front page' view
Partially inspired by @Amarok's comment on culture specific to /r/listentothis and some thoughts I've been having: how can we make sure that each group (and sub-, and sub-sub-groups, etc) each...
Partially inspired by @Amarok's comment on culture specific to /r/listentothis and some thoughts I've been having: how can we make sure that each group (and sub-, and sub-sub-groups, etc) each have a sort of identity of their own? In my own experience and opinion having a cohesive identity as a subgroup helps the content quite a bit, as opposed to "just being a subgroup".
And I have a suggestion: If we scrap the front page as is, and we don't show all the subgroups' content mixed through each other, but stick to either a "classic" forum view, or like 4chan's view where you have to click through to a subforum, people would be forced to visit just that subgroup, and do so consciously. Thoughts?
7 votes -
How long do you think Western civilization will last?
And of course, why? The more detailed the answer the better. What systematic weaknesses are we currently facing and what can be done to mitigate them?
9 votes -
Feature Idea - Notify users when a comment which they had interacted with is edited.
Mockup - see the top item. I would love to be notified when a comment which I had interacted with has been edited. I have seen it mentioned by others a while back as well. My suggested...
Mockup - see the top item.
I would love to be notified when a comment which I had interacted with has been edited. I have seen it mentioned by others a while back as well. My suggested implementation is a pretty minor UI change.
On https://tildes.net/notifications/unread there would be an additional listing type which begins with "Comment was edited on "
Any comment which the current user has replied to, or has upvoted, and has been edited would appear here.
I am experimenting with a simple survey below using comments, please upvote the one that best reflects your view. Of course, also feel free to discuss anything further in a normal comment, just trying to keep things organized.
22 votes -
US Lawmakers pressure Google over "deeply troubling" China censorship project
9 votes -
Unsurvivable heatwaves could strike heart of China by end of century
12 votes -
Christianity spread faster in small, politically structured societies
The study published in Nature.com: Christianity spread faster in small, politically structured societies An article about the study: How did Christianity spread?
5 votes -
The James Webb Space Telescope and NASA's culture of optimism
14 votes -
Google struggles to contain employee backlash over China censorship plans
26 votes -
How 'fat shaming' from doctors is leading to misdiagnoses for obese patients
19 votes -
Bangladesh students attacked during Dhaka protest for road safety
18 votes -
Given our Non-Profit nature, wouldn't having a "Gold" option make sense?
Forgive me if this has been posted before, I am still pretty new here. Coming here having the option to "Gild" was something I kinda just assumed would be a thing. Obviously it wouldn't need to be...
Forgive me if this has been posted before, I am still pretty new here.
Coming here having the option to "Gild" was something I kinda just assumed would be a thing.
Obviously it wouldn't need to be call "Gold" or "Gilding", those are just terms from some other site that I know all of us will understand.
I have always liked the idea of users buying made up medals for topics and comments they felt the need to reward. It gives the users a sense of accomplishment/reward and gets the devs little micro donations.
Currently the most valuable material in existence is antimatter, so maybe a little "AM" medal?
EDIT: Something I also meant to mention, but forgot, was the badge system on DeviantART.
dA has always had these little pixel llama badges that I thought were really cool. The basic concept was/is that you can gift someone a little llama if you think they or their art is cool or for any reason you want. These llamas stack on your profile. People can additionally gift gear for existing llamas and the site occasionally gives out rare llamas (and other badges) for milestones, events or promotions.
I think a hybrid of reddit's gilding system and a badge system (like dA's) could be really cool.
27 votes -
Struggling to find a new TV show to watch? Check out my Google doc detailing shows I've watched, shows I'm currently watching, and shows I want to watch. All with IMDB links and ratings.
Link to Google doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hc-Ti6Pff_qUZLAfzzL7WjhFNh2m_XPvMkdYBL6mLzI/edit?usp=sharing I created this document a while back and update it every couple months....
Link to Google doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hc-Ti6Pff_qUZLAfzzL7WjhFNh2m_XPvMkdYBL6mLzI/edit?usp=sharing
I created this document a while back and update it every couple months. There's an Introduction tab with guidance on how to browse the spreadsheets, which I've copied below for reference:
(1) This document outlines various TV shows and is broken up into 3 tabs: Watched, Watching, and Want to Watch.
Watched: Shows I've completed through series finale or given up on. Some of these were canceled early.
Watching: Shows I'm actively watching day-to-day or shows in between seasons that will air new episodes in the future.
Want to Watch: Shows I haven't started and want to watch. Many of them are recommendations I jotted down to avoid forgetting, so this list will sometimes be unalphabetized.
(2) Certain columns of information were exported directly from IMDB, and the page for each show is linked in the rating from the IMDB column.
(3) On the Watched and Watching tabs, there are columns for Recommend? and Notes to provide background that will help decide what to watch. Don't let any of my negative comments stop you from watching a show you're interested in.
(4) The Recommended? column is divided into the following categories: Must Watch, Yes, Maybe, No. These are all based on personal opinion with extra discussion/information in the Notes column.
(5) I've shared this with most people using View Only permissions, so download the Excel file (or copy to your Drive account) to filter columns by genre, rating, and personal recommendation.
Disclaimer: not everyone will have the same tastes as me - that's okay. I welcome any disagreement about how I've rated shows and hope to get some discussion going.
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What shows have I missed that I need to watch?
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What shows did I strongly recommend that you didn't like?
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What shows did I give up on too early?
I expect to take some heat for quitting Brooklyn 99 around season 3.
- What shows haven't come out that I should keep an eye out for?
Like Jack Ryan which debuts this month.
- How can I improve the document?
