My Thoughts on What's Wrong with Saidit

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[–]bobbobbybob 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

/u/magnora7

This has spurred me to an idea. Can we limit cross-posting? I've no problem with random stuff, I love it, but the same thing posted in 2 or more subs is really irritating to scan through. Perhaps make people really think about where they post their links?

[–]magnora7 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah that's a good idea. I'd like to limit it to 2 or 3 max. But the ultimate would be to have all crossposts automatically combined in to one meta-post with all the comments from the various subs merged.

The limit project would probably be a 5-10 hour project. The combining meta-post feature would probably be a 50 hour project. I wish I had a programmer who knew python and postgresql to help build new features

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yes! Merged!

I don't collect karma points, they just happen. I can't gift or redeem value from them. It's just an arbitrary activity marker. I don't even like the 2-1 point insightful-fun vote.

A limit project is a waste of time IMO. Make it a policy if you must. I think it's stupid, but I'd obey. IMO it should be put to the masses for their opinion on it.

The meta-post feature might be an opportunity to also add or remove or control other features. Instead of a 50 hour project, consider making it a 100 hour project and bring all those other good ideas to the table for a grand re-write. Only you would know if it's worth 50 or 100 hours - or - if restarting a new forum with new organization, rules, and goals might be more practical. Not leaving SaidIt to die, but just adding a new evolution with new burdens.

It might also be worth putting this to the masses, along with whatever other potential features at the top of your list, to get feedback and raise interest in funding some code bounties.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Agree. The website isn't large enough to warrant that. /u/JasonCarswell

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'd prefer to just have one post with one set of comments that shows up in the topical subs or just use metatags.

The subs are random chaos now because M7D3 did nothing about it years ago, so trying to actually organize this site is long past being practical for topical subs, categorizing, classifications, metatags, etc. That's not on me.

Everyone uses SaidIt differently. I try to build topical subs worth researching in.