We are still thinking about how to best store who saw what already. It is technically not so trivial as there can be a big chunk of data just for views :/
Another option would be to allow people to subscribe to a topic, maybe done automatically when they reply. But that would not show new topics as unread or do it time based, where everything older than x is read. Both have their drawbacks
We have a database backend. The problem is if you have 10000 topics and 10000 users, you get 1000000 unread counters. It basically explodes very fast. So we have to find a way that is useful for the people using it but not breaking down once many use it
Is tokenbb using some kind of database in conjunction with the blockchain ? It should be necessary for users' profile informations, read/unread informations couldn't be stored in it ? (just asking, I'm not a developer, so I don't know the limits of these kind of systems).
I understand. I don't know how it is handled on standard boards. I guess it's not so easy. Maybe locally, with cookies ? Anyway the idea to subscribe to a topic is really necessary ! ;-)
A subscribe-to-topic feature is an okay idea, but it isn't a deal breaker if you don't create one, especially in the beginning while the forum communities are still small (it might be unneccesary). But if the forum communities start getting really large, with a lot of topics and posts added daily or even hourly.. it might be nice to be able to subscribe to our favorite topics (i.e. subscribe via email). I'm not sure if I'd use it though. Probably not at first.
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We are still thinking about how to best store who saw what already. It is technically not so trivial as there can be a big chunk of data just for views :/
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We would like to invite you to our Tokenbb-test-group channel in Discord - https://discord.gg/pNjFZw , looking forward to seeing you there.
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Another option would be to allow people to subscribe to a topic, maybe done automatically when they reply. But that would not show new topics as unread or do it time based, where everything older than x is read. Both have their drawbacks
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What might be possible is having each client remember what they saw last. But that would not synchronize between devices
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We have a database backend. The problem is if you have 10000 topics and 10000 users, you get 1000000 unread counters. It basically explodes very fast. So we have to find a way that is useful for the people using it but not breaking down once many use it
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@sebbl, I used a lot of forums and never saw a subscribe to topic feature.
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Yes, I realise it's not the same than just using a MySQL database...
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Is tokenbb using some kind of database in conjunction with the blockchain ? It should be necessary for users' profile informations, read/unread informations couldn't be stored in it ? (just asking, I'm not a developer, so I don't know the limits of these kind of systems).
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I understand. I don't know how it is handled on standard boards. I guess it's not so easy. Maybe locally, with cookies ? Anyway the idea to subscribe to a topic is really necessary ! ;-)
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Every PhpBB board has this feature, SMF too... It is materialized by a tick box near the answer editor.
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A subscribe-to-topic feature is an okay idea, but it isn't a deal breaker if you don't create one, especially in the beginning while the forum communities are still small (it might be unneccesary). But if the forum communities start getting really large, with a lot of topics and posts added daily or even hourly.. it might be nice to be able to subscribe to our favorite topics (i.e. subscribe via email). I'm not sure if I'd use it though. Probably not at first.
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I think you can subscribe to topics on bitcointalk
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The subscribe to topic can possibley be handled via email notification or discord notification via GINA, no sense in expending memo costs
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