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SaidIt top 3 new feature ideas

Democratically requested features to focus on:

  • [to be determined]
  • [to be determined]
  • [to be determined]

While this list is now empty, a new SaidIt Survey is being openly drafted /s/SaidItSurveys/wiki/drafts#wiki_features. When ready it will be posted to call on everyone for their democratic input, feedback, discussion, and ideas about features wanted and desired improvements (as well as the transparent process of notification and implementation, other policies, and the future of SaidIt).


Already in development

  1. A SaidIt iPhone app variant of Beam for Reddit on iOS - currently in the works.
  2. Add a user preference option to set the user's home page to /s/subscribed instead of /home (10x more requested than all other features)
  3. Add a copy of "unsubscribe from all" button from user preferences, to the top of the sub management list /subs/mine
  4. RedReader: try to use saidit.net not oauth.saidit.net if requests using the subdomain, for more complete/unified traffic stats on alexa, etc. (currently saidit app traffic is not counted by Alexa, and it makes up about half of saidit's traffic)
  5. Image resize in expando: allow expanding off page to view images very zoomed in
  6. Backend Operating System upgrade for longevity
  7. Make it so IRC chat allows for external connections
  8. Decentralization - a long term goal, 1-2 years out.

(See also: https://infogalactic.com/info/SaidIt#Future_plans)


Community features

  • stronger personalization and community functionality
    • personal avatars
    • personal user profile homepages (wiki?)
    • personal galleries + media
    • collective galleries + media
    • collective wikis


GUI Graphic User Interface

Header menus

  • Top right corner menu "My Subs v"
    • either the box shows or arrow disappears with custom CSS
    • dropdown menu of all subs is under all fixed menus

Saidit site-wide notifications

  • new data-group in top right corner over header/banner image or above the sidebox's submit new post buttons
    • links to announcements
    • micro-banner badge-button for super important announcements
    • opt-in preference options
    • - date and time (with display options)
    • - local weather (with display options, requires users desired region)
    • - donate button (in another better more prominent place than just the footer)
    • - SaidIt Network (see Future ideas, below)

Post thumbnail images

  • custom or adjustable sizes
    • in subsaidit CSS stylesheets
    • in preferences (ie. from 70px to 100px, or more)

Post icon images

  • add an icon or two to distinguish media and/or content
    • content icons : text / link / image / audio / video
    • extensions icons : url / gif / jpg / png / pdf / mp3 / ogg / opus / mp4 / wmv / etc

Markdown formatting code

  • see also: https://saidit.net/wiki/commenting
  • see also: https://saidit.net/wiki/pages/

  • In the comment's "formatting help" Markdown table can you change the table header background colour and/or allow it to be CSS modified?

  • In the comment's "formatting help" Markdown table can you add a few more options?

    • ">!" will create a mouse-over reveal for spoilers
    • "#" will create a huge sized sub-heading
    • "##" will create a large sized sub-heading
    • "###" will create a large sized bold sub-heading
    • "####" will create a medium sized sub-heading
    • "#####" will create a medium sized bold sub-heading
    • "######" will create a normal sized underlined sub-heading
  • In the comment's "formatting help" Markdown table can you add a few more rows?

    • First new row left box (maybe after quoted text):
    • - paragraph 1
    • - paragraph 2
    • - dash
    • - paragraph 3
    • - paragraph 4
    • First new row right box shows how just a "-" will skip a line:
    • - paragraph 1
    • - paragraph 2
    • - &nbsp
    • - paragraph 3
    • - paragraph 4
    • Second new row left box:
    • - dashdashdash
    • Second new row right box shows a division line:
    • - [dashline]
    • Third new row left box:
    • - hashtagHeader
    • Second new row right box:
    • - Header

Footer menus

  • Add link to the Pyramid Of Debate
  • Add link to the InfoGalactic SaidIt article


GUI Themes

  • improved site-wide dark theme CSS

    • customizable themes, and subsaidit themes (check box mod options / user pref = easier than code)
    • customizable themes for user site-wide use (customized viewing)
    • customizable themes for user profiles (vanity themes)
    • theme templates should be collected and saved on an open wiki for quick easy common access and updating unnecessary - just add /about/stylesheet after subsaidit address to view any stylesheet
  • flair

    • flair needs to be more useful to bother with
    • make multiple flair tags possible - like metatags or categories
    • make all flair searchable - like metatags or categories
    • make all flair link to a common list of all items with that flair - a kind of meta-list/search
    • flair tutorials and templates should be collected and saved on an open wiki for quick easy common access and updating ?
    • determine best categories
    • day & night mode or dual-use flair + text & icon flair
    • universal site-wide flair - start simply, gradual use, then more specific on subsaidits
    • universal site-wide flair should be overwritten by subsaidit flair
  • SVG and GIF images in addition to JPG and PNG

  • user only CSS themes

    • applies to user overviews, messages, etc
    • option for user to override all sub themes or only subs with universal default theme
  • banner images randomized from a selection gallery

    • with the acceptance of the new SaidIt logo, anyone can make their own images with it
    • with the new SaidIt logo, or without it, folks might submit their banner designs for voting and/or approval
    • InfoGalactic may be a place to submit images to potentially be adopted into the SaidIt selected banner gallery


Information organization

Announcements

  • a small notification area in the sidebox, sandwiched betweem submit buttons and chat box, featuring ~<=200 characters, mostly links to important posts with more details and context
    • permanently visible vs collapsible vs disappears when empty?
    • when empty display default message (to be determined)?
    • - ie: Welcome to SaidIt.net, a classy place for insightful discussions with free speech on top ; donate here ; freeshpeaches and up-onions !

