As we continue to work our hardest to make Similar Worlds as compatible and user-friendly for everyone, for those who do not wish to Categorize or Type-Label their posts before publishing, [b]we have now added a feature which allows you to SKIP Labelling & Categorization (Step 1 & 2) during the post creation process.[/b]
1) Create New Post - https://similarworlds.com/post
2) IF you do not want to correctly organize where your post should be, you are free to use the [c=800000][big][Skip Categorization][/big][/c] [b]button[/b], to [b]"1-Click Skip" Steps 1 & 2[/b].
3) You simply carry on with the creation of your post, as usual: [b]Title + Content[/b] [i](+ Audience)[/i] ... [b][Post][/b]
Your post will be Categorized as: [b]"Uncategorized" [Random][/b]
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Do note however, that it is not only beneficial for the community as a whole, that posts be correctly labeled (so that users can find they are interested in, from the Groups/Categories they are subscribed to).
It will also benefit you, the poster, to have categorized posts, since once our improved post feed relevance goes into effect, users will see more of the posts they are actually interested in, and subscribed to, and less posts from unsubscribed groups and unfamiliar users.
Kind regards, -The SW Team
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I prefer to categorize my posts, but I'm sure this shortcut will be welcome to many.
Just to clarify though:
[quote]since once our improved post feed relevance goes into effect, users will see more of the posts they are actually interested in, and subscribed to, and less posts from unsubscribed groups and unfamiliar users.[/quote]
Will this only affect the groups feed? I like how the following and new feeds show everything and would prefer it to stay that way.
1) The Following feed should remain mostly unaffected, and continue to show posts of users you follow, regardless of what group/category they post to.
2) The Groups feed should technically remain mostly unaffected as well, as its purpose is to only show posts from groups you are actively subscribed to (if it's working correctly).
3) The New (Default) feed, we intend to improve it to show more relevance. At the moment, it isn't sufficiently optimized, and heavily relies on ordering posts Chronologically.
For example: If a user's "Best Friend" made a post, 12 hours ago, right now with the current feed algorithm, there is a good chance that the friend's post may not be seen by that user.
We intend to improve post relevance, which not only shows more posts from: - Your friends - Users you interact the most with - Subscribed groups
but also, sort the resulting posts uniquely, per user's feed, where posts are ordered more by relevance, assumed significance to that user, instead of primarily chronologically.
[quote=Andrew]The Following feed should remain [u]mostly[/u] unaffected[/quote]
We may also include some factoring of "Significance" when sorting posts, even in the Following and Groups feeds.
I hope that makes some sense, and explains a bit. 🙂
@Andrew Although on second thought, I'm a bit worried the advanced sorting could put posts I've seen before above those I haven't seen, making it difficult to determine how far to scroll down to make sure I'm up to date. That could make me miss something the algorithm doesn't deem important but is something I'd like to see or the author wants me to see.
The advantages sound great and I'm more than willing to give this a chance, even if it replaces the current version entirely. But if it turns out there are significant downsides, would you consider offering an option to switch all feeds between intelligent ordering/filtering and purely chronologically including everything we haven't muted/blocked?
@NerdyPotato there will be some filters and customization options available for users, yes. So that they can tweak these various factors to have a feed that is more suitable for them.
Regarding seeing the same post more than once, yup, this is something we have been aware of, and already have plans in place, to avoid/reduce this from happening.
That indeed would be an essential feature, once we change the feed from purely chronological, otherwise those "Old posts" could remain stuck at the top of the feed for a long time, which wouldn't be a good thing.
(It crossed my mind to mention that also here, but I didn't want to ramble on too much and make my response too complex. 🙂)
@Andrew That leaves a few questions still: Will there be an additional "simple"/"unfiltered" feed? Alternatively, you mention some filter/customization options... will these be good enough to effectively opt-out of this relevance sorting?
And if we get a "simple" feed, can we make this the default feed?
What I mean by "simple"/"unfiltered" feed is a feed that shows all posts from all categories in chronological order, without any kind of sorting beyond that. More or less what the feed is right now. Some of us much prefer that.
