Also, I wanted to mention something cool that could be done with the archive as well?
What if it showcased something that was only promoted once but had the most reactions, like an underdog of sorts. NG has always been into supporting the underrated, and I think it'd be neat.
In this case it's be "B." with the runner up being "Super Mario 63".
It's cool to see the ones that were promoted the least but received the most positive reactions.
*xin laugh*
I need a throw up emoji for some of the tuesday selections
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At 10/11/24 01:36 PM, TomFulp wrote:At 10/11/24 12:36 PM, Anonymous-Frog wrote:DO prevent self-promotion (owner/manager only). Should've been obvious
We're maximizing freedom for now.
While I don't expect the freedom to last forever (I'm actually kind of surprised I was allowed to self promote to begin with to be honest). What about in the case of collaborations?
I feel like if someone organized a collab and wanted to promote other artists who participated in their projects should that limitation be set at some point in the future shouldn't there be some kind of consideration to that situation.
Just a thought if anything.
At 10/11/24 01:36 PM, TomFulp wrote:At 10/11/24 12:36 PM, Anonymous-Frog wrote:Page is still buggy. Trying to click "Update" while on the only week.
Josh fixed that now.
I think it should have the following:
users with more followers could have more influence over the picks
Intriguing but I'll say unlikely.
features / reacts made during the previous week could have less influence... to prevent the same movie from getting "top pick" status twice in a row.
If it becomes a problem, we might try it where the same person can't promote the same thing every week. So the same item could still potentially dominate but it would require unique people to prop it up vs the same people as the previous week, for example.
(edit) Show at least 1 of each Portal submission in the Top Picks, even if it's not in the Top 5.
Tempting, would be nice for balance.
DO prevent self-promotion (owner/manager only). Should've been obvious
We're maximizing freedom for now.
the option to undo / change my pick, in case I pick the wrong submission by mistake.
Unlikely to be added for the sake of getting on with other site work, people need to be careful.
credit the author on each pick. Right now they are uncredited.
Had tried this but page was really feeling cluttered. Part of the appeal of Takeover Tuesday is the person doing the featuring gets to hog some spotlight.
ping/notify the author if their work was featured (regular, daily, or Takeover feature)
This is planned, just needs time for implementation.
show "Chronologically" by default instead of "Popularity"
Most people will only view whatever the default setting is for the archive, so it feels best to default to the format that rewards community engagement / most times featured vs whatever was posted first that day.
I'mma be real with you, I'm hoping you'll keep allowing people to self-promote, even if it's just one thing, because some of us really worked hard on a picture, or any creative project, and want it to get a little attention. The forums help, but the frontpage seems to help even more.
And the longest hours I've had in my life were the ones I went through to know I was right
So I'm safe but I'm a little outside, I'm gonna laugh when I'm buried alive!
At 10/11/24 12:36 PM, Anonymous-Frog wrote:Page is still buggy. Trying to click "Update" while on the only week.
Overall, Takeover Tuesday seems like a noble idea, but it has its flaws or could do with some additional updates / features.
I think it should have the following:
"Users with more followers could have more influence over the picks"
Um...no, I don't think someone with more followers than me should get to choose what goes on the frontpage. If I ever find myself in the position of having a lot followers, I wouldn't want to do it because everyone has different taste in art. Everyone has different opinions, views, and so on. To put it simple what you're kind of suggesting is keeping people with less followers at the bottom. If you didn't mean to imply that then that's fine, but that's the impression you're kind of leaving.
And the longest hours I've had in my life were the ones I went through to know I was right
So I'm safe but I'm a little outside, I'm gonna laugh when I'm buried alive!
Sorry to intrude, but you know what it will be nice? To find any submission, on that page, by typing your own username that you've voted it for that Tuesday.
I'm seeing a problem with the archive. The month dropdown only shows the months during Takeover Tuesday's lifetime in the selected year, which makes sense. But changing the year doesn't update the month dropdown until you use the month dropdown to pick a month from the wrong year. That is to say, 2024 shows October, November, and December in the dropdown while 2025 shows January and February in the dropdown, so long as you've started on that year or clicked update since picking the year. But if you change the year, the dropdown still has the months from the old year. For example, if you switch from 2025 to 2024, the dropdown will still only have January and February.
Also, if you click update when the dropdown values are invalid, it will take you to an error page and then when you go back the dropdowns will all be disabled.
I guess the solution to both these problems would be to ensure all dropdowns always have valid values by updating all of them with defaults whenever the year is changed. It looks like the day dropdown already gets updated when the month dropdown is changed, but I guess the year dropdown wasn't coded to do that because there was only one year when it was written. It might also be a good idea to use default values as a failsafe when the update button is clicked. Also, maybe put the year as the first dropdown to make the cascading changes more intuitive.
At 2/12/25 11:20 AM, TharosTheDragon wrote:I'm seeing a problem with the archive. The month dropdown only shows the months during Takeover Tuesday's lifetime in the selected year, which makes sense. But changing the year doesn't update the month dropdown until you use the month dropdown to pick a month from the wrong year. That is to say, 2024 shows October, November, and December in the dropdown while 2025 shows January and February in the dropdown, so long as you've started on that year or clicked update since picking the year. But if you change the year, the dropdown still has the months from the old year. For example, if you switch from 2025 to 2024, the dropdown will still only have January and February.
There's an open ticket for this one, will hopefully get sorted out after some other items are knocked off the list!
