Show me content I'm *not* following by default? [#1921998]

#1

Posted by ezra-g on February 21, 2013 at 2:39pm

I think the justification is that when you first join the site, you wouldn't see anything in that listing because you wouldn't be following. However, we could change this by making suggestions on that page for what the user should follow and defaulting to "following."

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#2

Posted by skomorokh on February 22, 2013 at 4:26am

Another option would be to change the toggle from being between "following/not following" to "following/all". And default to all.

Hm, that would need some change in the wording. Maybe something like a toggle between "following" and "following or not":

Show all content I'm following or not sorted by...

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#3

Posted by Gerben Zaagsma on February 22, 2013 at 10:19am

Wouldn't it be possible to distinguish what a user sees depending on whether he/she is registered or not?

So a non-registered user sees content he/she is *not* following by default. A registered user sees content he/she *is* following by default.

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#4

Posted by ezra-g on February 22, 2013 at 1:17pm

Wouldn't it be possible to distinguish what a user sees depending on whether he/she is registered or not?

We already do this. Anonymous users see a completely different homepage.

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#5

Posted by Gerben Zaagsma on February 22, 2013 at 3:29pm

You're right, I am confusing two different things.

I think the justification is that when you first join the site, you wouldn't see anything in that listing because you wouldn't be following. However, we could change this by making suggestions on that page for what the user should follow and defaulting to "following."

+1 for this, wording seems fine to me.

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#6

Posted by Matt V. on February 26, 2013 at 8:05pm

I'm hesitant to complicate the issue even more, but I got a request from a user today to be able to view "both." That is, users would like a filter option to see what they are following along with what they are not following, without having to switch between different filter settings.

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#7

Posted by autolyst on February 26, 2013 at 9:09pm

So a default option of "all" with two additional facets for following and not following respectively?

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#8

Posted by webchick on February 26, 2013 at 9:12pm

Yeah, that's what I would do. For extra credit, make it "sticky" so it remembers what I chose last (or provide an option in my profile to specify).

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#9

Posted by autolyst on February 26, 2013 at 9:21pm

@webchick this is why you get paid the big bucks!

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#10

Posted by autolyst on February 26, 2013 at 9:50pm

Looking at the filter it may need to be reworded

Currently it is - Show me [option 1] "all content" I'm [option 2] "following" sorted by [option 3] "last updated first".

What about - Show me or Showing [formerly option 2] "any" [formerly option 1] "content" sorted by [option 3] "last updated first".

Options for any would be followed, and un-followed (is that a word?)....ooooooh what about "recommended" that would be sexy too.
Options for content would the same as your node types but you would have to drop the all off the option name.
Options for sorting would be the same unless you wanted to throw featured in there for good measure.