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mk  ·  3172 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Affinity, anonymity and parameter mismatch: a Hubski hypothesis

    Hmm. I like the signature idea, but I don't like the idea of having to hit the reply button for it to show up. What if you made a button, for that information to pop up, much like you do to see who shared a post or who is following a user?

I'm not sure this is different, as you needn't navigate to another page, it simply reveals the info in the reply drop down. The button says 'reply', but it works as an info button as well.

    Edit: And maybe you can make it two lines, one that each person makes for themself, the other each user can customize for who they looking at, much like the customizable user tag idea.

That's what is there: elizabeth's signature, and my notes on elizabeth.





galen  ·  3170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know how difficult this would be to code, but what about a hover-to-view sort of thing? Hover over someone's username and you see a blurb with interactions and the two info lines.

I just feel like tacking this on to the reply button adds a whole lot of clutter.

user-inactivated  ·  3172 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I'm not sure this is different, as you needn't navigate to another page, it simply reveals the info in the reply drop down. The button says 'reply', but it works as an info button as well.

Yeah, but I feel that if you did that, it would clash with the rest of the mechanics of the site. As in, the feature serves a similar purpose, but suddenly you have to go about getting the information in a different way.

    That's what is there: elizabeth's signature, and my notes on elizabeth.

Ah. I gotcha. I guess I read that wrong. It's definitely a good idea.