Thanks for raising this! For now we (mods) have marked this yearâs posts as âpersonal blogâ, so they shouldnât be on the frontpage anymore for most users.
I think, for next year, editing the titles after a day or having a separate section could be good ideas
Thanks! Has there been any consideration of somehow âde-agingâ posts from March 30 or March 31, or serious posts from April 1, in the future? I felt that some of those got short shrift because of the influx of /â activity on all the April Foolsâ posts.
It is vaguely analogous to there being a server shutdown for 1-2 days, which the system doesnât account for when deciding what posts to show on the homepage. I understand hesitancy to mess with what the algorithm puts on the homepage, but with this being an annual occurrence adjustments could be done in an open and transparent manner.
Thanks for raising this! For now we (mods) have marked this yearâs posts as âpersonal blogâ, so they shouldnât be on the frontpage anymore for most users.
I think, for next year, editing the titles after a day or having a separate section could be good ideas
Thanks! Has there been any consideration of somehow âde-agingâ posts from March 30 or March 31, or serious posts from April 1, in the future? I felt that some of those got short shrift because of the influx of /â activity on all the April Foolsâ posts.
It is vaguely analogous to there being a server shutdown for 1-2 days, which the system doesnât account for when deciding what posts to show on the homepage. I understand hesitancy to mess with what the algorithm puts on the homepage, but with this being an annual occurrence adjustments could be done in an open and transparent manner.
It seems the forum team already did it for at least one post , and I agree itâs worth considering for all posts next year
I suggested showing the April Foolsâ Day tag next to posts on the frontpage, like so: