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Forum Suggestions and Improvements

Is it possible to add an option to the news feed to filter the notifications we receive ?
For example, being able to choose to see only "replied" and "posted" updates, while excluding "reacted" and "commented" ones.
That would prevent us from being flooded with reactions and make it easier to see posts from the people we follow.
 
Thorys said:
Is it possible to add an option to the news feed to filter the notifications we receive ?
For example, being able to choose to see only "replied" and "posted" updates, while excluding "reacted" and "commented" ones.
That would prevent us from being flooded with reactions and make it easier to see posts from the people we follow.
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Check out this page and scroll to "Receive a notification when someone…"
https://www.smogon.com/forums/account/preferences

Is this what you're looking for?
 
Some more ideas for sprites that can be triggered :like this: have come to mind (shoutouts to AquaticPanic for the idea):

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(to be usable as :physical:)
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(to be usable as :special:)
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(to be usable as :status:)

The benefit these sprite options would provide linger on the Pet Mods section, as custom moves are a very common topic over there, and so this'd ease the discussion of this kind of aspects, this can also help in meta resources and discussion for any tier whenever categorization between physical, special, and mixed attackers is made.

Here's also a link to the pertinent canonical assets to ease implementation:

https://github.com/smogon/sprites/tree/master/src/_uncategorized/canonical/ui/categories/gen5
 
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A better search system would be really useful, especially for older threads. Adding simple filters like date, forum section, and post type could make it much easier to find useful discussions without going through pages of unrelated results.
 
This is a very small thing, but it would be nice if dropdown lists had a search box. I'm thinking specifically about the Label and Destination Forum dropdowns when moving posts around, though I don’t know if there are any other relevant ones. This is more relevant on mobile.
 
can you make the rule against "necroposting" more specific?
after how much time a comment is considered "necroposting"? 2 weeks?4 weeks?3 months? one year? how long?

if possible you could just make it so the posts that are "too old" will get locked automatically.
 
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would be great if smogon's browser tab also displayed the number of notifications you have the same way other social networks do (nots + dms)
 
1) The Ignore feature rn hides a user's posts, but their reactions or likes on other posts still show up e.g. their name appearing in "Liked by X, Y" posts. This still shows their activity indirectly which beats the point of ignoring someone. Would be a good change that when A has B on ignore, exclude B's name(profile) from any "Liked by" reaction list shown to A. The total like count can still stay the same, just suppress B specifically from A's view. (Would be strong to have a block feature directly tbh, for users who want more filtering like not seeing their name anywhere even mentioned)

2) Sometimes forums just feel like an unhealthy comparison of who liked whose post or which posts got more likes, which ofc isn't supposed to be the main point of posting anything here to begin with. And for some users, particularly those who are sensitive to how others view or respond to their posts, seeing someone else getting more likes when they made a similar post can affect their mood. A good change would be to add a per-account preference to hide like/reaction count on posts, similar to Instagram's "hide like counts" option.
 
pixie909 said:
1) The Ignore feature rn hides a user's posts, but their reactions or likes on other posts still show up e.g. their name appearing in "Liked by X, Y" posts. This still shows their activity indirectly which beats the point of ignoring someone. Would be a good change that when A has B on ignore, exclude B's name(profile) from any "Liked by" reaction list shown to A. The total like count can still stay the same, just suppress B specifically from A's view. (Would be strong to have a block feature directly tbh, for users who want more filtering like not seeing their name anywhere even mentioned)

2) Sometimes forums just feel like an unhealthy comparison of who liked whose post or which posts got more likes, which ofc isn't supposed to be the main point of posting anything here to begin with. And for some users, particularly those who are sensitive to how others view or respond to their posts, seeing someone else getting more likes when they made a similar post can affect their mood. A good change would be to add a per-account preference to hide like/reaction count on posts, similar to Instagram's "hide like counts" option.
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You are welcome to bring up such suggestions to Xenforo developers but this is not something within our control.
 
Hi hey hello; say I'm interested in receiving alerts for posts made to some but not all of the subforums within "Circuit Tournaments". Would it be possible to enable users to be alerted by posts made to (for example) the OU and UU subsections of Circuit Tournaments, maybe by clicking the "Watch" button while in one of those respective subsections after clicking the tag for the tier(s) of interest?
 
bumboclaat said:
To add onto Bob's suggestion, if it is possible for BB codes to work with :forme-mon: instead of always :mon-forme: that'd be great. A personal example would be the amount of times I've been asked how to get the Primal Groudon mini sprite to work is surprisingly high. It is definitely more of a national Dex thing, but the same thing probably comes up for the other ND folks with mega evolutions from time to time. The types having a BB code would be fantastic in a tera generation.

Edit for clarity: ie. : primal-groudon : and : groudon-primal : both spit out :groudon-primal:
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dex said:
Request: Allow for long quoted posts to be collapsed after they have been expanded.

Reasoning: When you quote a post, if it is long enough, a shortened version of it appears and you can click to expand it. I’m using UT’s post earlier in this thread as an example.
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However, once it is expanded, you cannot collapse it again.
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Normally, this isn’t an issue, especially if you’re on PC. However, on mobile, specifically for posts that have multiple long quotes, it can make scrolling through a post tedious and confusing. I’d appreciate the ability to collapse a long quote once it’s been expanded to improve readability on mobile. A good example of a post that has this issue is here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/cap-36-part-8-stat-spread-submissions.3765528/post-10580780
All good if it’s a Xenforo limitation, but it’d be a nice quality of life thing for mobile users.
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