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These lists of ideas are good, bad, ugly, and incomplete. Some of the bad ideas may lead to better ones so even the bad ideas are helpful, if for nothing other than an issue indicator and placeholder.

These lists may be alphabetical, in some arbitrary order, or a combination. Please feel free to contribute to these lists or solutions and organize as you see fit.

Note: These lists were copied from https://infogalactic.com/info/SaidIt#Wish_lists That article has some reference links back to discussions here on SaidIt. With usage these lists' content will no longer mirror. Without usage these lists may grow outdated as these issues get addressed.



SaidIt policy wish list

Nothing yet:

  • [to be determined]

See also: /s/SaidItSurveys/wiki/drafts#wiki_policy



SaidIt top 3 new feature wish-list

  • [to be determined]

  • [to be determined]

  • [to be determined]

While this list is now empty, a new SaidIt Survey is being openly drafted /s/SaidItSurveys/wiki/drafts#wiki_features. When ready it will be posted to call on everyone for their democratic input, feedback, discussion, and ideas about features wanted and desired improvements (as well as the transparent process of notification and implementation, other policies, and the future of SaidIt).


Already in the works:

  • A SaidIt iPhone app variant of Beam for Reddit on iOS - currently in development.

  • Decentralization - a long term goal, 1-2 years out.

See also: https://infogalactic.com/info/SaidIt#Future_plans



SaidIt brain dump

There are a lot of great ideas flippantly tossed out there and forgotten just as quickly, in posts, comments, or in chat.

This list is an intentionally chaotic catch all, just to grab and hold them so they don't drift off into eternity.

Eventually someone with enough OCD or motivation will come along to integrate all these brain dumped ideas into the overwhelmingly long organized feature wish lists and seeds for policy discussion.

  • SaidIt policy wish list ; SaidIt top 3 new feature wish-list ; SaidIt brain dump ; SaidIt features wish list ; SaidIt IRC Chat wish list ; SaidIt future wish list ; SaidIt wikis

  • Administration ; Design ; Features ; Moderation ; Multi-Issue ; Policy ; Topical ; Uncertain / Other

Feel free to give credit or document the time or whatever.

Feel free to give as much detail as is necessary but the only brain dump rule is...

Keep it as clear and short as possible.

Don't be afraid to rework someone's words and improve their idea, unless it needs to be a direct quote.

If the idea is just a one line copy pasta don't worry about editing it down.

Just add your idea(s) before or after existing ideas, and don't mess up others by pasting in middle of existing ideas that may span several lines.


  • The Lounge (chat) 2019-03-25 :

    • 16:27:57 magnora7 we are thinking of making a sign-up test to make it more difficult to make accounts
    • 16:30:25 magnora7 that'd be cool if there was a way to download your saidit profile



SaidIt features wish list


Announcements:

  • a small notification area in the sidebox, sandwiched betweem submit buttons and chat box, featuring ~<=200 characters, mostly links to important posts with more details and context

    • permanently visible vs collapsible vs disappears when empty?
    • when empty display default message (to be determined)?
    • - ie: Welcome to SaidIt.net, a classy place for insightful discussions with free speech on top ; donate here ; freeshpeaches and up-onions !


Organization:

  • improved search to include comments

  • metatags and better classification of subs, posts, and comments

  • opt-in expanded notifications, beyond default-responses-only

    • notify for all comments/responses in threads I've participated in
    • notify for all comments/responses in post I've participated in
    • notify for all posts in my subs
    • notify for all posts in selected subs
  • better page sorting options

    • (ie. hierarchy branch, newest comments, oldest comments, etc)
  • better history viewing beside just "next"

    • (ie. "previous | next | pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..., last | view 50 | view 100 | view ###)
  • ability for a poster to edit/rename/move a post (with a permanent redirecting link left behind)

  • ability for a poster to categorize a single post under multiple subs

    • ability for another to request the poster to categorize a single post under other subs


Themes:

  • improved site-wide dark theme CSS

    • customizable themes, and subsaidit themes (check box mod options / user pref = easier than code)
    • customizable themes for user site-wide use (customized viewing)
    • customizable themes for user profiles (vanity themes)
    • theme templates should be collected and saved on an open wiki for quick easy common access and updating unnecessary - just add /about/stylesheet after subsaidit address to view any stylesheet
  • flair

