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List of recurring threads and their schedules?

Posted by hamstergeddon
Tags: suggestions, ask.help, recurring, lists

Do we have a list of recurring discussions and their schedules anywhere? I know they're generally weekly, but I often find myself having to do a quick search for when the last one was and determine whether or not I should hold onto my contribution to that thread until the next one occurs. eg if the new discussion is created tomorrow, I may as well just post my comments tomorrow rather than today. Admittedly a very minor inconvenience.

Having a list somewhere easy to see could also help prevent folks from unintentionally creating duplicate discussions during the period between one week's discussion going quiet and the next week's starting.

And maybe eventually it could be something like we subscribe to a recurring discussion and then it shows up in the sidebar somewhere in a list of upcoming discussions? Just spitballing here.

Any thoughts?

9 comments

  1. streblo
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    There’s no listed schedule, but if your browse to a group, a list of that group’s recurring topics is in the sidebar. Clicking on that takes you to the most recent, topic, which will give you the...

    There’s no listed schedule, but if your browse to a group, a list of that group’s recurring topics is in the sidebar. Clicking on that takes you to the most recent, topic, which will give you the date last posted and the post is tagged with the post interval so you can figure out the next post day.

    I agree a centralized schedule/list somewhere would be nice though!

    6 votes
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    1. [7]
      mycketforvirrad
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      And for those less frequent: recurring.biweekly recurring.monthly

      And for those less frequent:

      9 votes
      1. [6]
        hamstergeddon
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        Yeah I think even just having links to these and the weekly one in the sidebar would be very helpful, especially for newcomers who may not even realize we have recurring discussions yet.

        Yeah I think even just having links to these and the weekly one in the sidebar would be very helpful, especially for newcomers who may not even realize we have recurring discussions yet.

        3 votes
        1. [5]
          cfabbro
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          That exists already. Visit the group pages and look in the sidebar. AFAIK, those lists only include the fully automated recurring topics, and not user created ones though.

          That exists already. Visit the group pages and look in the sidebar. AFAIK, those lists only include the fully automated recurring topics, and not user created ones though.

          4 votes
          1. [4]
            mycketforvirrad
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            I presumed they meant the front page, no?

            I presumed they meant the front page, no?

            2 votes
            1. [3]
              cfabbro
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              Ah, maybe. I will add a feature request to the Gitlab for including a list of recurring topics to the front page sidebar when I go back inside. Can’t now ‘cuz I’m currently on mobile, sitting in...

              Ah, maybe. I will add a feature request to the Gitlab for including a list of recurring topics to the front page sidebar when I go back inside. Can’t now ‘cuz I’m currently on mobile, sitting in my back yard, and enjoying the sun. ;)

              3 votes
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                hamstergeddon
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                Yeah I meant front page. But that's mostly because my viewing habits for tildes mean I don't click into individual groups very often so I easily missed it. I just kinda bounce around whatever...

                Yeah I meant front page. But that's mostly because my viewing habits for tildes mean I don't click into individual groups very often so I easily missed it. I just kinda bounce around whatever shows up on the homepage.

                3 votes
                1. cfabbro
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                  I just checked and an issue for this already exists on Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/tildes/tildes/-/issues/594 I added a comment linking here and mentioning your specific request that a list be...

                  I just checked and an issue for this already exists on Gitlab:
                  https://gitlab.com/tildes/tildes/-/issues/594

                  I added a comment linking here and mentioning your specific request that a list be included on the front page somewhere though.

                  2 votes
    2. vord
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      And recurring.monthly for some of the longer-term ones (though some of these would probably benefit from going weekly with the influx).

      And recurring.monthly for some of the longer-term ones (though some of these would probably benefit from going weekly with the influx).

      2 votes