A "best of" category?

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Just throwing this idea out to everyone to see what they think. I have been re-categorizing conversations and realizing that some of them are absolute gems. Could we have a “best of” category? Or is that too subjective? It might be too subjective.

Just a thought. Things that stick out to me as good qualifiers are vibrant conversations (including healthy disagreements), or when there is absolutely valuable feedback shared.

What do y’all think?

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I like this! Perhaps such a designation could be subject to more stringent moderation, so there’s an added layer of curation to what gets added?

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A couple of ideas for this, because I also think this is a really good idea.

  1. We could have a sticky post that is wiki-style, and allows multiple contributors (who are moderators and/or trusted regular contributors) to the top post.
  2. Discourse technically has tags, too. I don’t have them enabled right now for simplicity, but it wouldn’t be too hard to create a “best of” tag.

I’m kinda leaning towards option 1 since that thread’s comments could be used for discussion & submitting new threads to best-of, which would be more transparent than simply adding a tag.

Another tool that might not be obvious is this button, which allows you to create PERSONAL bookmarks as you browse the site (for easier reference later).

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Maybe for now, add those threads to your own bookmarks (I def have some of my own I’ve added) and we can round up peoples’ bookmarks later to start a best-of category? I have a report in the back end where I can see what posts have gotten bookmarks, hearts, etc.

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Amazing.

I like Option 1 as well and think it would be great to encourage people to bookmark things, for their own purposes and for our edification.

Great stuff!

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Thanks you two!

I’ll definitely start using the bookmark feature for now to save the threads I think are super valuable.

I’m not sure I totally understand Option 1 that you list out there, @alex - can you help me understand what you mean a a little bit better?

Thanks again,
S

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Sure @nomadicq!

Basically, we create a post that gets pinned somewhere visible (maybe under house rules, to REALLY encourage people to read the best-of thread).

Wherever that thread lives, the top post is a list of threads with brief descriptions, maybe categorized a bit too. In the comments below that thread, anyone can suggest a thread for the best-of.

Assuming it’s actually high-value, anyone who is a moderator is able to go into the top content of the post and add that new thread to the list. Discourse lets you make top posts “wiki-mode” which is just like the coworking wiki in that with the right permissions, anyone can edit/update it.

Does that make sense?

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YES. Thank you so much! That does sound like a great idea. I’m in support!

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