Veritula – Meta
Idea: communities.
Communities group or maybe even replace discussions.
Could live at /v/community-name.
There could be a community around nutrition, another for software engineering, a meta community for Veritula, etc.
@davies could have his own community to build his Wikipedia competitor.
#3905·Dennis HackethalOP, 2 months ago@tyler-mills says:
… I’m finding the threads a bit cumbersome to keep track of. Would love an option to have each top level idea in a column, and horizontal scrolling would be fine with me if there are many of them.
Unclear how comments would be rendered.
#3905·Dennis HackethalOP, 2 months ago@tyler-mills says:
… I’m finding the threads a bit cumbersome to keep track of. Would love an option to have each top level idea in a column, and horizontal scrolling would be fine with me if there are many of them.
Not sure this is a good idea. You say you wouldn’t mind horizontal scrolling, but users generally dislike horizontal scroll.
Need rate limiting for new users to prevent excessive posting.
Fix typo
A ‘supercession’ isn’t some special flag in the system – it’s just another criticism that can be countercriticized. So I hesitate to implement special functionality for ‘special’ criticisms.
A ‘supersession’ isn’t some special flag in the system – it’s just another criticism that can be countercriticized. So I hesitate to implement special functionality for ‘special’ criticisms.
#4504·Benjamin Davies, 19 days agoI would prefer to find out I was reading an outdated version of something before I started reading it, not at the end, and not in the comments.
Outdated is different from superseded. The versions show at the top of the idea. That signals at least potential ‘supersession’ before you start reading.
#4504·Benjamin Davies, 19 days agoI would prefer to find out I was reading an outdated version of something before I started reading it, not at the end, and not in the comments.
A ‘supercession’ isn’t some special flag in the system – it’s just another criticism that can be countercriticized. So I hesitate to implement special functionality for ‘special’ criticisms.
You could make an option "allow revisions by other users" in the new idea form that is off by default.
Alternatively, you could make an option "allow revisions by other users" in the new idea form that is off by default.
#4513·Dennis HackethalOP, 18 days agoIdea: ability to lock an idea to prevent edits. If you submit the first version, you get to lock the idea. Useful especially on your own profile that you might use as more of a blog and don’t necessarily want others changing your ideas.
You could make an option "allow revisions by other users" in the new idea form that is off by default.
Idea: ability to lock an idea to prevent edits. If you submit the first version, you get to lock the idea. Useful especially on your own profile that you might use as more of a blog and don’t necessarily want others changing your ideas.
I would prefer to find out I was reading an outdated version of something before I started reading it, not at the end, and not in the comments.
#4501·Dennis HackethalOP, 19 days agoBut there’s no indication that the current version has been superseded.
There is, in the comments.
#4500·Dennis HackethalOP, 19 days ago…the site should let [visitors] know if there is a superseding revised version of [an idea].
There are arrow buttons linking to the previous and next version, and the UI says which version you’re currently looking at.
But there’s no indication that the current version has been superseded.
#4437·Benjamin Davies, 24 days agoWhen a reader comes to a Veritula post via a link, the site should let them know if there is a superseding revised version of it, and if they would like to see that version instead. When I share things with my friends, I want them to see the most current version, not the version that corresponds to the link they have been given at some point in the past.
Right now it depends on the user seeing that it is not the most recent revision on their own.
…the site should let [visitors] know if there is a superseding revised version of [an idea].
There are arrow buttons linking to the previous and next version, and the UI says which version you’re currently looking at.
#4422·Benjamin Davies, 24 days agoVeritula should have a 'Posts' tab next to the 'Discussions' tab, where people can browse the things people post on their profiles.
I first want to see some more people posting to their profiles so there’ll be enough ideas to show in that tab.
#4494·Benjamin Davies revised 20 days agoSuggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.
Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.
This would also create more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.
Valid, done.
Suggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.
Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.
It also creates more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.
Suggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.
Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.
This would also create more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.
#4475·Dennis HackethalOP, 22 days ago… the posts are lost amongst the other user activity.
To be clear, when you say “posts”, you mean specifically ideas the user posted only to their profile, outside of discussions?
What about reposts from discussions?
I think users will expect reposts to appear on their profile alongside their posts on the wall. That seems natural.
Suggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.
Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.
It also creates more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.
Suggestion: Allow reacts to be used in the activity feed.
That way I can quickly add colour to whatever has been happening recently on the site.
#4267·Dennis HackethalOP, about 1 month agoComposing a top-level idea on mobile is atrocious. Need to scroll all the way down to see the form, the form keeps hiding itself, etc.
Fixed as of 9ea99f9.