SaidIt feature ideas
SaidIt top 3 new feature ideas
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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
A SaidIt iPhone app variant of Beam for Reddit on iOS - currently in the works.
Decentralization - a long term goal, 1-2 years out.
See also: https://infogalactic.com/info/SaidIt#Future_plans
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 !
Community features
stronger personalization and community functionality
- personal avatars
- personal user profile homepages (wiki?)
- personal galleries + media
- collective galleries + media
- collective wikis
Footer
add to footer menu:
- SaidIt FAQ wiki
- SaidIt MASTER WIKIS LIST
- Encyclopedic article link https://infogalactic.com/info/SaidIt
footer banner menu (not to be confused with the footer menu)
- is already built with unused potential, should it ever be needed - but what to include ?
- footer banner image can be changed (see /u/JasonCarswell 's subs with custom CSS)
GUI Graphic User Interface
Allow adjustable thumbnail sizes
- in subsaidit CSS stylesheets
- in preferences (ie. from 70px to 100px, or more)
Add the InfoGalactic SaidIt article to the footer menu
new data-group in top right corner over header/banner image
- 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)
Posts with distinguishing icons
- icons : text / link / image / video
- other icons : audio / PDF / etc
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 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
- -  
- - 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
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
Images
comment images (common on other forums)
- embed emoticons, thumbnails, media
ability to use animated GIFs in CSS themes for banner, icons, etc
Messaging/Notification
to email
better history viewing beside just "next"
- (ie. "previous | next | pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..., last | view 50 | view 100 | view ###)
Organization
improved search to include comments
- see also: Searx open source search engine: https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/dev/install/installation.html
metatags and better classification of subs, posts, and comments
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
better page sorting options
- (ie. hierarchy branch, newest comments, oldest comments, etc)
better history viewing beside just "next"
- (ie. "previous | next | pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..., last | view 50 | view 100 | view ###)
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
Posts
- a secondary image or link source would be great so that you can specifically illustrate better than the default link could
Statistics
open transparent statistics
registered user numbers, traffic, etc
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)
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 updatingunnecessary - 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
Voting
Finish changing "Insightful" to "Interesting" just as you changed "Funny" to "Fun"
a "viewed/unviewed" or "read/unread" neutral non-vote marker or flag so a person can keep tabs of what they've seen before or not
- apparently this already exists in the code but needs to be brought forward, either in RES and/or CSS ?
hover over vote for labels "Interesting" "Fun"
Saidit, what if we showed who voted on everything? 1 (2019-02-01+)
more than just two emoticon-voting classification options (Insightful/Interesting & Funny/Fun)
- update: Add either A+ to F, 1-5, or 1-10 star voting options for a superior measure of a quality post or comment. Keep the "fun" as an indicator of tone.
Voting algorithm
It 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"?
"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?" 2 (2019-02-10)
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