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Activity for trichoplax
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #288267 |
Post edited: Typo plus link to Wikipedia for reference |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288235 |
Post edited: Add Wikipedia links for ActivityPub and Fediverse |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288294 |
I understand website reviews being off topic to keep the questions section focused. How would you feel about a separate category for site reviews, like the separate category for code reviews on [Software Codidact](https://software.codidact.com/)? (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288267 |
Yes you're right, this is a bug. It was [reported on Software Meta](https://software.codidact.com/posts/288238) and a [fix has been implemented](https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/pull/1057), but has not yet been deployed. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288277 |
I absolutely agree that we cannot separate voting from people's likes and dislikes. Voting is indeed far from the ideal of purely assessing accuracy and quality.
My concern is that this proposal would push voting even further from that ideal.
At present, people voting selfishly can still give a... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288277 |
People's voting will be for a mixture of reasons, some of them political, and this proposal will not distinguish the reasons. This means that filtering based on prejudice will implicitly happen, which would be much easier to detect with tags than with automatically adjusted vote values.
I like the... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288273 |
[Let's improve how we manage proposals for new communities](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/288156) (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288278 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Are downvotes needed? There is a difference between a flag ("this requires action that only a moderator can take") and a downvote, which expresses an opinion about the post that the community can decide how to respond to. There may be several reasons for and against having downvotes. This answer just expresses one reas... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288268 |
What a downvoter means by their downvote is not defined by the guidance in the help documents. It is a personal decision. Anyone can downvote for any reason, and at least some downvotes are motivated by disagreement.
> "Downvote != disagree" is a concept that long predates both this site and even ... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #288268 |
Suggested edit: Typos (more) |
helpful | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288266 |
On Meta, downvotes can indicate that a post is low quality, but they can also indicate disagreement with the opinion expressed, even if that opinion is expressed eloquently.
So although I am in favour of keeping downvotes (and will be adding an answer expressing a benefit), I do appreciate that th... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #288267 |
Suggested edit: Typo plus link to Wikipedia for reference (more) |
helpful | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288277 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Support subjective scoring This is an interesting proposal. Although I think it would be detrimental in its current form, I'd like to emphasise that I would like to see more discussion of potential modifications to the way the site is curated and presented. I don't think this should ever be regarded as "finished" - improvement... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288243 |
Post edited: Mention width change problem on questions list page too |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288243 |
Post edited: Improve formatting of system info |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288243 |
Post edited: Mention pop up only immediately after page load |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288243 |
Post edited: Add system info |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288243 |
Post edited: Mention wide page problem disappears once drop down is closed |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288243 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
Odd behaviour of the user page filter tab On the filters tab of the user page, there is a drop down box called "Predefined Filters": The filters section of the user page, showing a drop down box set to "None" On mobile, tapping on the drop down box for the first time after page load results in a pop up selection window rather than a dr... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #288235 |
Suggested edit: Add Wikipedia links for ActivityPub and Fediverse (more) |
helpful | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #287061 |
Post edited: Typo |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288229 |
On my phone, the number of posts now shows without having to scroll down, so I would say this is sufficient to mark this as status-completed - pressing search no longer has no visible effect.
I agree it would be good to consider further improvements, such as possibly collapsing the "Advanced Searc... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288223 |
I'd be interested to know why this has been downvoted. Here on Meta, a downvote can mean disagreement/disapproval, but it can also mean a post is not worded well.
Does the post need more detail, or is there objection to the idea?
If I understand correctly, the request is to provide only the sam... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288215 |
Post edited: The reputation and age buttons are sorts rather than filters (they are only intended to change the order) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288215 |
I've checked and the same behaviour shows for me. The sort order is fixed regardless of which sort button is pressed, and the order does not match what would be expected for either Reputation or Age.
The sort order appears to put staff first, followed by everyone else in almost lexicographical ord... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #288215 |
Suggested edit: The reputation and age buttons are sorts rather than filters (they are only intended to change the order) (more) |
helpful | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288196 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
Return to same page after signing in After signing in the user is taken to the home page of the community from which they signed in (so, the Q&A posts tab here on Codidact Meta). This means that if I am reading a question and decide to answer it, I sign in and find myself on the question list, and have to navigate back to the questio... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288189 |
That's good to know. I guess as a quick fix rather than constructing a description of the filter we could just show something like "Filters (un-named filter)", so it's immediately clear that the list is filtered. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288189 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
Single line summary of currently applied filters When no filters are applied to a post list it shows "Filters (None)". When there are filters applied to a post list it shows "Filters ()". Would it be useful for there to be a 1 line summary of the currently applied filters instead of empty parentheses? For example, it could say something li... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288181 |
That seems like a good reason to make the filters start collapsed, but they might still benefit from a summary in parentheses for after filters are applied.
This isn't really search specific though, so maybe I'll raise this for filters in general. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288188 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
Community sort order As the list of communities gets longer, it becomes more difficult to find any particular one in the various places they are listed. Sorting Would it be helpful to have sorting buttons, similar to at the top of post lists? The sorting criteria might be slightly different, perhaps: - alphabetical ... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #288181 |
To counteract the lack of information when the filter section is collapsed, we could show a filter summary when collapsed. On post lists, the collapsed filter section already says "Filters (none)" when no filters are applied, but simply "Filters ()" when there are filters applied.
Those empty pare... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288181 |
Post edited: Paragraph break |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288181 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
No visible response when searching on mobile After searching from the search box at the top of each page, you are taken to a search results page. This has the search box with the current search term prepopulated, ready to modify and search again, followed by a filter section. On mobile this fills all of the vertical space on the screen, so e... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288180 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
Cannot search for net negative votes Searching for `votes:-8` does not give results with net votes -8. Instead it returns all posts, regardless of votes. Upvotes and downvotes break in exactly the same way for negative numbers, but for those I wouldn't expect to be able to use negative numbers, as there can never be a negative number... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288179 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
Mismatch between search guidance, search help page, and search behaviour for votes and score There is some inconsistency between the guidance and the behaviour when searching by votes or by score. Searching by votes In-page search guidance > votes:4 votes with 4+ votes Search help page > you can use `votes:5` to find posts where the net votes (upvotes minus downvotes) of a post equa... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288178 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
Reconsidering the shorthand for month in search From the search help: > You can use m for minute, h for hour, d for day, w for week, mo for month, and y for year. It seems likely that users would want to use months more often than minutes in a search. Would it be more useful for "m" to mean month, and for minute to be the one with an awkward... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288177 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
| Question | — |
PolicyDoc and HelpDoc hidden from search Searching for `posttype:3` (PolicyDoc) gives no results. Similarly for `posttype:4` (HelpDoc). Should these post types be excluded from the options presented when the user types `posttype:`, or should the search be amended to include results from the help section (it currently only seems to return... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #288176 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |