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  Dennis Hackethal archived idea #4490 along with any revisions.
  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #4494.

Suggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.

Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.

This would also create more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.

#4494​·​Benjamin Davies revised about 2 months ago

Valid, done.

  Dennis Hackethal archived idea #4445 along with any revisions.
  Benjamin Davies revised idea #4490.

Suggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.

Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.

It also creates more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.

Suggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.

Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.

This would also create more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.

  Benjamin Davies commented on idea #4475.

… the posts are lost amongst the other user activity.

To be clear, when you say “posts”, you mean specifically ideas the user posted only to their profile, outside of discussions?

What about reposts from discussions?

#4475​·​Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

I think users will expect reposts to appear on their profile alongside their posts on the wall. That seems natural.

  Benjamin Davies posted idea #4490.

Suggestion: Make italicised text the same colour as regular text.

Bold text is good in red. Italicised text is less legible, and the red compounds that.

It also creates more of a differentiation of emphasis between bold and italicised text.

  Benjamin Davies posted idea #4489.

Suggestion: Allow reacts to be used in the activity feed.

That way I can quickly add colour to whatever has been happening recently on the site.

  Dennis Hackethal archived idea #4267 along with any revisions.
  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #4267.

Composing a top-level idea on mobile is atrocious. Need to scroll all the way down to see the form, the form keeps hiding itself, etc.

#4267​·​Dennis HackethalOP, 3 months ago

Fixed as of 9ea99f9.

  Dennis Hackethal archived idea #4436 along with any revisions.
  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #4436.

Bug: When I try to type a top level idea into a discussion on my phone, the text is covered by the keyboard.

#4436​·​Benjamin Davies, about 2 months ago

Should be fixed as of 9ea99f9 but let me know if you’re still having issues.

  Dennis Hackethal archived idea #4445 along with any revisions.
  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #4445.

When I go on a profile, the posts are lost amongst the other user activity.

Posts should have an exclusive place on the profile, as well as featuring in the user activity.

#4445​·​Benjamin Davies, about 2 months ago

Done as of af4e814. There’s now a default wall tab and an activity tab. The wall only shows posts made specifically to the profile. That means posts by the user and others to that profile, and the user’s reposts from anywhere. Version chains are collapsed into the most recent version.

  Dennis Hackethal commented on criticism #4445.

When I go on a profile, the posts are lost amongst the other user activity.

Posts should have an exclusive place on the profile, as well as featuring in the user activity.

#4445​·​Benjamin Davies, about 2 months ago

… the posts are lost amongst the other user activity.

To be clear, when you say “posts”, you mean specifically ideas the user posted only to their profile, outside of discussions?

What about reposts from discussions?

  Dennis Hackethal archived idea #4409 along with any revisions.
  Dennis Hackethal criticized idea #4409.

Idea: embedded discussions on third-party websites.

#4409​·​Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

In beta as of bb324b9.

  Dennis Hackethal revised idea #4453.

If I mute a discussion, does that stop me from getting notifications from the people I follow, when they interact with that discussion?

Yes.

As a rule of thumb, specificity beats generality. For example, if you follow someone but mute a discussion, you won’t be notified of their posts in that discussion. But if you then subscribe to a specific thread in that muted discussion, you will get their notifications for that thread.

There are exceptions. If you mute someone, you’ll never be notified of their actions.

If I mute a discussion, does that stop me from getting notifications from the people I follow, when they interact with that discussion?

Yes.

As a rule of thumb, specificity beats generality. For example, if you follow someone but mute a discussion, you won’t be notified of their posts in that discussion. But if you then subscribe to a specific thread in that muted discussion, you will get notifications for that thread.

There are exceptions. If you mute someone, you’ll never be notified of their actions, no matter how specific.

  Dennis Hackethal commented on idea #4444.

I would like to follow you but I don't want my notifications full of bug fix stuff 😅

If there was more granularity to the follow function I would use it a lot I think.

If I mute a discussion, does that stop me from getting notifications from the people I follow, when they interact with that discussion?

#4444​·​Benjamin Davies, about 2 months ago

If I mute a discussion, does that stop me from getting notifications from the people I follow, when they interact with that discussion?

Yes.

As a rule of thumb, specificity beats generality. For example, if you follow someone but mute a discussion, you won’t be notified of their posts in that discussion. But if you then subscribe to a specific thread in that muted discussion, you will get their notifications for that thread.

There are exceptions. If you mute someone, you’ll never be notified of their actions.

  Benjamin Davies posted criticism #4445.

When I go on a profile, the posts are lost amongst the other user activity.

Posts should have an exclusive place on the profile, as well as featuring in the user activity.

  Benjamin Davies commented on idea #4442.

Also, did you know you can follow people? Click the bell icon when you visit someone’s profile.

#4442​·​Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

I would like to follow you but I don't want my notifications full of bug fix stuff 😅

If there was more granularity to the follow function I would use it a lot I think.

If I mute a discussion, does that stop me from getting notifications from the people I follow, when they interact with that discussion?

  Benjamin Davies addressed criticism #4438.

Doesn’t the ‘Search’ tab offer what you want? I could rename it to ‘Posts’. Maybe ‘Ideas’.

#4438​·​Dennis HackethalOP, about 2 months ago

Search is site-wide. I have in mind a feed of what people are writing, that isn't in discussions.

I understand this might be too social-media-y for your taste, but I think it would be good to have. It doesn't need to be prominent. Discussions can remain the main focus.

  Dennis Hackethal commented on criticism #4422.

Veritula should have a 'Posts' tab next to the 'Discussions' tab, where people can browse the things people post on their profiles.

#4422​·​Benjamin Davies, about 2 months ago

Also, did you know you can follow people? Click the bell icon when you visit someone’s profile.

  Dennis Hackethal revised idea #4439.

Try appending /latest to the link. I still need to expose this feature somehow, but you can use that in the meantime.

Example: https://veritula.com/ideas/4434-5-minute-creativity-tl-dr-when-making-a/latest

Try appending /latest to the link. I still need to expose this feature somehow, but you can use that in the meantime.

Example: https://veritula.com/ideas/4421-5-minute-creativity-tl-dr-when-making-a/latest

  Dennis Hackethal commented on criticism #4437.

When a reader comes to a Veritula post via a link, the site should let them know if there is a superseding revised version of it, and if they would like to see that version instead. When I share things with my friends, I want them to see the most current version, not the version that corresponds to the link they have been given at some point in the past.

Right now it depends on the user seeing that it is not the most recent revision on their own.

#4437​·​Benjamin Davies, about 2 months ago

Try appending /latest to the link. I still need to expose this feature somehow, but you can use that in the meantime.

Example: https://veritula.com/ideas/4434-5-minute-creativity-tl-dr-when-making-a/latest

  Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #4422.

Veritula should have a 'Posts' tab next to the 'Discussions' tab, where people can browse the things people post on their profiles.

#4422​·​Benjamin Davies, about 2 months ago

Doesn’t the ‘Search’ tab offer what you want? I could rename it to ‘Posts’. Maybe ‘Ideas’.