Want to help test the reply recommendation feature?

[EarlG]

This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the DU4 Bug Reports forum).

A few people have asked about this feature, so let's test it out. I've picked a random reply two-thirds of the way down a longish thread to recommend. It's this one:

https://du4.democraticunderground.com/100217381417#post8

If you go there and hit the "Recommend" button in the bottom right, you should see the count go up. Once five people have recced it, you can go to the top of the reply tree and look for the buttons that say:

Highlight: NONE | 5 NEWEST | RECOMMENDED

Hit "Recommended" and the post should light up in the reply tree.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'm happy to try this!

[hlthe2b]

2. Done

[Lasher]

3. I recommended that reply but I don't see any highlight.

Do 5 of us have to rec it before the highlight will appear?

ETA: I see it has 4 recs now.

[EarlG]

4. Yes it needs 5 recs (nt)

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Just got back from a doctor appointment and saw your PM.

I recommended the post. Is it working now?

[Lasher]

6. Looks like it is.

You have to go up to the OP and select recommended to turn it on. Then when you scroll down the reply tree you should see that reply highlighted in yellow. Thanks for pitching in!

[Renew Deal]

7. rec'd

[EarlG]

8. Cool, it's working

Hopefully you can see how highlighting recommended posts in the reply tree might be useful, particularly in long, busy threads where you just want to skim through and read the best replies.

[Renew Deal]

9. It makes sense and can prevent some posts from having to be posted as threads to get attention.

[Lasher]

10. Can the recommended selection be set as the default?

Right now the selection comes up as none.

[EarlG]

11. Currently it defaults to "None" on page load, but

we may be able to set it up so that it remembers your setting -- in other words, whatever the last thing you changed it to becomes your default for all the other threads you look at, until you change it again. I'll have to talk with Elad to see if we can make that happen.

[Hekate]

12. Great! I've been recommending posts but wondered if it works & now I know

[sheshe2]

13. This is a great feature.