6 votes

Meta label for comments?

Posted by vord
Tags: suggestions, comments, labels

Just popped in my head, with the massive influx of users, there's been a lot more meta discussion happening in regular threads.

Perhaps it might be useful to have that as a label on comments. I'd almost go so far as to have the label highlighted like Exemplary for new users to help highlight when discussion function and culture of the site.

12 comments

  1. [10]
    Algernon_Asimov
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    For now, the "Offtopic" label will work well on those comments.

    For now, the "Offtopic" label will work well on those comments.

    9 votes
    1. [10]
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      1. [9]
        Algernon_Asimov
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        There's also a whole section about the various comment labels in the Tildes docs.

        There's also a whole section about the various comment labels in the Tildes docs.

        10 votes
        1. imperator
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          Thank you! This was helpful. Really like the concept of comment labels.

          Thank you! This was helpful. Really like the concept of comment labels.

          3 votes
        2. [7]
          rickartz
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          It seems some people are taking the joke and noise labels as some sort of punishment or even as a judgment to their person, but in reality, after reading the doc, the icky thing it does it's...

          It seems some people are taking the joke and noise labels as some sort of punishment or even as a judgment to their person, but in reality, after reading the doc, the icky thing it does it's organize the comments to make the discussions more deep, right?

          Does having too many exemplary, jokes or noise labels in your comments affect in any way your account? I would expect that with malice.

          • This is the first time I see a doc page include the world "Tilders". I think it's official then.
          1 vote
          1. [6]
            Algernon_Asimov
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            Yep. Comment labels are not punishments, they're just ways to organise comments - to push low-value comments to the bottom of a thread, and pull high-value comments to the top of a thread. Not at...

            the icky thing it does it's organize the comments to make the discussions more deep, right?

            Yep. Comment labels are not punishments, they're just ways to organise comments - to push low-value comments to the bottom of a thread, and pull high-value comments to the top of a thread.

            Does having too many exemplary, jokes or noise labels in your comments affect in any way your account?

            Not at this point.

            This is the first time I see a doc page include the world "Tilders". I think it's official then.

            Well... yes and no.

            We had a survey back in December 2018, and one of the questions was about what we should call users of Tildes. As per this results post:

            Despite @Kat’s insidious attempt to influence the data, “waves” as a demonym only received 5.5% of the vote. The leader for that, overwhelmingly, is “no demonym at all”, with a combined 49% of the votes and 18.5% of respondents strongly preferring the site not to have a demonym. Second place, the generic “users”, only has 15.8% in comparison. The first Tildes-specific demonym present is Tilders/~​rs, with 13.4%.

            When I was writing those document pages, I got to use my personal preference for this: "Tilders". I justified this choice because, as per that survey, "Tilders" was the highest voted actual demonym, even if only 13.4% of Tildes users preferred it. (Some other popular options at the time were "Tildoes" and "Tilderinos".) And... it's easier to type "Tilders" than "Tildes users", which makes a difference when you're typing a whole bunch of instruction pages! :P

            5 votes
            1. [5]
              cfabbro
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              We will always all be Tildos in my mind. And I refuse to use anything else! :P

              We will always all be Tildos in my mind. And I refuse to use anything else! :P

              1 vote
              1. Algernon_Asimov
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                I... just... I just can't... sorry...

                We will always all be Tildos in my mind.

                I... just... I just can't... sorry...

                3 votes
              2. [2]
                Amarok
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                I hope we argue about what name to use forever and that none of them ever become dominant. I expect the rest of the internet to call us Tildos, though. Always 'a' Tildo, never 'your' Tildo. :P

                I hope we argue about what name to use forever and that none of them ever become dominant.

                I expect the rest of the internet to call us Tildos, though. Always 'a' Tildo, never 'your' Tildo. :P

                1 vote
                1. rickartz
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                  I have heard somewhere on the Internet that "everyone is a Tildo if you're brave enough", or something along this line, I'm not sure... Does this relate to this little but polemic argument?

                  I have heard somewhere on the Internet that "everyone is a Tildo if you're brave enough", or something along this line, I'm not sure... Does this relate to this little but polemic argument?

                  1 vote
              3. rickartz
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                You can always read Tilders as a British would, and voilá: Tildos! Also, please keep in mind in some languages you can put a Tilde over the characters, as in the á above. Tilders sounds like the...

                You can always read Tilders as a British would, and voilá: Tildos!

                Also, please keep in mind in some languages you can put a Tilde over the characters, as in the á above.

                Tilders sounds like the people who like to put Tildes over anything they like... :)

                1 vote
  2. [2]
    Matt_Shatt
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    Sorry for the ignorance but what is “meta” discussion and how does it differ from normal discussion on a topic?

    Sorry for the ignorance but what is “meta” discussion and how does it differ from normal discussion on a topic?

    1 vote
    1. DrStone
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      Discussion on Tildes (normal) vs discussion about Tildes (meta).

      Discussion on Tildes (normal) vs discussion about Tildes (meta).

      9 votes