Topicle Beta
Thanks to everyone for joining! At the suggestion of u/ash2449, I've created a suggestions megathread. What do you want to see developed for the site in terms of new features or alterations of existing features? Please post all your suggestions for the site here.
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Editing text is also a feature that is missing. You can still bold i guess if you remember to use * structure but i feel most of us dont remember any of that xd
Need the menu with all the options to adjust text
Yeah markdown is annoying to remember all the ins and outs of it. The toolbar that allows you to format your post is now present in the comment form.
It's also now possible to comment with an image by either using the picture button on the toolbar or by dragging and dropping the image on the comment box. Let me know if this is what you were looking for or whether it still needs tweaks.
Add optional identity verification and revocation for Australians with an associated display checkmark, to make it a little harder for foreign trolls and shills to freely do their thing.
I think a core problem modern social media face is the fact that bots are everywhere and can get around a ton of systems.
IDs mean little when a ton of id info can be found in the dark web from hacks and leaks
Paying for check marks also doesn’t mean much when they can use stolen card info and other online methods.
The most reliable check I have seen is the whole ‘use your camera to check your face while holding your id to confirm it’s you’, so a checkmark that requires this would actually mean something.
Originally I was shying away from this because of how invasive it can feel and how badly people might react, but numerous people today have actually been asking for it, so I'm going to look into adding it. If it gets a terrible backlash, perhaps it can be rethought, but something like it would be a requirement for enabling nsfw content anyway because of the eSafety laws, so perhaps it can be three birds with one stone, verifying the person is a real human, gating mature content and fighting bots.
Some people will definitely not like it, but I am more of the mind that if you are gonna have to do it, at least try to do it right.
It is probably more expensive to do a serious check but it would allow the platform to be advertised as a human only platform.
Something i feel it going to be more desired as bots take over normal social media and you cant trust you are talking to a real person anymore, plus the fact that all the interaction statistics kinda become irrelevant when inflated by bot numbers.