Been trying this out secretly for the past few weeks — a "catch-up" timeline page. Did whole bunch of iterations, where I myself is the guinea pig, but this time reaching a point where I just got to share it out in the public.
- NOT final design, still very experimental, only on my local machine
- Instead of algo timeline, this is focused on data-grid-like UI for configuring exactly what I want to see.
- This honestly could be another full-fledged app/client by itself 🫠
After a while, my usage slowly leaning towards this: grouping by authors. Feels refreshing browsing it this way. Faster to scan too.
Oh yeah, this is how it looks like on wider viewport. Kinda email-like.
#PhanpySocialDev #sneakpeek (not available on dev site yet)
Not sure where to put these, so experimentally placing them at the top for now, reusing the styles from trending news in Trending page. It's based on the post's `card` so some links are actually "quote posts" 😬
#PhanpySocialDev (not on dev site yet)
🤫 Quietly dropped on dev site #PhanpySocialDev . Feedback/bug reports welcomed 🙇♂️
Cool to see @laurenshof the first one to post about it https://indieweb.social/@laurenshof/111997146906858162
Attached: 2 images holy shit catch-up just dropped on dev.phanpy.social this is soooo fucking good @[email protected]
An experiment that I wanted to try: sort by post density — give a chance for short posts to shine among the attention-grabbing ones. Let's see how it works 🤞
Is it a combo of replies + likes + boosts among people you follow?
Sorry if I’m being dense (pun was unintended but here we are)
@FlockOfCats hmm, I guess maybe your timeline doesn't have a lot of differently-dense posts 😄
Density refers to the amount of information in the post. For example, a post with only 1 word is "lighter", a post with many words is "heavier". A post with photos is "heavier" than a post without photos, because a picture is worth a thousand words 😉
I see…I did notice that it was weighted toward photo heavy toots.
So the density is “info density” per toot. Got it!
I was confused because I was thinking it was also related to “popularity” (likes and boosts).
I’m super excited to try this out for catchup tomorrow morning. Thanks for the quick reply and your awesome work on this project!
I think “info density” or “toot size” might convey it without extra explanation. But I’d be curious what other people think is clear. 🤓
And verbosity has a slightly negative impression —many word…too many words 🤓
Edit: I also thought info density
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