    • flair needs to be more useful to bother with
    • make multiple flair tags possible - like metatags or categories
    • make all flair searchable - like metatags or categories
    • make all flair link to a common list of all items with that flair - a kind of meta-list/search
    • flair tutorials and templates should be collected and saved on an open wiki for quick easy common access and updating ?
    • determine best categories
    • day & night mode or dual-use flair + text & icon flair
    • universal site-wide flair - start simply, gradual use, then more specific on subsaidits
    • universal site-wide flair should be overwritten by subsaidit flair
  • SVG and GIF images in addition to JPG and PNG

  • user only CSS themes

    • applies to user overviews, messages, etc
    • option for user to override all sub themes or only subs with universal default theme
  • banner images randomized from a selection gallery

    • with the acceptance of the new SaidIt logo, anyone can make their own images with it
    • with the new SaidIt logo, or without it, folks might submit their banner designs for voting and/or approval
    • InfoGalactic may be a place to submit images to potentially be adopted into the SaidIt selected banner gallery


Posts:

  • a secondary image or link source would be great so that you can specifically illustrate better than the default link could


Voting:

  • Finish changing "Insightful" to "Interesting" just as you changed "Funny" to "Fun"

  • a "viewed/unviewed" or "read/unread" neutral non-vote marker or flag so a person can keep tabs of what they've seen before or not

    • apparently this already exists in the code but needs to be brought forward, either in RES and/or CSS ?
  • hover over vote for labels "Interesting" "Fun"

  • Saidit, what if we showed who voted on everything? 1 (2019-02-01+)

  • more than just two emoticon-voting classification options (Insightful/Interesting & Funny/Fun)

    • update: Add either A+ to F, 1-5, or 1-10 star voting options for a superior measure of a quality post or comment. Keep the "fun" as an indicator of tone.


Voting algorithm:

  • It ranks "hot" & "top" feeds & sorts subsaidits. Is this algorithm public?

  • Can less hot feeds be calculated, perhaps weekly, monthly, and/or interactively, rather than just "Hot Today"?

  • "The SaidIt voting algorithm ranks "hot" & "top" feeds & sorts subsaidits. Is this algorithm public? Can less hot feeds be calculated, perhaps weekly, monthly, and/or interactively, rather than just "Hot Today"? I miss many good posts, have trouble keeping up, & find some bloom later. Comments?" 2 (2019-02-10)


Subs:

  • display but grey out the "create new sub in 168 hours" (= 1 week)

    • or countdown under preferences
    • or feature a statement after creating a new sub stating that in one week you may create again
  • "my subs" - https://saidit.net/subs/mine/

    • there currently are 3 tabs: "popular" "new" "my subs"
    • request for "not my subs" (would also necessitate adding "all subs" too)
  • sub modes

    • default all-in opt-out
    • admin-recommended selections
    • reset to none
    • custom
    • new sub auto-subscribe : on/off (default on)
    • new sub notification/message : on/off
    • opt-in expanded notifications : on/off
  • more subs per week (current max = 1)

    • an increase from 1 to 2 or more
    • or an increase every X amount of time, perhaps to a reasonable maximum
    • or an increase every X points earned, perhaps to a reasonable maximum
  • multi-sub-cross-posting would be nice

    • one post that could be shared (ie. be listed under "collusion", "conspiracy", "crime", and "USGovernment")
  • synonymous subs would be nice

    • (ie. a post in "America" or "US" would automatically be relocated to the "USA" sub)
    • this would require permissions when one mod wants to redirect to another mod's sub
  • sidebox section "Moderator Of" user overview

    • auto-expand list: off (toggle / default / optional)
    • add creation date
    • add number of posts
    • add alphabetical / creation date / number listing toggle (toggle / default / optional)
  • moderator sub settings

    • add to "title" 0/100 character count
    • add to "description" 0/300 character count


Sub lists:

(ie. My Subs, New Subs, Popular Subs)

  • right margin list of "Your Front Page Subs" features some icons (ie. my subs, not approved, 18+, etc.) and this may be a great place to add more icons and/or classifications such as:

