Checking the poll results, and all of the "yes" options are tied. Hrm.

I think it's reasonable enough to start by splitting out the projects forum, and we'll go from there. I'll include this in the next announcement post, in case anyone misses this (I'll be making some changes on that front, too).

This is done, alongside the spoiler tag!

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What game to choose is still open for discussion, but that might be another topic.

Done!

Here's an example:

"Spoiler Alert" by They Might Be Giants

whatever happens, there needs to be a forum explicitly for vibing. just imo

...ok idk exactly what I mean there either, but like, something that encourages a degree of silliness or chill or what have you. every forum needs a way for people to settle into the community and feel more at ease, which sometimes means letting loose a little, fucking around a bit, etc.

i think having a "Projects: The creative and/or clever stuff you're up to" type thing (indicating that it's not just for tech projects) alongside Chat might be sufficient for now without being too preemptive; if Chat starts getting dominated by another specific genre of topic again, we can always spin off another category at that time.

When building F9, I decided to only have a "General" forum for non-meta stuff to avoid not knowing where to put a topic, especially in a small community. In retrospect, I'm feeling that had the opposite effect-- now I worry the vibe is this forum is primarily for posting about projects (especially the tech-related sort). I imagine I didn't help much on this front-- my main way of starting discussions is by talking about what I'm working on, which often involves a computer to some capacity.

Not to say I'm upset with the topics that have been made here! A big part of this was having a place to talk about projects. But I definitely want more topics to feel suitable for here than just that.

How does everyone else feel? Is there anything in particular you'd want a forum for?

Yaaaaaay good job and thank you 

It's been a bit, but this has been the main thing I've been working on! Here's a bit of a preview:

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The basic idea is as follows:

• Use [spoiler][/spoiler] to hide a spoiler, setting [spoiler=Some Text][/spoiler] to define the title text to "Some Text"
• Use [noguest][/noguest] to restrict text to logged-in users. This is automatically opened, but still collapsible if you're taking a screenshot and want to hide it. (credit to @iliana for the idea)

The trickiest part so far was getting nesting to work properly, but now it's good! I just have to work on dark mode support, and then it should be good enough for prod.

Quote from: Skirmisher on Apr 18, 2025, 05:04 AMIf we already wanna have inline monospace text and code blocks, then I mean, y'know, why not both here too,

The main problem is, what tag should we use for that? I'm worried about a <pre/> vs <code/> situation where it can get confusing on which is inline or block

Quote from: Skirmisher on Apr 18, 2025, 05:04 AM(it would be cute if the block style used a button as the toggle widget, but that's just my nostalgia bias)

Hmm, I'll have to see how much I can do there. I want to avoid JS if I can help it, so I was just going to do a summary/details thingo.