So, even outside of election years browser crushing 3000+ post megathreads are now a not uncommon thing - should we be looking at pagination at the 2000 comment mark? And if not pagination what else could be done to make them less of a browser crushing experience, especially on mobile?
posted by Artw
on Apr 18, 2013 -
93 comments
The activity pages for each user put the last thread commented in first on the page, but within each thread the comments are in chronological order. I think it would make more sense, and be more intuitive, to have both the thread and the comments in reverse chronological order. This would mean reading down the page would take you deeper into history until you came to the next thread.
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posted by OmieWise
on Mar 26, 2013 -
24 comments
Sometimes, coming into a thread and seeing a comment a mod has made, there's confusion - it seems to have little relation to the comments immediately above it. Often, but not always, this means stuff has been deleted, but it's hard to tell. How hard would it be to implement delete notifications or a way to show that comments had been deleted in-thread? Is this a thing other people would find useful?
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posted by corb
on Mar 21, 2013 -
123 comments
I made an ill considered remark in timsteil's
folkstreams post and he made a polite response which made me feel ashamed after I saw his consternation. I wanted to clarify my harsh out and went to make a clarifying comment when my computer crashed and I had to reboot. And when I got back, I made my comment and then saw his was already deleted. I am getting so sick of the editing of our conversations.I really think sometime that there should be placeholders for all deletions you make. You are overdoing it, in my estimation.
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posted by y2karl
on Mar 17, 2013 -
54 comments
So Metafilter right now consists of *
Metafilter / MetaTalk- launched in 1999. Askmefi - launched in 2003. Projects - launched in 2005. Music - launched in 2006. Jobs - launched 2006. IRL - launched ??
Now I love, love, love, Meta and all associated sub-sites but I was wondering if perhaps a writing / short story sub-site (for original works) was also possible.?**
[*all dates taken from wikipedia]
[**apologies if this has already been discussed, I searched and couldn't find reference to a writing sub-site on MetaTalk]
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posted by Faintdreams
on Feb 12, 2013 -
100 comments
I like the sidebar on the front page, and how it shows nifty stuff and contact activity. When I'm on my phone, I don't have that, and it makes me feel sad inside. Would the powers that be consider adding a line to the menu on the mobile site that would link to the sidebar content? In my head, this looks exactly like what we have on the front page, except tinier and by itself.
posted by phunniemee
on Feb 7, 2013 -
84 comments
Is it possible to get a memail if there have been date/time/location changes to an IRL event they've RSVP'd to? And as an extension, possibly a notification when a proposed event is confirmed?
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posted by youngergirl44
on Feb 2, 2013 -
30 comments
A tiny Quonsmas pony for all! Could we get some sort of "Quonsed" option for the relationships list when we're adding contacts?
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posted by Fui Non Sum
on Dec 23, 2012 -
11 comments
Feature or script: popup boxes to display single-image deeplinks in posts and comments? (like the youtube popups.)
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posted by snuffleupagus
on Dec 20, 2012 -
17 comments
Yay for secretquonsar! Got my gift today! Hoping mine wings its way on time.
posted by infini
on Dec 15, 2012 -
3 comments
Pony clydesdale request: a community-edited list of recommendations for AskMe questions that aggregate the answers in the discussoin thread and put them together in one place along with relevant links.
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posted by jsturgill
on Dec 10, 2012 -
14 comments
My world would be complete if, after navigating up and down through posts using j and k, I could then navigate left and right through the links in the selected post using h and l.
posted by swift
on Nov 13, 2012 -
23 comments
Ajax updates that allow us to see new comments without reloading an entire page have been a wonderful addition to this site. Any chance we could get Ajax posting as well? This would be really helpful in long threads which can crash my browser after I post a comment.
posted by grouse
on Nov 7, 2012 -
49 comments
Feature request: opt-in email or MeMail when a meetup in your city is proposed.
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posted by gen
on Nov 4, 2012 -
13 comments
Seeing the thread on
letterpress, I thought to seek out other MeFites and also let them know how to find me in GameCenter.
We have a
thread here about this, but I would like to request a pony in the form of adding GameCenter to the Social Apps section of the user profile.
Please?
posted by drfu
on Oct 26, 2012 -
70 comments
Small feature request: Can we have
B,
I and
Link buttons in the Personal Info portion of the Edit Profile Page? It would make it slightly easier to edit that section.
posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Oct 26, 2012 -
28 comments
Can we get a keyboard shortcut for adding favorites?
I use the j/k and m
keyboard shortcuts all the time, but when I want to favorite a post or comment, I need to reach for the mouse. This will not do!
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posted by tonycpsu
on Sep 6, 2012 -
26 comments
Super minor pony request: the option to add a This Is My Jam updating widget to profiles?
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posted by ifjuly
on Aug 29, 2012 -
22 comments
Pony Request - is it possible to automatically fix broken URLs that omit the "http://"?
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posted by Magnakai
on Jul 16, 2012 -
23 comments
I love reading MetaFilter on my phone! I have a couple discussion prompts/pony requests about it.
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posted by peachfuzz
on May 15, 2012 -
28 comments
PONY: Applying the same higher standard to FPPs about "the crisis in academia" as the one that's applied to other outragefilter FPPs? They come up regularly, they turn into trainwrecks. In fact, they always turn into
the same trainwreck. I realize that these FPPs are not quite "newsfilter" and sometimes seem substantive, but experience shows that they never lead to respectful discussion, just acrimony and meticulous, systematic trolling.
posted by Nomyte
on May 11, 2012 -
152 comments
Pony request: a place for random answers, or tips, that have no immediate questions, but might be useful to someone, sometime, somewhere.
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posted by JHarris
on May 1, 2012 -
66 comments
For some time I've been moving around MetaFilter on mobile, and I'm missing the 'Contact Activities' (side bar feature). I can't keep up with my favourite pack nearly as well.
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posted by de
on Apr 12, 2012 -
11 comments
Around a year ago there was an idea floated about favorite categorization. I think that this would be a great feature for the site. Is it still in the "too ambitious" pile of site features, or have the coders taken another look at it since then?
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posted by codacorolla
on Mar 10, 2012 -
28 comments
When adding a contact, the reasons you can give are all positive. But those aren't the only reasons you can have for wanting their posts on your sidebar.
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posted by clarknova
on Mar 2, 2012 -
114 comments
So it turns out my 18 month old son has been attending a Junior Metafilter Moderator training course. He surprised us with
what he learned yesterday, so I figured I'd add it here in order to make our current (greatest) generation of mods' lives a bit easier.
posted by robocop is bleeding
on Feb 17, 2012 -
79 comments
Idle pony request: optional, check-box activated persistent top navbar, such that the main site content scrolls up behind it.
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posted by mwhybark
on Feb 1, 2012 -
27 comments
Has there ever been talk about a "
mail this question to a friend" thingy for askmefi? I frequently see a question and know someone who would know the answer but completely forget to actually tell them about the post.
This would probably also work on the blue... "
mail this post to a friend." I never use those on sites, but I have that on my blog and I'm always surprised how much it gets used. Maybe put it up there under the "Share:" links?
posted by Blake
on Dec 15, 2011 -
42 comments
Wondering if it's possible to limit a search to just within my favorited posts?
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posted by amanda
on Dec 13, 2011 -
45 comments
Recently active pony: Is there a way to see recent activity since specific, non-self comments? Or some other way to bookmark threads?
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posted by Westringia F.
on Nov 19, 2011 -
16 comments
