Topicle BetaUsers are often very good at identifying issues and things they need so it would be helpful to have a topic to add those.
For me
-Avatars and personal bios are important to add personal customisation
-We need a page that only shows subscribed topics posts, all including things I dont care about and having to click individually through all my topics is very slow
-Subscribed page is a great way to show you what topics you are subscribed to, though it would be more convenient to have it as a bar on the left similar to reddit
-Ability to reply in the form of images.
Problems
-Posting a message in a thread makes you automatically subscribe to the thread and get constant notification of any new post and I got no idea where to disable that, such settings need to be more clear
-Where are community specific rules? Rules we see, seem to be general but state can be ignored for specific communities.
Specifically talking about "low effort" rules which are becoming quite overused these days which seems to be weird if the goal is to create genuine fun communities, like this is not linkedin, and I can understand if some communities about serious topics need that but casual communities of any form get suppressed by such rules.
Tbh I am concerned over this mentality becoming more common not just here but anywhere, as if we are in some ultra serious professional space, Australian reddit subs do also seem to suffer from it as it slowly becomes more and more overbearing until a new australia sub is made.
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I agree with a few of these. Certainly profile personalisation, browsing subscriptions, and that automatic autofollow feature. Could you expand on the moderation aspect, though? I'm not sure I get you. For me, its the difficulty in ensuring newcomers to the community know the specific guidelines the moderators wish you to follow.
Thanks for taking the time to put together this really detailed feedback. I've created two new megathreads for suggestions and issues, those are accessible here:
https://topicle.com/t/topicle/comments/hkHEtcE/suggestions_megathread/
https://topicle.com/t/topicle/comments/EgE24ty/issues_megathread/
The rules at the moment are pretty fluid, it was actually based on /r/AustralianPolitics rules which is a pretty 'serious' sub but you're right, it doesn't fit well to more casual conversations. The stuffiness and opaqueness of the rules on /r/Australia is frustrating, so I agree with you there. If you have any suggestions how to do different rules per sub without it descending into rule hell, definitely open to making changes.
Oh this explains why the rules felt so stifling since they were copied from auspolitics xd.
I see what you mean, the idea if you want to focus on the main rules so subs dont get to create mini dictators with utterly ridiculous rules.
In this case, you could create a ruleset dial, where a sub can for example choose one of 3 pre-made rulesets but has no power to change the rules within them. (Would obviously need to evolve as more feedback comes)
Like for example:
-Strict = Strict posting standards, no editorialising, no posts or comments with less than X words, stay on topic, good faith, stricter enforcement of no fighting in the comments and keep it civil.
-Standard = Your more average ruleset where editorialising is ok if it isnt overly politicised, post quality is not strict so you can reply with 1 word, some banter is allowed but keep it civil and in general not ultra serious but neither loose.
-Loose = For shitposting and silly memes, dumb arguments and fights allowed so long they dont turn actually hateful/toxic. Not meant for serious civil discussions so shouldnt be used for communities of serious subject unless it is meant to be a parody of said subject.
That's actually a pretty great idea. I'll look into working on something like this. It avoids the Reddit problem of mods inventing the most absurd rules that new users have no idea they're supposed to comply with, they get their post/comment removed, have a bad experience and feel (justifiable) resentment towards the site.