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  • Tilde Town is an offshoot of <a class=tilde.club which uses a shared Unix host as a sort of platform for web folks to make interesting demos and fun sites with static hosting while getting to know each other through inter-user mail and IRC.' title='Tilde Town is an offshoot of tilde.club which uses a shared Unix host as a sort of platform for web folks to make interesting demos and fun sites with static hosting while getting to know each other through inter-user mail and IRC.' /> Tilde Town is an offshoot of tilde.club which uses a shared Unix host as a sort of platform for web folks to make interesting demos and fun sites with static hosting while getting to know each other through inter-user mail and IRC.
  • The aspect of Tilde Town which most interests me is the way it combines the notion of a "web community" with a sort of weird art commune shared workspace. It's not for everyone, it's rough, and it starts from the premise that you're you'll be doing something of interest with the tools available.
  • Hacker News section tabs to filter on-page posts. Hacker News section tabs to filter on-page posts.
  • The Hacker News guidelines, which provide a baseline set of common-knowledge norms. The Hacker News guidelines, which provide a baseline set of common-knowledge norms.
  • The Hacker News search feature, which is based on the Algolia platform. It's fast, and seems to accurately index documents unlike most websites search systems. The Hacker News search feature, which is based on the Algolia platform. It's fast, and seems to accurately index documents unlike most websites search systems.
  • The options page for the HN search feature, which different display options and the ability to disable 'helpful' features which might impede certain queries. The options page for the HN search feature, which different display options and the ability to disable 'helpful' features which might impede certain queries.
  • You can choose between different corpuses to search from, which helps narrow matches. You can choose between different corpuses to search from, which helps narrow matches.
  • You can also choose how you want to order the returned results. You can also choose how you want to order the returned results.
  • Within the corpus you can further narrow the search scope by how recent your results need to be. Within the corpus you can further narrow the search scope by how recent your results need to be.
  • The no procrastination feature, which lets you limit the amount of time you can access the site before it boots you off to go do something else. The first button controls whether it's enabled, the second how many minutes you can use the site for, and the third how many minutes need to pass before you're let back in. The no procrastination feature, which lets you limit the amount of time you can access the site before it boots you off to go do something else. The first button controls whether it's enabled, the second how many minutes you can use the site for, and the third how many minutes need to pass before you're let back in.
  • Archive Team uses a project tracker to show members progress on tasks, along with a leaderboard of who is contributing the most. Being able to set up this kind of tracking view seems like an important part of managing complex tasks such as annotating the sequences. Archive Team uses a project tracker to show members progress on tasks, along with a leaderboard of who is contributing the most. Being able to set up this kind of tracking view seems like an important part of managing complex tasks such as annotating the sequences.
  • Traditional project management tools, such as Gant charts, may be able to play a role in setting up group and leadership awareness of progress and necessary effort. Unclear progression, priorities, responsibilities, etc are a common reason why groups of competent people with free time and apparent willingness to do something" often end up doing nothing." Traditional project management tools, such as Gant charts, may be able to play a role in setting up group and leadership awareness of progress and necessary effort. Unclear progression, priorities, responsibilities, etc are a common reason why groups of competent people with free time and apparent willingness to "do something" often end up doing nothing.
  • A story as it's displayed in the Whistling Lobsters 1.0 interface, note the prominence of the tags underneath each headline A story as it's displayed in the Whistling Lobsters 1.0 interface, note the prominence of the tags underneath each headline.
  • The tag view if one clicks through on the linked tags underneath a WL1 story. Simple enough, it shows a version of the front page with only stories that have the tag. The tag view if one clicks through on the linked tags underneath a WL1 story. Simple enough, it shows a version of the front page with only stories that have the tag.
  • One attractive feature of the original lobsters-based WL, was its fairly smooth minimalist design. This is a potential aesthetic route for WL 2.0 to go down. One attractive feature of the original lobsters-based WL, was its fairly smooth minimalist design. This is a potential aesthetic route for WL 2.0 to go down.
  • A built-in moderation log is a useful feature that helps forestall the odd issues encountered by LW 2 with its difficulty communicating moderator decisions to users in a consistent way. A built-in moderation log is a useful feature that helps forestall the odd issues encountered by LW 2 with its difficulty communicating moderator decisions to users in a consistent way.
  • The hats feature allowed certain privileged members to mark their post as belonging to a certain 'role'. For example, a moderator might use their hat to make it clear that a communication is an official moderation action, rather than just another forum post. The hats feature allowed certain privileged members to mark their post as belonging to a certain 'role'. For example, a moderator might use their hat to make it clear that a communication is an official moderation action, rather than just another forum post.
  • This suggestion to put up norm reminders and notices on the submission page is excellent, and I think could be a useful tactic as part of an overall strategy to install high quality norms of scholarship on Whistling Lobsters 2.0. This suggestion to put up norm reminders and notices on the submission page is excellent, and I think could be a useful tactic as part of an overall strategy to install high quality norms of scholarship on Whistling Lobsters 2.0.
  • I wouldn't mind some kind of specific theming for excerpts from larger works, since often a portion of a work is suitable for Whistling Lobsters even if the entire submission on its own is not. I wouldn't mind some kind of specific theming for excerpts from larger works, since often a portion of a work is suitable for Whistling Lobsters even if the entire submission on its own is not.
  • The Pharo smalltalk support forum, amazingly enough actually supports multiple views! The three available views are used to fuse together a web forum with a traditional old school email list viewer. The Pharo smalltalk support forum, amazingly enough actually supports multiple views! The three available views are used to fuse together a web forum with a traditional old school email list viewer. It could be desirable to do something like this with Mastodon or other services we might want to 'bridge' between.
  • The unthreaded mailing list view. This should be fairly familiar to anyone who's browsed web archives of a open source mailing list. The unthreaded mailing list view. This should be fairly familiar to anyone who's browsed web archives of a open source mailing list.
  • The threaded mailing list view, this should also probably be familiar. The threaded mailing list view, this should also probably be familiar.
  • A shot of what it looks like when you open one of the replies in the threaded mailing list view. A shot of what it looks like when you open one of the replies in the threaded mailing list view.

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