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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.

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.

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.

don't forget all those lattes 😂

The mist was not messing about this morning. https://xcancel.com/NickMcCallum7/status/2057564650062131650

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/

• Personal bios have been added today. You can update yours via Settings > Profile.

• Avatars not yet implemented, but I'll look at this in the next day or so.

• When logged in, the page that you initially see is a feed of your subscribed topics. You can verify this by checking for 'Subscribed communities' at the top left hand corner of the page. This obviously isn't clear enough though, so I'll work on improving the visual clarity.

• Image replies probably coming end of today or tomorrow. I strongly agree this is needed. I actually tried to make an image reply then realized it wasn't implemented, d'oh.

• Automatic subscribe on posting in a thread has been removed today. That was something that seemed like a good idea at the time but pretty annoying in practice, especially as activity picks up.

• Yeah, no community specific rules yet. Originally I thought site-wide rules might be preferable because some communities on Reddit end up creating so many custom rules that it's nearly impossible to post which it stifles discussion and creates resentment towards the mods.

• Subscribed topics on the left is a cool idea, and I'll definitely look at that after completing everything else pending.

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.

DNC chair Ken Martin originally refused to release the report but copped so much flack for after announcing the autopsy would not be released in this interview, it looks like they caved: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8IwrO-03WU

They're going to keep losing young voters until they finally come clean on this topic. Embarrassing.

Greenblatt significantly damaged his credibility by trying to defend Elon Musk's salute and later apologized for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk_salute_controversy

The Anti-Defamation League said it was not a Nazi salute, but other Jewish organizations disagreed and condemned the salute.

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt later expressed regret that he had not "framed" the tweet differently given "the impact that it had".