I agree that hashtags would be better, maybe you can just reserve some keywords that can't be used as project hashtags?
Maybe we can recycle this -> github.com/marckohlbrugge/wip…
Also, what about creating a WIP GitHub org that can be joined by paid members to manages those community-driven resources?
Yes, it can be the solution, and I like the idea to have more work to do when you want to highlight something 👍
I think that:
1. it should be displayed on the timeline (don't know if it's the case today)
2. it should probably "count" as a done task for the author
It currently isn't displayed on the timeline. It totally should though!
Right now it doesn't count as a done todo either. I guess we could make it count for the streak, as writing a status update is indeed work. And having to create a todo "Wrote a product update" just after you wrote it on WIP seems like unnecessary work.
Personally, I dislike the recent change that put roasts and questions above the timeline, I think they are valuable, but I don't like having to scroll to see the timeline which is my focus
Maybe you can consider switching them to blocks?
Or maybe better, to hide them as soon as you read them, you can only see unread ones and the ones you follow with unread comments?
Open-source WIP so we can make pull-requests? :)
I did consider this for a long time. But people who've done this often say it's a lot of work to manage contributions. So I'm not so sure anymore it's worth the trade-off.
There's also a decent risk of people straight out copying our hard work for their own personal gain. Even if the license would not allow it. This is already happening to some extent (people straight up copy our design, copy, etc to make a competing product).
Add a way of "clapping" a task and not only the comments
I've been on the fence for this one as I think it's a two-edged sword.
One the one hand it's a useful way showing someone you saw their todos and appreciate it. Not everything warrants a written comment.
But on the other hand, it's so easy those claps can quickly lose their meaning. And only a lack of claps remains meaningful, but in a bad way.
It wouldn't be too hard to run an experiment for a few weeks and see what happens. It's a relatively easy feature to build. (We actually experimented with this same idea, but only available through the chat. So the foundation is already built).
What if you add a small set of icons to show "reactions", like the one's at FB?
Yeah those those are fun, but also have their downsides. Basecamp wrote a great article about it: Introducing Boosts: an all-new way to show your support in Basecamp
Their approach is quite interesting too. I prototyped it for WIP, but eventually settled on regular comments.
But it's definitely something we can explore. We could have one type of reaction (👏), multiple types (e.g. 👏 😍 😢 🎉), or allow any emoji like Slack has:
Shorten displayed URLs in the generated HTML, I like the way Twitter is doing it
I never noticed this to be honest. But you're right. If there's a long URL in a tweet, it only shows the first X number of characters.
I haven't really found long URLs to be an issue on WIP, but I will keep that idea in mind. Wouldn't be too hard to implement.
Another example (not from me) -> wip.chat/@gijsheerkens/todos/…
Show mentions on user profile pages
I.e., "made cool stuff with @marc" -> available on your wip.chat/@marc page
It can increase collaboration or bug report (you and @levelsio often use the "cc"/"h/t" mention for fixed bug reports)
What if you could "retweet" someone else's todo?
Then if you do get mentioned, you can choose whether to have it show up on your profile by retweeting or not.
It would also let you amplify todos where you're not directly mentioned. Perhaps because it's something really interesting, but it might be from a less known maker.
If WIP were to become more of a Twitter-like social network where you can follow people (recently launched a prototype of this) then it might make sense to add such a feature.
Yep that makes sense 👍, not everyone will be happy to be forced having others entries on their timelines