New Forum Fun, Questions and Glitch Reports

[Simkie]

@Rallycairn

We had almost daily mass/all user pms when the change was made, telling us how to use common features if they were different from before, or to warn of large scale problems, if they cropped up.

Whoa, when was that? This forum? I never saw anything like that. The tech help forum has been where to find help for a long time, and the banners at the top (we have one now, unless you’ve dismissed it) are where universal “heads up” notices can be found.

[trubandloki]

@Rallycairn

– how can I scroll back up to the top of a thread so I can see the menu on the left side? What happens is, I zip the scroll block all the way up – it appears to go to the top, then after a moment it blips back down. Repeat, repeat, repeat til I can finally actually get to the top and have it stay there. Is there an equivalent to the “page up” feature that might help here? Or should I adjust how long/how many posts load at a time or something along those lines, if that is even possible?

I think the easiest way to scroll to the top is to hit the thread name at the top of the screen.
Screen shot, yellow arrow is what I mean.

But a better question is, what off the menu on the left side do you want to see? You might be able to find what you are looking for by not going to the first post at all, but by hitting the thing they call the hamburger menu in the upper right corner.

@Rallycairn

– I do see some discussion of the nesting features that I need to dig into, but what I have on my screen is – I see the nested replies, then as I read down, I see all of them again as un-nested replies.

Are you seeing the nested replies automatically or are you hitting the option to show them?
For me they are not there unless I ask them to show. I wonder if this is a setting?

@Rallycairn

But this new format is not intuitive in many ways, and there was a lack of notification of users of possible issues. I am a longtime member of a figure skating forum which also just moved to a new platform. We had almost daily mass/all user pms when the change was made, telling us how to use common features if they were different from before, or to warn of large scale problems, if they cropped up.

With this forum, I would think there would have been a way to direct message users with, for example, the large [username]+1 issue. I was affected, never even noticed it for weeks – I logged in the same as always (same password, it never stopped me from getting in as usual), I started learning my way around the new forum, made no complaints – didn’t like it, but understood a change had to be made. But I went for weeks just assuming some features and subforums had been lost – but it was actually just that my account was affected. Couldn’t affected users have gotten some kind of pm notice about that, using a search for accounts with the +1 to identify those affected? Sure, a few folks might really have a legitimate “1” on the end of their username, but that wouldn’t be too many false positives, and a disclaimer in the message would have addressed that possibility. Yes, there were discussion threads on issues – but if you don’t even know you have a problem, why would you go reading a glitch thread?

This forum has never been a forum that they sent us all member Private Messages about stuff. Gosh, I can only imagine how many responses that would get them asking the same questions with them having to respond to each one.
I personally would have found them sending out PMs about this very annoying.
I like it that we have one place for all this stuff. If you want to learn from it you can, if you do not want to read it you can just ignore it.

@JB

Are you scrolling with the browser scroll, or the forum scroll? If you grab the forum dark green scroll bar and zip it to the top, it should take you to Post 1

I understand what Rallycairn is saying because I had that problem before I learned how to use things. On a long thread there is a certain amount of pause when using the scroll bar, even when things are working amazingly. For me it has done just what is described, scroll it to the what looks like the top (the top of my screen), and when the screen regenerates I realize I am not to the top of the thread yet.

[trubandloki]

@Simkie

Whoa, when was that? This forum? I never saw anything like that.

They said it was on another forum they used. The sentence above what you quoted.

@Rallycairn

I am a longtime member of a figure skating forum which also just moved to a new platform. We had almost daily mass/all user pms when the change was made, telling us how to use common features if they were different from before, or to warn of large scale problems, if they cropped up.

[MHM]

Was there an answer to the earlier question about designating the original poster when that person makes subsequent posts on the same thread? It was easier to keep track that way on the longer threads.

[Bluey]

@MHM

Was there an answer to the earlier question about designating the original poster when that person makes subsequent posts on the same thread? It was easier to keep track that way on the longer threads.

Yes, is one more request they will be working on when the basic starting glitches are all fixed.

Good to keep reminding them, so they know is important.

[Simkie]

@MHM

Was there an answer to the earlier question about designating the original poster when that person makes subsequent posts on the same thread? It was easier to keep track that way on the longer threads.

Known issue, on the list for the devs to address.

[trubandloki]

@MHM

Was there an answer to the earlier question about designating the original poster when that person makes subsequent posts on the same thread? It was easier to keep track that way on the longer threads.

Just a FYI - the amazing Mod 1 has added to the original post of this thread the list of things they are aware of and plan to address.

[Rallycairn]

That’s great information! Also thanks for the tip about just clicking on the Thread heading to get back to the top.

[MHM]

Great, thanks!

[trubandloki]

@Rallycairn The more I post in this new forum the easier it gets. So just ask and someone will help you. It does have lots of neat features, I am sure lots more neat features than I will ever know about.

If you hit the forum category name (in this case Technical Help Forum) that is just under the thread title name at the top, it will take you back to the forum category. (so that works just like the thread name, but takes you to the forum not the start of the thread)

[Where_sMyWhite]

@Rallycairn

That’s great information! Also thanks for the tip about just clicking on the Thread heading to get back to the top.

@trubandloki

If you hit the forum category name (in this case Technical Help Forum) that is just under the thread title name at the top, it will take you back to the forum category. (so that works just like the thread name, but takes you to the forum not the start of the thread)

And for those of us who’ve been here since day one of Discourse, I still learn new ways to do things all the time!

[JB]

I’ve been all over clicking the forum/category name to get back out “top”, I never thought to click the thread title at the top

[Where_sMyWhite]

@JB is it or is it ?

[JB]

then then

[MHM]

Circling back to the topic of posts getting flagged and hidden, didn’t the previous flag/report feature have a place to add a comment with a reason for the report? Wouldn’t that make it easier for the mods to see what needs attention?

[Simkie]

This one depends on the reason you choose. IIRC (going off memory here!) spam and it’s inappropriate don’t give you a reply box, but something else does give you room to explain your report…

[MHM]

Good to know, thanks.

[Jenerationx]

So choosing the “Something Else” option does give the option to fill in why you’re flagging something. Inappropriate and Spam do not. A recent very foul mouthed poster’s posts were hidden once they were flagged, but there was an option to “view hidden content” or something like that so people could choose to read the nastiness or not.

[Bluey]

I want to thank the powers that be for restoring the function that keeps what you wrote on the window when you are kicked out of a thread by accessing some link off site or just need to go before posting.

Before I had to retype the whole post, now when I go back in, is still there, wonderful!

[trubandloki]

I have a question.

Can I tell who the posters are that liked my post(s)?
I get a notification for say one of the likes but if there are more than one like can I tell who the others are that liked it?

I dug around for a bit and did not find anything so I am asking.

(Not a feature we need or anything, just wondering if there is a way.)