Topic Boosting / Replacement for "bumping"
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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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Bumping/Boosting this, it's a good idea. Definitely would like this to be added.
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wht if someon makes a alt acount to abuse the boost system i know there alot of ppl with alts on here and some bot acounts
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like id imagine u have that handled but never hurts to ask wht the plan is
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and yes id love this so mutch
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