[Suggestion] Sort functionality on homepage (with demo video)

Stewielenor said:

Sort by activity will be abused so not really helpful

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yakuzaemme said:

Sort by activity is what the homepage does today

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yakuzaemme said:

Changes to the homepage has been wished for since forever, but BHW has it's reasons why not to do add filters etc.

Here's another take on it - sort functionality.

Let the user sort by either last activity (as it is today), or by thread creation date.

This will make it easier to spot new threads (thus more engagement), without removing anything from the default view.

Prototype:

This will probably go to the pile of all my other suggestions for BHW, but worth a shot

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Stewielenor said:

Ye but I meant like with threads that are getting more views but , a few replies that would be abused.
Current activity as it is now is also a bit unfriendly especially when DD mass closes BST threads for example. Or the daily morning spammer.. but luckily the doesn't happen the whole day so it's fine.

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DunderMannen said:

What about instead making a simple algorithm of what threads people interact with and only showing those types of threads on their frontpage

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Diamond Damien said:

I could be missing what you???re asking for but what???s new in threads can be found here https://www.blackhatworld.com/find-threads/started
What???s new in posts can be found via the homepage or here https://www.blackhatworld.com/whats-new/posts/ both found in the top nav.
We???re loving your suggestions and are about to release the signatures idea as part of our next update. Keep them coming.

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Diamond Damien said:

I could be missing what you???re asking for but what???s new in threads can be found here https://www.blackhatworld.com/find-threads/started
What???s new in posts can be found via the homepage or here https://www.blackhatworld.com/whats-new/posts/ both found in the top nav.
We???re loving your suggestions and are about to release the signatures idea as part of our next update. Keep them coming.

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function sort_threads_creation(a, b){
    return ($(b).find("time.u-dt:first").attr('data-time')) > ($(a).find("time.u-dt:first").attr('data-time')) ? 1 : -1;  
}
$(".structItem--thread").sort(sort_threads_creation).appendTo('.structItemContainer');

yakuzaemme said:

Code:

function sort_threads_creation(a, b){
    return ($(b).find("time.u-dt:first").attr('data-time')) > ($(a).find("time.u-dt:first").attr('data-time')) ? 1 : -1; 
}
$(".structItem--thread").sort(sort_threads_creation).appendTo('.structItemContainer');

It's a much easier way to spot what's new on the forum since the last visit.
Whats-new tries to do this, but is in my opinion just threads that I've seen and not for me to engage with.

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function sort_threads_creation(a, b){
    return ($(b).find("time.u-dt").attr('data-time')) > ($(a).find("time.u-dt").attr('data-time')) ? 1 : -1;  
}
function sort_threads_creation_inverse(a, b){
     return sort_threads_creation(b, a);
}

$(".structItem--thread").sort(sort_threads_creation).appendTo('.structItemContainer');

$(".structItem--thread").sort(sort_threads_creation_inverse).appendTo('.structItemContainer');

yakuzaemme said:

No, just sorting on threads based on thread start date (newest first).
The nearest to that is 'Unanswered threads', but that's not a viable option as threads get replies.

Another gif, highlighted the date:

Paste this in console on homepage to try for yourself:

Code:

function sort_threads_creation(a, b){
    return ($(b).find("time.u-dt:first").attr('data-time')) > ($(a).find("time.u-dt:first").attr('data-time')) ? 1 : -1; 
}
$(".structItem--thread").sort(sort_threads_creation).appendTo('.structItemContainer');

It's a much easier way to spot what's new on the forum since the last visit.
Whats-new tries to do this, but is in my opinion just threads that I've seen and not for me to engage with.

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