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    15. 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

    19. 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

    35. 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

    41. Basic comment reply notifications added

      ~tildes.official Text 163 words
      It's still very rough in quite a few ways, but lack of comment reply notifications has definitely been one of the biggest missing features, so I wanted to get this basic form of it out before I...

      It's still very rough in quite a few ways, but lack of comment reply notifications has definitely been one of the biggest missing features, so I wanted to get this basic form of it out before I worry about fixing some of the weirdness with it.

      A few quick notes on it:

      • Currently, notifications are only for replies to comments. You won't get any notifications for replies to topics, username mentions, etc.
      • Currently, you can only view the unread notifications. Once you mark one as read, it'll be gone with no way to see it again. It's still stored and viewing read notifications will definitely be possible in the future, just not yet.
      • There are some strange interactions between the comment visit-tracking and the notifications still, I'm not totally sure how I'm going to handle those yet.

      Let me know if you notice anything else, I'll probably apply some more updates to it before long to fix some of the strange aspects.

      9 votes

    49. Daily Tildes discussion - thoughts on sorting for topic lists?

      ~tildes.official Text 209 words
      I've made a couple of fairly minor changes to sorting for topic listings recently: pulled the sorting options (most votes, most comments, newest) out of a dropdown list and made them into tabs, to...

      I've made a couple of fairly minor changes to sorting for topic listings recently:

      • pulled the sorting options (most votes, most comments, newest) out of a dropdown list and made them into tabs, to make it easier to switch between them
      • added an "all time" option to the time-period dropdown

      The default sorting on the site is also still currently set to "newest" since the activity is low, and I think that's the best way to make sure new posts are getting seen.

      I'm also planning to add a sort along the lines of "recent activity" where it will behave like a forum - new topics still come in at the top of the list, but any time a topic gets a new comment it moves back up to the top as well. This will mean that active topics stay near the top, instead of gradually being pushed down by new ones, regardless of how active they are.

      Any thoughts on that idea or the other changes? Once I do add the "activity" sort, do you think that's a better option as the default for now, or should I stick with "newest" (or even switch to one of the others)? Any other suggestions or ideas for different sorting methods?

      10 votes