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    27. 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

    37. 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

    43. "Recent activity" sort added

      ~tildes.official Text 113 words
      Edit: I decided to change it from "Recent activity" to just "Activity". As mentioned in the post over the weekend, I've added a new sorting option now: "recent activity". This behaves kind of like...

      Edit: I decided to change it from "Recent activity" to just "Activity".

      As mentioned in the post over the weekend, I've added a new sorting option now: "recent activity". This behaves kind of like a forum, where active topics (ones getting new comments) will keep coming back up to the top of the list. I haven't added any specific protections like @cfabbro suggested in that thread, but I will if it seems necessary to prevent excessive "bumping".

      I'm considering making this the default sort while the site's overall activity is still pretty low, but haven't done it just yet. Let me know what you think of it, and if you notice any weirdness.

      15 votes