I considered including a column with the show's network or where it can be legally streamed, but this is pretty tedious given the nature of broadcast rights.
35 votes -
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What are your favorite movies of 2018 so far?
For me it's Blindspotting, Eighth Grade, Hearts Beat Loud, Isle of Dogs, Ready Player One, and of course Infinity War.
8 votes -
Obstructive sleep apnea: Are you ignoring the warning signs?
6 votes -
A pragmatic guide to Climate Change
19 votes -
Mother Mother - Verbatim [2007]
2 votes -
sometimes in life its enjoyable to take a step back and realize that everyone is a protaginst in their own little world.
I notice this from time to time. That mailman? He probably is holding this job to feed his family. Same with the 40 year old man at your local grocery store. Its just mind boggling, the scale and...
I notice this from time to time. That mailman? He probably is holding this job to feed his family. Same with the 40 year old man at your local grocery store. Its just mind boggling, the scale and scope of this world; we retreat into our own little world at times yet the world is not small, its huge.
also i spelled protagonist wrong oops
21 votes -
Duumu & Stereo Cube - Couch Dreams (2017)
3 votes -
General plans for the week
As mentioned last week, I've stopped making the official Daily Discussion posts, but I'd still like to have this general weekly one on Mondays to talk a bit about my overall intentions for the...
As mentioned last week, I've stopped making the official Daily Discussion posts, but I'd still like to have this general weekly one on Mondays to talk a bit about my overall intentions for the upcoming week.
This week, my main focus is definitely going to be working through more open-source-related tasks, especially reviewing the open merge requests that people have contributed. It's been great to see people diving right in and contributing significant features already, there's some really exciting stuff in there—username notifications, post saving, 2-factor authentication support, and even more. So I want to try to get through reviewing most or all of those in the near future (and deploy some when they're ready).
Beyond that, there's still a fair amount of documentation and other things related to the open-sourcing that I'd like to do, and (as mentioned last week), I've now got most of the work for user-page pagination done but haven't quite had a chance to finish it up yet. There are also some company-side things that need attention, including looking into applying for some grants that I should be eligible for now that the code has been open-sourced.
I think we also need to bring in another significant-size group of users fairly soon. Some people have been giving out invites on reddit in /r/tildes and other locations where the site's been brought up, and I expect we'll also do one of the official invite threads this week too (which tends to bring in a lot). To help with that a bit, I've given everyone 5 invite codes again (you can get them here), but if you have some way that you'd like to invite more people through and need more codes, just send me a message and let me know.
40 votes -
Moe Shop - Pastel feat. Snail's House (2017)
8 votes -
How and why people 'microdose' tiny hits of psychedelic drugs (_includes results of Reddit group survey_)
11 votes -
Meet the YouTube Stars Turning Viewers Into Readers
14 votes -
Trump and allies seek end to refugee status for millions of Palestinians
7 votes -
Plastic food pots and trays often unrecycleable
6 votes -
Is the "obesity crisis" a disguise for a deeper problem?
6 votes -
Just got my first tattoo
12 votes -
'Insulting': Women's footy pioneer Susan Alberti slams proposed shorter AFLW season
4 votes -
Rezz - Certain Kind of Magic (2018)
4 votes -
Alberta privacy commissioner to investigate use of facial recognition software on Calgary malls
9 votes -
Special message from Michael Torpey: Game show dedicated to helping student loan borrowers
4 votes -
A new wave of hardline anti-BDS tactics are targetting students, and no one knows who's behind it
6 votes -
The NRA says it’s in deep financial trouble, may be ‘unable to exist’
8 votes -
What do 90-somethings regret most?
7 votes -
What do astronauts read on the ISS?
5 votes -
Thailand's cave boys leave Buddhist temple, but stay out of spotlight
5 votes -
The curfew myth
5 votes -
The rumors are true - Fortnite on Android doesn't use Google Play
20 votes -
Migration of sub-tags/communities
Was asked to post here about this: Is there a plan for migrating sub-tags (or top-level groups too)? The scenario I'm thinking of is that things may either fork, or change their name unanimously....
Was asked to post here about this:
Is there a plan for migrating sub-tags (or top-level groups too)? The scenario I'm thinking of is that things may either fork, or change their name unanimously.
Let's say a tech product changes its official name from XX to be YY, Would there be a way to migrate
~tech.XX.stuff to ~tech.YY.stuff?I can't say that this will be a common occurrence, but may affect historical usefulness of the tagging system, as people looking for things in the past won't be able to easily - plus it may divide communities once existing (do they keep posting in the old tag or the new one?).
For now, this isn't too important as @Deimos (from what it seems?) is in charge of creating new topics and presumably modify them too, but for the future (according to this) we may start having user created groups pop-up.
Cheers,
3 votes -
Water scarcity stirs debate over who owns Brazil's rivers
7 votes -
Scientists aren’t impressed with New York Times’ new story on climate change
17 votes -
Walter Jehne: Restoring Water Cycles to Naturally Cool Climates and Reverse Global Warming
5 votes -
Battle of the Schedulers: Linux's CFS vs FreeBSD's ULE
7 votes -
Google open sources "Filament is a physically based rendering engine for Android, Windows, Linux and macOS"
9 votes -
How planting trees and grasses can help stabilise farmland in a changing climate
10 votes -
Zager & Evans - I Am
4 votes -
San Diego researchers measure the highest ocean surface temperature in a century
6 votes -
Stars of the Lid - Austin Texas Mental Hospital, Part 2 (2001)
4 votes -
Looking for a good YouTube series? I can not recommend "The Bush Bee Man" enough.
5 votes -
More tech jobs in Toronto than in the Bay Area
7 votes