currently, adding tags is somewhat bees, since it requires directly messing with the database. i was going to add an interface to allow admins to manage tags, but i have postponed this for now, because it would need refactoring after adding support for subforums. this is because subforums will be able to have their own sets of tags, determined by the moderators of those subforums.

i would add the tag that you requested, but i don't want to set a precedent of adding arbitrary tags at a global level whenever anyone asks, because fairly soon you will be able to create whatever tags you want for your own purposes.

notifications and mentions

• add syntax for mentioning another user, perhaps @username. when a post containing mentions is posted, that user is notified about that post.
  • perhaps also support mentioning groups of users, eg all the moderators of a given forum or all the site admins, or something
• each user has a set of threads they are 'subscribed' to. there is a button to subscribe/unsubscribe on every thread. when you create a thread, you are by default subscribed to that thread.
• there is a 'notifications' page that lets you view unread notifications.
• presumably there is some system to work out which notifications you have read and haven't read. i will think through that later.
  • also, if we separately have a 'number of unread posts' field on each thread which is separate from this notifications system, then that will use the same system as this, presumably. (presumably it will be useful to see the number of unread posts on threads you aren't subscribed to)
• once we have subforums, you will be able to
  • subscribe to a forum, and be notified when new threads are created there
  • (separately) enable auto-subscription to all threads created there, and be notified of all posts created in those threads
  • subscribe/unsubscribe to all existing threads at once easily.
• presumably we should avoid notifying a user twice about the same post (ie via subscribed thread and via mention)
  • but if a post is edited so that it now contains a mention we would want to notify them
• if a post is deleted presumably notifications pertaining to that post should be removed. if a post is edited so it no longer contains a mention then the notification of that mention should presumably be removed. (we should think about what ux makes most sense here)

oh, unless you're talking about formatting, in which case markdown formatting is supported but you can use html tags too.

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so true...

tags

• ability to select tags when creating a thread
• ability to search/filter threads by tags
• ability for site admins to manage tags (instead of having to directly access the database to change any of them)
  • presumably this implies a site settings page for admins
  • presumably this also implies a way to determine who "admins" are. probably just a list, modifiable by admins. or maybe there is an "owner" who can appoint admins. or something.
• (possibly) ability to have more style options on tags as well as just text and background colour
• when we have multiple (sub)forums, then there should be per-forum tags (ie rules about what tags are usable in what forums). new tags for a subforum should then also be creatable by the "admins" of that subforum.
  • this implies some kind of per-forum moderation system, which i haven't fully thought through yet.
  • if we have nested subforums, then there should probably be an option to make tags inheritable and not inheritable, perhaps per-tag.
    • (or you could just recreate tags you want to inherit tbh)

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many of the things on the list have now been done, which is reassuring. however, there may be other things that would actually be good, that are not on the list.

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