Tips & tricks to get the most out of saidit

submitted by magnora7[A] from self.SaidIt

You can vote both insightful and funny simultaneously, if both are appropriate. This gives it the most points. Insightful is +2, fun is +1, both is +3.

Once you're logged in, check out the 'preferences' page from the link in the top-right.

This is all your user preferences. You can display up to 100 links per page, instead of just 25, that's what I do.

Here you can also unsubscribe from all subs at once if you want to design your subscription list in an opt-in way and choose your own from scratch, rather than the default opt-out way, where you just remove things from your subscription list as you browse /s/subscribed (the link for this is at the very top-left of the screen).

If you have technical problems, you can always message me or even just mention /u/magnora7 in your comment about the problem and that'll guarantee I'll see it.

On the main page, check out the 'new' and 'comments' tabs at the top. These show the newest posts, and the newest comments on the whole site. This will show you everything on the site. More people voting in 'new' is appreciated, because quality stuff has to be voted on a couple times there first to really make it to the front page.

We have an open-source Android app, available on the Android store and F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.saiditnet.redreader/

There's lots of useful links in the footer as well, at the bottom of every page. Let me know if you have questions.

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[–]friend 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I already use RedReader for Reddit, so the fact that this is ported to SaidIt is a real delight. Thanks for your work and for this useful information.

[–]magnora7[S] 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

/u/d3rr (our other admin) did that port and I agree he did a fantastic job with it. Glad to help!

[–]magnora7[S] 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

And here's saidit's welcome message if you haven't seen it: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/37r/welcome_to_saiditnet/

And the terms and content policy, if you're interested in the particulars of what's allowed and what's not: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/j1/the_saiditnet_terms_and_content_policy/

[–]ikidd 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Probably not interesting to very many users, but I've published a webapp frontend for Saidit on the Ubuntu Touch Openstore.

https://open-store.io/app/saiditwebapp.ikidd

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Wow that's really cool! Thank you for taking the initiative to do such a thing! /u/d3rr check this out

Much appreciated, that is really out of the blue and unexpected. You're a model saiditter :)

[–]ikidd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not a big deal, its a pretty quick process. I need to fine tune it a bit and add some suburls for In box and profile when I get a few minutes.

For the 3 users that run UBTouch that have ever logged in :)

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's great! Even if it's just 3 users, that's 3 more than before :)

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Way cool. You got a screenshot? We'll add it to the list of Said it apps.

[–]ikidd 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

its basically just a view of the mobile webpage. I was going to add some extra stuff, ill send an update later and maybe I can take a SS thats more interesting

[–]ikidd 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Screenshot

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Dude I had no idea that Ubuntu Touch was supported on so many phones. I'm super jealous, I have a preorder in for a Purism linux phone but it's a ways out still. Damn I had a working Nexus 5 until a few months ago, I could have been using this.

Anyway thanks again for making a SaidIt app.

[–]ikidd 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I just picked up a couple of shitty Nexus5 for $40 off "some guy". I've been happy enough with it to use as a daily driver, but it still has some quirks.

I'd like to go the Purism route but I don't really like spending a lot of money on a phone that's going to end up in a lake of cowshit like my Nexus did yesterday.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I gave purism way too much money but I really want them to succeed. Hopefully I'll be good to go until the third or fourth Librem is released.

Sorry your phone died, sucks.

[–]akerro 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

How can I make /s/subscribed to be my default view?

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We are developing a user option to do exactly that. Hopefully we'll have it out in a week or two at most.

[–]BigGreenYamo 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Will there be a Saidit Enhancement Suite in the future? :D

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Already done! But it's still in development mode a bit. Try it out!: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/je/res_for_saidit_supports_chrome_opera_firefox_and/

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not exactly a FAQ, this almost finished encyclopedic article may help you understand many things about SaidIt : https://infogalactic.com/info/SaidIt

[–]ezra 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Just putting this out there - I'd use this site waaay more if RES was ported here.

[–]magnora7[S] 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Your wish is my command: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/je/res_for_saidit_supports_chrome_opera_firefox_and/

[–]ezra 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Oh wow, I'm an idiot! Thanks so much for sharing!

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No problem! Check out all the links in the footer of the page for even more cool stuff :)

[–]ezra 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm on mobile rn x) Will do later though.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I love it when this happens

[–]Admins 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Damn, no porn allowed. Should've sticked that policy on the frontpage.

[–]hijodeosiris 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Does the site has something similar to RES (reddit enhancement suite) ?

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes we do! But be aware that installing it will completely overwrite and erase all your old reddit RES settings, it's a known bug.

But if you're ok with that, here's the link: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/je/res_for_saidit_supports_chrome_opera_firefox_and/

[–]jmphasemc 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

So how are comments sorted?

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same as posts. The default is 'top' which just means whatever has the most points. Insightful is +2 points and fun is +1

[–]Fly 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Can reddit take legal action against this website for being so similar? I'd hate for it to become a proper competitor and then get slammed with legalities.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Sure they can bring a case but open source is open source, no takebacks. Well not with most licenses.

[–]Fly 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah okay, good to know.

[–]antikarma98 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Newbie question: I want to unsubscribe from a few subsaidits, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how. "... the default opt-out way, where you just remove things from your subscription list as you browse /s/subscribed (the link for this is at the very top-left of the screen)." That's where I am, and I see no unsubscribe buttons. On Reddit, there are subscribe and unsubscribe buttons on every subreddit's home page, but I don't see those on saidit either. Probably my own denseness, but I'd appreciate a patient nudge. Thanks.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You're right, there should be buttons next to the subs while viewing /s/subscribed, but the unsubscribe buttons themselves are in your sub editing page. You can view this by going to saidit.net/subs or clicking the "edit subs" link at the very very top.

Let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to help!

[–]antikarma98 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

OK, I'm a dummy. For some reason I had the unsubscribe buttons blocked via adblocker. Everything's fine now -- sorry.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah cool. Someone else had that issue as well, I don't know why the adblocker apparently hates our unsubscribe buttons so much! Glad you got it fixed. No ads here anyway :)

[–]CharleyWillen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

@prostadine I admire the author's ability to make complex topics easy to understand.