    • 0 posts (grey)
    • 1-10 posts (brown)
    • 11-20 posts (orange)
    • 21+ posts (yellow
    • ##do = days old (green)
    • ##mo = months old (blue)
    • ##yo = years old (purple)
    • non-English flags for language
    • categories (from SaidIt Subs Ending 2018):
    • - celebrity, crime, economics, energy, health, history, ideology, internet, media, politics, regional, SaidIt, self-help, sports, technology
  • below the list of subscribed subs could be a list of unsubscribed subs making it far easier to see and find much older subs without having to scroll through the countless pages, even if there were better navigation tools (lacking)


Messaging/Notification:

  • to email

  • better history viewing beside just "next"

    • (ie. "previous | next | pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..., last | view 50 | view 100 | view ###)


Community:

  • stronger personalization and community functionality

    • personal avatars
    • personal user profile homepages (wiki?)
    • personal galleries + media
    • collective galleries + media
    • collective wikis


Images:

  • comment images (common on other forums)

    • embed emoticons, thumbnails, media
  • ability to use animated GIFs in CSS themes for banner, icons, etc


GUI Graphic User Interface:

  • Allow adjustable thumbnail sizes

    • in subsaidit CSS stylesheets
    • in preferences (ie. from 70px to 100px, or more)
  • Add the InfoGalactic SaidIt article to the footer menu

  • new data-group in top right corner over header/banner image

    • links to announcements
    • micro-banner badge-button for super important announcements
    • opt-in preference options
    • - date and time (with display options)
    • - local weather (with display options, requires users desired region)
    • - donate button (in another better more prominent place than just the footer)
    • - SaidIt Network (see Future Wish List)
  • Posts with distinguishing icons

    • icons : text / link / image / video
    • other icons : audio / PDF / etc
  • In the comment's "formatting help" Markdown table can you change the table header background colour and/or allow it to be CSS modified?

  • In the comment's "formatting help" Markdown table can you add a few more rows?

    • First new row left box (maybe after quoted text):
    • - paragraph 1
    • - paragraph 2
    • - dash
    • - paragraph 3
    • - paragraph 4
    • First new row right box shows how just a "-" will skip a line:
    • - paragraph 1
    • - paragraph 2
    • - &nbsp
    • - paragraph 3
    • - paragraph 4
    • Second new row left box:
    • - dashdashdash
    • Second new row right box shows a division line:
    • - [dashline]
    • Third new row left box:
    • - hashtagHeader
    • Second new row right box:
    • - Header
  • Top right corner menu "My Subs v"

    • either the box shows or arrow disappears with custom CSS
    • dropdown menu of all subs is under all fixed menus


Statistics:

  • open transparent statistics

  • registered user numbers, traffic, etc


Footer



SaidIt IRC Chat wish list

  • thumbnails

    • large image thumbnails
    • large link thumbnails
    • large video thumbnails
    • embedded videos
  • personal avatars

  • a single unified chat crossover chat app compatible to many sources, like Pigeon (software)

    • (ie. one chat app rather than several: SaidIt, Discord, Orbit, etc)



SaidIt future wish list

  • SaidIt on the Fediverse via Mastodon (software) (https://infogalactic.com/info/Mastodon_(software)), etc.

  • a SaidIt version of MediaWiki, perhaps as a Wikipedia mirror/fork or as an additional filter/overlay

  • a SaidIt vault (possibly in a wiki), an archive to web-scrape and store all linked content, should they go stale

    • articles
    • media (images, books, audio, video, etc)
    • as a decentralized (shared) permanent web archive
  • "I had an idea for yet ANOTHER project today. If the folks on SaidIt could crowdsource draft weekly scripts of a high enough caliber about the news, etc. And if someone could provide a good voice and perhaps sound engineering - I could animate an old-style newsman at a desk with a screen over his shoulder with sourced imagery. "SAIDIT WEEKLY UPDATE" After a few episodes all the kinks should be worked out, including some automation, and with submissions with footage it should be pretty easy to smash out."

  • SaidIt Network

    • decentralization options
    • SaidIt's FreeSpeech.wiki
    • SaidIt.tv - SaidIt could start a channel, and regardless where or how the video is hosted, it would always be embedded on SaidIt. Naturally the various video hosting platforms would have crossover supportive communities too.
  • In The Lounge Chat, Vigte suggested, "What about a saidit podcast - every month or whatever, D3rr and Magnora interview someone from the community to shoot the shit. Even if it's like 15 minutes lol."




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