Topic Boosting / Replacement for "bumping"
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I think this is a good idea in general. I'm not sure if the timeline entries are entirely necessary, on one hand it's nice to be able to see who boosted the topic and when, but I kinda think it still bloats the topic unnecessarily? Very on the fence with that one still so don't take it too seriously, I'd be happy with or without em. Being able to see the amount of boosts in the tags and on the boost topic button itself is nice tho!
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Good idea, but minus the daily limit. The whole point of adding it would be to remove clutter, but if you added a daily limit then people would just post replies again even if you add measures for it. That just feels a bit to limiting on our end. Plus if there is a 24 or 12 h time limit you wouldn't need a daily limit. I'm sure there are people out there with a million topics they are bumping, but most people are not. I do agree with the min rep though, I can see people making alts to abuse it. I would keep them anonymous, no need for extra coding. On our end, unless you wanted to log that internally.
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I feel like everything is fine with this, aside from previously stated problems such as each individual "bump" or "boost" being posted instead of "USER and NUMBER other people bumped this!" similar to discord reactions. I also feel like bringing down the daily limit from 24 to 12 hours would be great as well. Another thing that I would bring up is the fact that it's possible to have the "solution" to a thread be posted at the top, so the whole "bumping gets things cluttered" argument falls flat on that aspect. One more thing I should mention is this could also potentially just.. not work, with people either not "boosting" and continuing to comment "bump", or few people "boosting" and just not saying anything.
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to be honest we probably just need a a new category were new posts slash topics can be seen immediately instead of relying on bumps Couse then they never get seen that's just my opinion and idea though also feel free to ignore this reply as i have no idea what yall are talking about i just wanted to pitch in
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indeed i do like when the makers of things care for there community
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and it seems to be hard to get any new posts even well done ones any kind of bumps or boost or even seen mybe and this is a suggestion as u may already have a catagory like this and i may be blind but mybe add a new post catagory were all the most recent posts from every catagory wil show up
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Hey everyone,
I've been working on a new feature for the forum and wanted to get your thoughts before it goes live.
Something that's been brought up a few times - both by me and some of you - is the constant bumping of topics. People replying with "bump" or "+1" just to push their thread back to the top. It clutters up threads, adds nothing to the conversation, and honestly doesn't look great.
So I built something to solve that properly: Topic Boosting.
If you find a topic useful, interesting, or think it deserves more visibility - you can boost it. One click, no pointless reply, no clutter. The topic gets its exposure and the thread stays clean.
Here's what I've got so far:
(1) Boost button and timeline entry when someone boosts a topic
(2) Boost count visible in the category list
(3) New sort by options
Each user can only boost a topic once every 24 hours to prevent abuse, and there are new sort options -
Most Boosted and Recently Boosted - so you can actually surface the content the community values most.
There will also be a daily limit on how many topics can be boosted, including a minimum reputation.Once this goes live, we'll also be implementing measures against regular bump replies. The whole point of this feature is to replace that behavior with something that works properly, so expect that to be enforced going forward.
Nothing is shipped yet - I'm still refining things and want to make sure the direction is right. So before I push it out:
- Would you actually use this?
- Anything you'd want done differently?
- Should boosters be visible or kept anonymous?
Open to any ideas or feedback, even if it's completely different from what I've shown here. Now's the time to speak up.
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@anonberry its hard work managing a vr chat group let alone a whole site give em time
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@anonberry its hard work managing a vr chat group let alone a whole site give em time
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@anonberry ok fair enough sorry for assuming
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I think this is a fantastic Idea.
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This system sounds great, though I would keep the bump count in one sentence collectively instead of a single entry per boost, cause that would still clutter the thread which I believe everyone wants to avoid.
I've found some interesting things on this forum but older threads have so many bumps, sometimes I have to scroll endlessly to get to the link or I have to fish between comments to find something. So though I think this is a good idea, it would also make more sense to keep the bump count as a one line text
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I know this is old but I definitely prefer this way than just replying bump to posts that catch my eye.
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