vestal flume
kind of like a hybrid between the forum system and the thread system; I liked the ability to browse old and new posts of a SPECIFIC subject, I know there are tags but most people don't use them and I do not blame them
PLZ others let me know what you think
dire bane
Well, while that's a good idea, many people misused the branches somewhat, I believe. Not everyone knows what they are dealing with, unfortunately.
lapis hedge
also tags exist
vestal flume
I know there are tags but most people don't use them and I do not blame them
until you are FORCED to add a tag on post creation I don't really see them as a replacement for this
that's probably a better alternative aswell; I only didn't suggest it because I'm not sure if it's possible to do with a bot or discord provided setting 🤷♀️
dire bane
Oh, actually, forced tags sound nice.
You will be able to select multiple, too.
Not all problems fall neatly into just one branch, after all.
vestal flume
Yeah forced tags would really fix everything, and maybe allow moderators to close posts that have blatantly incorrect tags that are clearly wrong not because the person is confused but because they're just lazy
dire bane
Yeah forced tags would really fix everything, and maybe allow moderators to clos...
Well, closing sounds too harsh. But manually correcting? Sure.
lapis hedge
permanent ban for misputting a tag sounds funny
vestal flume
I only lack the sympathy for those who do things like this because the people lazily creating posts are never the people who help others lol
it's the people who blindly post their homework
dire bane
Well, yeah. Ideally, people would post their efforts first.
But that usually doesn't happen...
vestal flume
having your post closed also isn't that bad of a punishment, you can reopen it with the correct tag, I figure the inconvenience of having to re-post will be enough to ensure someone actually uses the tags correctly in the future (or tries to)
anyway this is beyond the point; I think forced tags are a good alternative if possible
dire bane
having your post closed also isn't that bad of a punishment, you can reopen it w...
Oh, sorry. I didn't exactly know what you meant by "closed", I thought it was closer to "deleted". In that case, fine, but there needs to be a message on why it is closed, otherwise people might not understand.
vestal flume
totally
I imagine you'd be able to setup some sort of command that a moderator can do that privates the post and pings the creator informing them that they need to reevaluate their tags
lapis hedge
why would you private the post tho
vestal flume
so they don't just ignore the message lmao
incentive I suppose but maybe that's just me being ultra uncharitable to the average hypothetical rule breaker
I just don't see why the post wouldn't be made private since keeping it public leaves room for the event that some person comes in and helps them before they feel the need to change it
and changing it is so easy
lapis hedge
hmm
vestal flume
like if this was anything else I'd understand but personally I think using the correct tags is super easy and really beneficial
as someone who self studies I found being able to browse a channel specific to what I was studying in the old thread system really beneficial
even if it was dead posts from earlier in the day
vestal flume
thank you holy spirit
viral void
Oh, actually, forced tags sound nice.
i can add that
viral void
it''s rather simple actually
there's a feature for that
so that you have to select at least one tag publish the post
otherwise it just doesn't work
thing is, a lot of people would indeed select the wrong thing or just the general category
which would lead to a lot of corrections
and also it'd grow less effective the more time passes
so like, if a person posts a post about algebra, but really it's about trigonometry and geometry
it'd be shown in the wrong category until someone fixes it
but after 2-3 days it's not really that useful anymore
sure, someone might browse through old questions, but it's not quite common
vestal flume
Even if all that is added is forced tags and more encouragement to use the correct tags that'd be nice
because I'm sure forced tags would fix 99% of the problem, I suppose there will always be the 1% who incorrectly tags
viral void
because I'm sure forced tags would fix 99% of the problem, I suppose there will ...
i bet it won't be 1%, it'd be closer to 20%
but sure, we can always try
@dire bane does that seem reasonable?
dire bane
<@290136354233384960> does that seem reasonable?
Yeah, I suppose.
Though, there probably needs to be an announcement in #announcements .
viral void
Though, there probably needs to be an announcement in <#757278672515498155> .
Why is that? It's not a huge deal
It just means you can't post without selecting a tag
dire bane
Why is that? It's not a huge deal
Well, just for the sake of documentation, I guess.
viral void
Right
