Ideas for ILX

When the YouTube clip is no longer there (due to being taken down or whatever) it would be neat if there was a way to display the clip's title as text for reference and just 'video removed' or similar. Same for other lost media too I guess.

Have found myself wishing for "show tweet text in tooltip bubble on hovering over twitterlink" functionality, but also realise that a) ppl can attach like attachments and pics and stuff to tweets nowadays??? b) only really makes sense on actual computers and not so much on other devices, and c) in that case maybe I should just look into writing a greasemonkey script myself or something

Automatically countermand autocorrects of trump or etc

Autoreplace "overrated" with "erotic" or "smangtastic"

hey guys i made a greasemonkey script to automatically embed tweets t o threads https://gist.github.com/bsdf/387ab429bcf4c471607ad160b14c65fb

mean

Also stop posting blind links

don't tell me how to locate resources!!!!

allow users to set a display name color in preferences

I Love Trump board, for all the folx who love discussing US President Donald Trump every hour of every day

problem there is probably yr mouse, check the click buttons to see why they keep going off over threads you dont wanna read

You got me all wrong; my problem is not enough trump talk, I want a whole board

i like the idea but i think it should also involve autoerotic asphyxiation

but i could add the same thing to anything, not trying to be critical here

I just want to be able to make my own board out of only the best threads on other boards

So bookmarks but sorted in last-updated order

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/05/21/529005840/feeling-sidelined-by-mainstream-social-media-far-right-users-jump-to-gab

I Love Trump board, because like the rest of you, I just fucking love trump

^ plz resubmit your request in one month, accompanied by $1000 filing fee to cover handling costs for crude sarcasm

"My Recent Poll Votes"

Make a new thread called "i love/hate politics," move all political discussion there, and somehow ban me from posting on it, reading it, or seeing it. I came here in 2013 to talk about books and music i don't know what the fuck happened

New board, not thread

Ban everyone from posting on it

Also music

tombot otm. treeship, darragh also otms.

ghost-ban everyone

an ILM-style ballot poll with nominations thread and elaborate rollout to determine the best emoji

a way to sort search results by the number of posts in each thread. i'm trying to bump the most frequently used grateful dead thread to talk about the new doc, but there's a million threads and in those cases it would be super useful to be able to just pick the one that has the most posts

darkstar thread iirc

thread post count is a good idea

xpost yeah? thanks!

i guess the "thanks!" applies to both j. and niels there, haha

i've mentioned the thread post count thing a few times over the years, and each time i can't remember if i've been told that it's not possible for some reason or another. but it sure would come in handy

There's the choice between oldest, newest, and "most relevant" - how's that last one calculated?

Twin peaks thread but nobody allowed to post in it

Would be very tough since the number of posts changes quickly and the search index does not. But another massive refactor is probably due anyway.

Ah, that makes sense.

I will be back in 2 years with the same suggestion, though. Sorry in advance

i was joking, karl, i don't know anything about which thread is longest. post at your peril!!

Dammit j., bumping the correct dead thread is no laughing matter. I trusted you! Maybe I'll bump a dark star thread anyway just because

cosmic appropriateness is a legit reason for bumping a thread

s&d , 'should i give a chance', and may 77 all have discussion. the longest is probably the 'giving a chance?' thread i think but may 77 has doc discussion

I posted about it a couple of months ago--not on the documentary thread, so I must have used one of those million Grateful Dead threads. Interested in what KM thought about it.

thanks!

"Post at peril" still the leading post strategy, and I'm fine with that tbh.

A crappy search function is what sets ilx apart, makes it unique imo.

ilx's backwardness is one of its lovable quirks

all obstacles to reviving discussion of the grateful dead are features not bugs

"jump to most recent revive" at the top of the thread

i.e. to most recent "x years/months pass..."

i like the hunt

totally an unnecessary luxury but it'd be neat to have "drafts" for new threads. i just wrote up a new thread but i need to think about it some more.

willing to debug/test stuff too if you're in need

Ban polls and close ilm

ban dmac and close ilx

deems to be the final inhabitant and custodian of a deserted ilx, dutifully bumping old threads as he drifts through space awaiting heat death