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  1. Comment on Homosexual marriage legal or illegal? in ~talk

    Shadeslayer
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    I have made a suggestion on ~tildes. We'll see what other people think but I think it's a good idea. The post is here if you're interested.

    I have made a suggestion on ~tildes. We'll see what other people think but I think it's a good idea.

    The post is here if you're interested.

    2 votes

  2. Suggestion: Show Edit History of posts

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    Can we get an Edit history on posts (also potentially comments). This is sparked by a post a few days ago in which a poster asked a question about people's standpoints on gay marriage and then...

    Can we get an Edit history on posts (also potentially comments).

    This is sparked by a post a few days ago in which a poster asked a question about people's standpoints on gay marriage and then published their standpoint as well, heavily against gay marriage.

    I made my comment here questioning them on their standpoint and they edited their post without any evidence, making it look like I was jumping to conclusions.

    Post history would prevent this kind of thing and would also equip commenters with the ability to see what OP has changed.

    Please let me know if you agree or disagree for whatever reason, I am interested to hear other people's thoughts.

    Edit: The poster in my comment link was banned shortly after that post. Linked by @Jedi here.

    9 votes

  3. Comment on Homosexual marriage legal or illegal? in ~talk

    Shadeslayer
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    Thank you for apologizing, nobody else has. I posted my reply in the same minute as the post was made in which OP stated he was strong against homosexual marriage, which was the main reason that...

    Thank you for apologizing, nobody else has. I posted my reply in the same minute as the post was made in which OP stated he was strong against homosexual marriage, which was the main reason that triggered me to comment.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Homosexual marriage legal or illegal? in ~talk

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    Why do you not support Gay Marriage? Are you homophobic or do you think there are flaws behind allowing gay marriage? I fully support Gay Marriage all the way. In fact, my mum is a lesbian and is...

    Why do you not support Gay Marriage? Are you homophobic or do you think there are flaws behind allowing gay marriage?

    I fully support Gay Marriage all the way. In fact, my mum is a lesbian and is married to another woman and I couldn't be happier for them. I personally think I would be a completely different man if this wasn't the case. My Dad was still in my life so I still had a father figure but I had an extra parent who still loved me.

    Why should two people be denied marriage purely because of their gender? It's discrimination at its very core.

    I am in the UK by the way, I know the laws are different in other countries and different states.

    I believe gay marriage should be legalized everywhere.

    Edit: @OP edited their post to remove their standpoint after I replied.

    11 votes

  5. Comment on Sometimes I refresh the page and it refreshes to quick I don't think it refreshed. in ~tildes

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    Even on Data it's insanely fast. @Deimos Good work on the speed, what choices have you made to keep the site speedy? (E.G choosing one extension/plugin over another purely for speed) Do you have...

    Even on Data it's insanely fast. @Deimos Good work on the speed, what choices have you made to keep the site speedy? (E.G choosing one extension/plugin over another purely for speed)

    Do you have any speed targets you try to be within? Such as site loading on 3G in less than 2 seconds?

    I'm quite interested as a web developer myself, others may also be.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on tildes on mobile in ~tildes

    Shadeslayer
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    Interesting! Well that's a good excuse for me to learn Python!

    Interesting! Well that's a good excuse for me to learn Python!

    5 votes

  7. Comment on tildes on mobile in ~tildes

    Shadeslayer
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    Please let me know when you do (if you remember and if you're allowing other collaborators)

    Please let me know when you do (if you remember and if you're allowing other collaborators)

    1 vote

  8. Comment on tildes on mobile in ~tildes

    Shadeslayer
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    Me too! I thought I replied to this but it has appeared further down, oh well!

    Me too! I thought I replied to this but it has appeared further down, oh well!

    I would also love to get started on the API (in PHP mainly). I would even do it for free just to get ~ going even faster and to help a mobile app being built.

    3 votes

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

    Shadeslayer
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    I agree with you on the possibility of someone dropping a bunch on a comment, this could be slightly prevented by only allowing one user to post one at to any one comment or post and with the...

    I agree with you on the possibility of someone dropping a bunch on a comment, this could be slightly prevented by only allowing one user to post one at to any one comment or post and with the visibility of the special votes not being there it wouldn't push users to pile onto a comment in particular.

    But yes, overall I do agree with you, there will be some weightedness in one way or another and I don't think there is a way to get away from that entirely.

    Maybe someone should conduct some sort of poll to attempt to garner users opinion on this matter?

    Thank you anyway for helping me see the cons to this, I appreciate it.

  10. Comment on tildes on mobile in ~tildes

    Shadeslayer
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    Oh wow, I didn't notice that sneaky sidebar button at the top! Thanks Flashynuff. I totally made one and didn't see the difference, silly me! I'm totally going to use this from now on until there...

    Oh wow, I didn't notice that sneaky sidebar button at the top! Thanks Flashynuff. I totally made one and didn't see the difference, silly me!

    I'm totally going to use this from now on until there is an official app.

    I don't know how to publish either. It appears that upon further inspection, they are 'ready made apps' by the app developers for popular sites which allows you to search, I thought users could post theirs and you could search them.

    5 votes

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

    Shadeslayer
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    Do you completely disagree with special votes altogether or just them being visible? I personally don't think comments should have no voting metric and just get ranked by comment count and...

    Do you completely disagree with special votes altogether or just them being visible?

    I personally don't think comments should have no voting metric and just get ranked by comment count and comments that are currently popular.

    I have on a few occasions seen comments on Reddit that have hundreds of upvotes (and are helpful/interesting comments) but either have no replies or have very little replies, which would mean that the parent comment wouldn't get seen were it not for the voting system.

    Now that you have pointed it out, I do see that special comments, if seen, could lead to a massive pissing contest but they don't have to be seen at all.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on tildes on mobile in ~tildes

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    I would also love to get started on the API (in PHP mainly). I would even do it for free just to get ~ going even faster and to help a mobile app being built. @Flashynuff Have you published the...

    I would also love to get started on the API (in PHP mainly). I would even do it for free just to get ~ going even faster and to help a mobile app being built.

    @Flashynuff Have you published the lite version for ~ on Hermit? I can't seem to find one and I dont see much point in recreating what you have already done (also I have never used Hermit)

    4 votes

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

    Shadeslayer
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    Hey, first comment (woo). I really like your last idea of an exemplary upvote, I think it's a great idea, especially with the cap otherwise people could wreak havoc. I do think however that these...

    Hey, first comment (woo). I really like your last idea of an exemplary upvote, I think it's a great idea, especially with the cap otherwise people could wreak havoc.

    I do think however that these special votes should be visible (also much like Reddit Gold) so it's clearly visible some people think highly of it. It's also probable that these special votes would bump it up the thread a bit further.

    Maybe this could also benefit the original comment OP in some way, perhaps increasing their trust more than what Karma does (e.g make it worth 10 Karma for the sole purpose of trust).
    (Edit) If it also benefits the user's comment then maybe people may be more inclined to post more quality content.
    Also I understand that this may lead right back to the pissing contest of Karma if it was visible but it would be much less severe than traditional Karma.