Discourse1/6 Great feature ideas die in a few places: buried in chat, lost in support tickets, drowned out by whoever emails you most, or forgotten between planning meetings. We made it easier to stop that.
2/6 When you create a new category on Discourse, there's now a dedicated "Ideas" type. Pick it, and we handle the Topic Voting plugin setup with working defaults, so you skip the plugin hunt and the 12-checkbox settings page.
3/6 Voting changes who gets heard. People who'd never write out a full feature request will click a vote, and product teams stop guessing at priorities because they can see what users want, and in what order.
4/6 There's also a new "Limit member votes" setting. Cap how many votes each person gets, or switch the limit off entirely. Some communities want scarcity because it forces people to pick their real favourites, others want a free-for-all, and both are fine.
6/6 These defaults come from how we run the Feature category on Meta and they're not law, so if the setup feels wrong for your community, tell us what's missing.
Full write-up with screenshots:
https://meta.discourse.org/t/easily-create-ideas-categories-using-the-topic-voting-plugin/399365
Easily create Ideas categories using the Topic Voting plugin
We’ve made it easier to create ideas / feature request type categories on Discourse! This update leverages our existing Discourse Topic Voting plugin, but simplifies the setup process and makes it easy to manage related settings during category creation. Note: On our hosting, Discourse Topic Voting is available on the Business or higher tiers. In this topic, we’ll review the major changes and share how you can start using this today. 🔬 What’s changed When creating a new category,...