GospelEXE Backer Posts: 23 Registered: 4/24/2017
gospelexe
# 1 - Posted on 5/25/2017 12:35:09

So I noticed that in the thoughts and chats on our profile pages, we are able to comment within those posts from the users. I guess a few questions come to mind for this:

  • Are there any ideas of implementing more information on those threads? Maybe a collapse/expand system and/or showing how many comments there are in those posts.
  • I have not exactly tested this out myself, but are there any notifications provided to the users showing that something has been posted within a chat/thought post?
  • In the event that somebody wants to talk to another user on the site, are there going to be any PMs on the site as well?
  • I noticed that I don't think I've ever received forum notifications in the event that your topic has been replied to. This might be good to add as well, although I know forums sometimes do not do this.

Thanks again for your awesome work on this!

Post Edited on 5/25/2017 13:26:25
moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6844 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 2 - Posted on 5/26/2017 12:54:10

Are there any ideas of implementing more information on those threads? Maybe a collapse/expand system and/or showing how many comments there are in those posts.

Are you referring to the popup here or the thoughts / chat sections on the Profile page itself? Showing the number of comments should be easy to implement pretty much anywhere, but collapse / expand can get tricky, depending on the location (and more specifically, how the data is loaded).

I have not exactly tested this out myself, but are there any notifications provided to the users showing that something has been posted within a chat/thought post?

Yep, you should receive a notification with a little red icon next to the My Feed menu item if someone has commented on a thread you created (even if it was auto-generated like if you add a game) or commented on a thread you've participated in. The notification should remain until you click on the item and open the popup to view its contents. Also, on the Feed page, you should see a blue border on the items that have unread posts. I just added a comment to one of your posts, so you should be notified now. I'd like to enhance the Feed page with some more filters like for finding things that have likes or comments or have unread posts.

In the event that somebody wants to talk to another user on the site, are there going to be any PMs on the site as well?

I've thought about this before, but I'm not sure we have enough activity to justify it currently. But as we grow, it would definitely be something I'd like to add.

I noticed that I don't think I've ever received forum notifications in the event that your topic has been replied to. This might be good to add as well, although I know forums sometimes do not do this.

This is deceptively complicated, but it's something I've considered. Another forum feature that I've wanted to add for a long time is the ability to see which threads have unread posts. It might be nice to subscribe to threads as well. The forums are more or less how they were when I first built them some 3-4 years ago, so they could probably use a bit of enhancements

Post Edited on 5/26/2017 12:56:18
GospelEXE Backer Posts: 23 Registered: 4/24/2017
gospelexe
# 3 - Posted on 5/26/2017 18:06:34

Great response! Thank you. I actually just noticed the Red (!) next to My Feed and I was like "... What's new to my feed? How do I get rid of this thing!?" Then I referenced back to my forum post and just answered my question along with you answering it, haha.