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↔️ How would you Categorize All Groups and Posts on SW? 🔃

Hello all! 🖐️
We have been moving ahead with plans of restructuring Similar World's Groups and Categories [i](for all Post types)[/i].

As most users may already know, the existing various groups that exist on SW, were imported [i](many hundreds of thousands)[/i] from the defunct website, EP.

To properly organize and improve Similar Worlds, we aim to provide a Category based Hierarchal structure, for all Posts on SW.

[b]This will allow posted content to be properly grouped and categorized,
so that users will finally be able to see more of the content they are looking for,
and less of the types of content they wish to not see.[/b]


To move another step closer towards having these changes made, we would now like to allow users the opportunity to suggest to us (the SW staff):

[c=#4C0073][b]What [u]Broad Categorization[/u] do you believe to be most accurate, for the various existing groups and categories that currently appear on our website.[/b][/c]


[c=#800055]We will be working on a feature, yet to be released,
likely a [u]Drop-Menu of Categories[/u], which will exist within each Group on this site, whereby any user can place their "Vote" for the correct categorization of that group, by making a selection from the Drop-Menu list of options.[/c]


Below is a sample [i](but not the final)[/i] list of Broad/Top-Level Categories we are considering, to group of all posts on SW within.

[i](Further categorized into sub-categories, but we will address this later.)[/i]

[quote][big]List of Broad / Top-Level Categories on SW[/big][i] (Incomplete / Pending)[/i]

[big][c=#004A59]• Career
• Fun & Questions
• Health & Fitness
• Identity
• Interests
• Life
• Politics
• Relationship
• Religion
• Self-Improvement
• Sports
• Struggles[/c][/big]
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[c=#804600][big]• Questionable[/big][/c] [c=#666666][i](suggested to be [u]Reviewed[/u])[/i][/c]
[c=#800000][big]• Illegal[/big][/c] [c=#666666][i](strongly suggested to be [u]Removed[/u])[/i][/c]
[/quote]


[c=#4C0073][b]You can assist us via the comments section below,
by proposing a final list for our Broad / Top-Level Categories
(or by simply suggested adjustments to our list).[/b][/c]


The options listed as:
[b]• Questionable
• Illegal[/b]

... can be utilized by users, to help bring to attention inappropriate groups more quickly,
so that we can sooner flush out unwanted and inappropriate groups and discussions, from our Similar Worlds community.

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[i]Previous Admin Announcements on this topic:[/i]

[b][c=#005E2F]Clarification on Group & Post Changes:[/c][/b]
https://similarworlds.com/100-Admin-Announcements/3432517-Clarification-on-Group-Post-Changes

[b][c=#005E2F]🔄 SW Group & Category Re-Structuring (Feedback Appreciated) 📩:[/c][/b]
https://similarworlds.com/100-Admin-Announcements/2149687-SW-Group-Category-Re-Structuring-Feedback

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Thanks and kind regards! 🙂
[i]-SW Staff[/i]
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RubySoo · 56-60, F
I feel it needs a way of separating the fun stuff from the serious stuff as some people do still wish to vent,seek advice without being nade fun of or told to lighten up!

I know this is not the point of this post but id like a way of seeing when your friends have posted, like a notification as if youre not online when they post its easy to miss what yr pals post.
Andrew · Admin
@RubySoo that is a good point, and actually something we have been discussing over the past few months.

We notice that there are two main groups of users, as you mentioned:

[b][u]Fun[/u] vs [u]Serious[/u] topics[/b] (generally)


We do have ideas, on how to create this separation between user-types,
so that users will be able to see more often, like-minded individuals.

It will be a separate feature apart from these Categories,
however, they will also work fluidly together.
RubySoo · 56-60, F
@Andrew i look forward to seeing how it all pans out.
Thanks Andrew 🙂
Andrew · Admin
@RubySoo
I just noticed your second suggestion:

[quote=@RubySoo]I know this is not the point of this post but id like a way of seeing when your friends have posted, like a notification as if youre not online when they post its easy to miss what yr pals post.[/quote]

This is also something we have been discussing.
We have something planned that may be released in the coming weeks,
it won't be precisely a notification, however, it will help you to more likely see your posts of your friends that you may have missed, in your home feed.

(The idea of the notification, has been discussed also, and will likely come later, but not too far off).
RubySoo · 56-60, F
@Andrew oooh cool! 😀