Footer

History access

  • better history viewing beside just "next" (posts, comments, messages, etc)
    • ie. "previous | next | pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..., last | view 50 | view 100 | view ###

Messages

  • notifications to email
  • better history viewing beside just "next"
    • ie. "previous | next | pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..., last | view 50 | view 100 | view ###

Metatags

Notifications

  • opt-in expanded notifications, beyond default-responses-only
    • notify for all comments/responses in threads I've participated in
    • notify for all comments/responses in post I've participated in
    • notify for all posts in my subs
    • notify for all posts in selected subs

Page sorting

  • better page sorting options
    • ie. hierarchy branch, newest comments, oldest comments, etc

Rename

  • ability for a poster to edit/rename/move a post (with a permanent redirecting link left behind)
  • ability for a poster to categorize a single post under multiple subs
    • ability for another to request the poster to categorize a single post under other subs

Search

Statistics

  • open transparent accounting
  • open transparent statistics
  • registered user numbers, traffic, etc
  • numbers over time, etc


Media

  • images in comments (common on other forums)
    • embed coloured emoticons, thumbnails, media
    • unicode emoticons integration
  • ability to use animated GIFs in CSS themes for banner, icons, etc
  • GIF and SVG support in chat
  • SVG support in SaidIt
  • native support for YouTube, BitChute, PeerTube, and DTube
  • native support for Vimeo, Twitter, other?


Posts

  • a second link could provide a better image than whatever the default applies
  • image size from 70px to 100px, or more, maybe in user preference settings?


Subs

  • display but grey out the "create new sub in 168 hours" (= 1 week)

    • or countdown under preferences
    • or feature a statement after creating a new sub stating that in one week you may create again
  • "my subs" - https://saidit.net/subs/mine/

    • there currently are 3 tabs: "popular" "new" "my subs"
    • request for "not my subs" (would also necessitate adding "all subs" too)
  • sub modes

    • default all-in opt-out
    • admin-recommended selections
    • reset to none
    • custom
    • new sub auto-subscribe : on/off (default on)
    • new sub notification/message : on/off
    • opt-in expanded notifications : on/off
  • more subs per week (current max = 1)

    • an increase from 1 to 2 or more
    • or an increase every X amount of time, perhaps to a reasonable maximum
    • or an increase every X points earned, perhaps to a reasonable maximum
  • multi-sub-cross-posting would be nice

    • one post that could be shared (ie. be listed under "collusion", "conspiracy", "crime", and "USGovernment")
  • synonymous subs would be nice

    • (ie. a post in "America" or "US" would automatically be relocated to the "USA" sub)
    • this would require permissions when one mod wants to redirect to another mod's sub
  • sidebox section "Moderator Of" user overview

    • auto-expand list: off (toggle / default / optional)
    • add creation date
    • add number of posts
    • add alphabetical / creation date / number listing toggle (toggle / default / optional)
  • moderator sub settings

    • add to "title" 0/100 character count
    • add to "description" 0/300 character count


Sub lists

(ie. My Subs, New Subs, Popular Subs)

  • right margin list of "Your Front Page Subs" features some icons (ie. my subs, not approved, 18+, etc.) and this may be a great place to add more icons and/or classifications such as:

    • 0 posts (grey)
    • 1-10 posts (brown)
    • 11-20 posts (orange)
    • 21+ posts (yellow
    • ##do = days old (green)
    • ##mo = months old (blue)
    • ##yo = years old (purple)
    • non-English flags for language
    • categories (from SaidIt Subs Ending 2018):
    • - celebrity, crime, economics, energy, health, history, ideology, internet, media, politics, regional, SaidIt, self-help, sports, technology
  • below the list of subscribed subs could be a list of unsubscribed subs making it far easier to see and find much older subs without having to scroll through the countless pages, even if there were better navigation tools (lacking)


Voting

Hover

  • add hover-over-vote to reveal "Insightful" and "Fun" labels

Marking

  • add "read/unread" and/or "viewed/unviewed" and/or "highlight/unhighlight" non-vote neutral marker-flag-highlight options for users to mark and keep track of what they've seen or not, and/or mark important comments
    • apparently this already exists in the code but needs to be brought forward, either in RES and/or CSS ?

Better voting

  • add 0 to 10 star voting option for a superior measure of a quality post or insightful comment
  • add 0 to 10 star voting option on "Fun" indicates its tone
  • better voting results in better qunatifications, better statistics, better rankings, and a better community
  • show all the stars and one only needs to do one click for each vote, as it is now
  • alternatives: 1 to 5 stars ; A+ to F grades ; but not as good
  • more than just two voting options (Insightful & Fun) would be better but can be better improved with 0 to 10 ratings and/or metatags and/or categories, and more than just the two colour emoticons (ie. all colour emoticons would be nice, but are not critical)

Q+A: Saidit, what if we showed who voted on everything? in /s/AskSaidIt/comments/bo6/saidit_what_if_we_showed_who_voted_on_everything/ (2019-02-01+)

Q: Will you change "Insightful" to "Interesting" just as "Funny" changed to "Fun"?

A: "Insightful" sounds classier.


Voting algorithm

Q: The voting algorithm ranks "hot" & "top" feeds & sorts subsaidits. Is this algorithm public?

Q: Can less hot feeds be calculated, perhaps weekly, monthly, and/or interactively, rather than just "Hot Today"?

A: The SaidIt voting algorithm ranks "hot" & "top" feeds & sorts subsaidits. Is this algorithm public? Can less hot feeds be calculated, perhaps weekly, monthly, and/or interactively, rather than just "Hot Today"? I miss many good posts, have trouble keeping up, & find some bloom later. Comments? in /s/SaidItSurveys/comments/clv/the_saidit_voting_algorithm_ranks_hot_top_feeds/ (2019-02-10)




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