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  1. Comment on What if we got rid of votes entirely? in ~tildes

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    Well, I recently made a suggestion to tie the number of votes a user gets to their Trust value. The more Trust you have the more you can vote. Also to relax the strictness of having a limit amount...

    Well, I recently made a suggestion to tie the number of votes a user gets to their Trust value. The more Trust you have the more you can vote. Also to relax the strictness of having a limit amount of votes, have these limits on a weekly basis as opposed to daily basis. It might take time but then users would ration their votes according to their schedule usage of Tildes.

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  2. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - general plans for the week in ~tildes.official

    KL1P1
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    Replying to a comment should certainly make it 'read' automatically.

    "I'm a little torn about this one. I'm definitely finding it annoying already myself - I can't mark the comment as read, because then it will disappear and I can't use the link to it any more, and I can't click "Link" because that will leave it unread and I'll have to come back after to mark it. I also know that some people like to leave notifications deliberately unread as a "things I need to come back to" though, so I imagine they wouldn't want the "Link" to mark it read automatically. There's definitely got to be something better though, I'm just not sure exactly what yet."

    Replying to a comment should certainly make it 'read' automatically.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - general plans for the week in ~tildes.official

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    How about 'Collapse all/Expand all' options and more importantly 'Collapse all except top comments' is extremely beneficial in navigation and certainly a great addition as a universal setting in...

    "some improvements to make navigating large comment threads easier"

    How about 'Collapse all/Expand all' options and more importantly 'Collapse all except top comments' is extremely beneficial in navigation and certainly a great addition as a universal setting in the user profile.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - general plans for the week in ~tildes.official

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    Your comment just made me realize that Vote/Tag are probably the equivalent to upvote/downvote but with the benefit of stating why a user chose to downvote. Basically what I see is that your...

    Your comment just made me realize that Vote/Tag are probably the equivalent to upvote/downvote but with the benefit of stating why a user chose to downvote. Basically what I see is that your comment has, as of now, 14 upvotes and 2 downvotes because 2 users thought your comment is just noise.

    Sorry if that's common knowledge, I'm new here :)

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Suggestions from a new user in ~tildes

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    Hi Deimos, thanks for replying to my post. I read the Mechanics post and love the 'Trust' concept. Users would build up their 'Trust' value with consistent contribution and accountability (ie. how...

    Hi Deimos, thanks for replying to my post.

    I read the Mechanics post and love the 'Trust' concept. Users would build up their 'Trust' value with consistent contribution and accountability (ie. how much they are active and the quality of their activity measures by the votes they get). Also love that this 'Trust' value will be group specific and is subject to decrease over time. I didn't read anything though related to the concept of voting being a finite entity. My suggestion including making voting a finite asset that should not be taken for granted. Users would have a finite number of votes they can use depending on their Trust value. I think this will help in guaranteeing that the most voted post/comment really deserve their top positions and thus raise the level of Quality overall.

    I didn't get the "Increased punishment effectiveness" section. What do you mean by "established accounts can be far more capable than brand new ones"? I mean, this can relate perfectly to my suggestion of limiting the number votes for example, if by "more capable" you mean more number of votes.

    The reputation system for moderation sounds very promising, but a bit thin on details. I understand these are yet to be implemented systems, I'm just concerned about the existence of some sort of mechanic that would keep Mods in check and prevent them from abusing their elevated power.

    One point that's missing is point #2. How would a removed/deleted post/comment be reflected in a user's Trust value? My view is that it should be waivered accordingly. If a users gets votes for a post that later gets proven to be misleading or false, they should lose the equivalent of the amount of Trust they gained from posting said post.

    I get your stance on media usage in posts, although I feel it would be a wasted opportunity. Embedding photos and videos (gifs) is a tool that can be used with a lot of benefit in enriching post that require graphs, charts, maps, footage, or illustrations for example. It would certainly make Tildes more pleasing to browse if used correctly, which is something the community should be able to moderate.

    I'll fix the indentation error I have in my original post.

    2 votes

  6. Suggestions from a new user

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    Hi all. Registered several days ago and this is my first post. After reading around this group and the blog, I'm very excited for the tildes project. It's not just another reddit-style forum but...

    Hi all. Registered several days ago and this is my first post.

    After reading around this group and the blog, I'm very excited for the tildes project. It's not just another reddit-style forum but actually one of its own taste and style. I have some suggestions for the project and would like to share them with the community. They are the result of years of redditing with numerous frustrating experiences and few shower thoughts.

    1. Voting power should not be taken for granted. The ability for me to vote must be in some way tied to my contributions to the discussion. This can be implemented in a sort of formula that takes into account the user's 'score' and 'activity' which results in a finite number of votes at the user's disposal. The more you contribute the more voting power you get, and the more quality you provide in your contributions the more votes you get to use.
    2. Deleted posts or comments must be reflected in a user's score. One of the bad effects of having a user score is the tendency to 'karma whore' in order to increase that score no matter what. The result is low effort posts and comments. Having a system in place that removes from the user's score if their posts/comments get deleted would act as a constant reminder to the minimum level of quality required.
    3. Mods should not have dictator power over their groups. Sure they must have elevated accounts to run their groups, including the power to remove or ban, but they should not be invisible. There has to be an approved system where users can have the collective power to revoke the elevated account powers of a Mod if they reach a certain threshold. Not sure how to implement this exactly, may be through voting by the users of a group who have high scores or reputations. One of the cancerous ailments of reddit is the invincibility of Mods.
    4. The availability of formatting tools and embedding in posts. This is 2018 and inserting a photo, video, table in the body of a post should be easily implemented. Constrictions on the use of certain attention-grabbing formats (eg. large fonts, ascii art, emoji) should be also be implemented to deter low effort contributions.

    Here's to hoping this project flourishes into a much-needed hub for quality content and discussions on the internet.
    Cheers

    Edit: Not sure why the first point is indented or how to fix it.
    Edit2: Fixed.

    4 votes