mfad•2y ago

Highlighting Highlights (June 2024) - Topic of the day 7/5/24

We've highlighted topic-of-the-dayTop of WAYWT: June 2024 - Topic of the day 7/4/24 but how do you feel about #waywt-highlights - positive, negative, it's complicated? Is it worth keeping around? Is there anything that can be improved about it?

goofus•7/5/24, 4:06 PM

I didn’t consider it until some other users commented on it, but it does possibly reinforce certain styles of the discord and discourage more varied fits.

Weeg•7/5/24, 4:09 PM

I like it. I think it encourages higher effort posts and people seeking feedback which is kinda the original intent of the discord to begin with no? It feels as close to an upvote system as we can get here, and i dont truly believe that removing highlights would break up the style homogeneity. I think thats just a byproduct of people who think about things similarly and engage with similar media all hanging out together.

j9it45sgd7u•7/5/24, 4:10 PM

Theoretically I guess it could enforce the house uniform but actually I notice that a lot of outstanding fits of varied aesthetics tend to do very well, even better than the house look. I’m not going to do the leg work on backing this up with data

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:14 PM

i think there's a preference towards effort that gets rewarded in highlights, and that that's easier for people to appreciate in more traditional or preferred styles but at it's core i don't mind it as one benchmark to see how a fit hits

jibba•7/5/24, 4:14 PM

I enjoy checking it if I don't look at the discord for a bit.

jibba•7/5/24, 4:15 PM

I don't think it it really incentivizes anything that reacts already don't

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:15 PM

i've had some fits that didn't make highlights despite me really enjoying them and i've had some fits make highlights to my confusion (i will not say which is which) but, just for me, i think that's helpful to see what about a fit is great or not great

seth•7/5/24, 4:18 PM

im just curious, is it 40 total reacts to make it to highlights?

j9it45sgd7u•7/5/24, 4:18 PM

I’ll revise my earlier statement a bit, I was referring to the normal highlights channel. The highlights of the highlights (top from June or whatever) seems more homogeneous to me

seth•7/5/24, 4:18 PM

40 diff users or 40 reacts

Jjibba I don't think it it really incentivizes anything that reacts already don't

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:19 PM

i used to use highlights as a recommendation for people, especially new people, to get a sense of what was good contemporary fashion, though as others have mentioned that can spur a maybe limiting approach to style

j9it45sgd7u•7/5/24, 4:19 PM

Unique users

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:19 PM

40 different users in 24 hours

Zzeometer i used to use highlights as a recommendation for people, especially new people, ...

jibba•7/5/24, 4:19 PM

Oh that's a good point

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:19 PM

the type of react doesn't matter so theoretically someone could get 40 bricks lmao

kyn•7/5/24, 4:20 PM

new goal

jibba•7/5/24, 4:21 PM

I'd actually like to see a highlights system for comments. I think it would be cool if we could reward good feedback in styling suggestions with a similar system.

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:21 PM

that said i wonder if 40 is a good number (alternatively "is it better to make highlights more inclusive by lowering the threshhold?")

seth•7/5/24, 4:21 PM

ive never seen brick reactions so im glad people arent that mean

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:22 PM

or raising it so the quality of a fit is apparent

j9it45sgd7u•7/5/24, 4:22 PM

Similarly i would be interested in the shitposter ranked system

kyn•7/5/24, 4:24 PM

ive been in servers where we had post leaderboards

kyn•7/5/24, 4:24 PM

i think it's possible with clarksdesertbot

kyn•7/5/24, 4:25 PM

i dont want to know this information about myself though

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:26 PM

would there be a way to distinguish between good comments and bad ones that people react negatively to en masse

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:27 PM

i'm on another server that hard codes the

as a "good" reaction but no idea how much work that would entail

Digs•7/5/24, 4:27 PM

Highlights are good because when i make it into the highlights i get a dopamine hit

jibba•7/5/24, 4:28 PM

I can only imagine :xd:

Jj9it45sgd7u I’ll revise my earlier statement a bit, I was referring to the normal highlights...

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:29 PM

that makes a little sense as top of the month is a running tally - if someone is gone for a week and comes back to see a highlight they can upvote it still

stevie•7/5/24, 4:30 PM

highlights really just means 40 people reacted to your fit and for me isn't an indicator of quality or anything so i don't ever check it

stevie•7/5/24, 4:30 PM

like it's fine i guess but can we do better

stevie•7/5/24, 4:31 PM

nothing hits as good as being shouted out in the monthly top thread whether you make highlights or not and i wonder how a fully, more conversational version of "highlights" would play out - where it's only the monthly thread and users just share their top fits they liked the most

stevie•7/5/24, 4:32 PM

which can be cool in theory but my concern for that is will people actually engage with that

stevie•7/5/24, 4:32 PM

so i don't know

Sstevie which can be cool in theory but my concern for that is will people actually enga...

zeometer•7/5/24, 4:32 PM

it would also mean people having to keep track of fits from early in the month through #waywt itself

artvandelayimporting•7/5/24, 4:32 PM

I’m gonna start dropping @/everyone in my waywt captions to improve engagement

stevie•7/5/24, 4:32 PM

yeah

Zzeometer would there be a way to distinguish between good comments and bad ones that peop...

kyn•7/5/24, 4:32 PM

a lot of variables in this

stevie•7/5/24, 4:32 PM

definitely

Sstevie nothing hits as good as being shouted out in the monthly top thread whether you ...

kyn•7/5/24, 4:33 PM

i like this and i think it's been discussed a bit but i haven't heard a good solution

stevie•7/5/24, 4:33 PM

put the onus on individual users and i don't think many people will engage

Drew•7/5/24, 4:33 PM

Like: Gives me great inspiration that’s quick to scroll through, encourages growth to for posters, also encourages higher effort to be put into the actual fit-pic-taking

Dislike: if we would just lower it to 37, I’d have a chance

kyn•7/5/24, 4:33 PM

it also fragments the discussion furhter

kyn•7/5/24, 4:33 PM

and there are already so many threads and posts etc

artvandelayimporting•7/5/24, 4:34 PM

Just one more thread bro please

beans•7/5/24, 4:34 PM

monthly highlights is fun and if you're taking it too seriously I think that's on you

beans•7/5/24, 4:34 PM

It's also summer in a largely northern hemisphere server

Bbeans monthly highlights is fun and if you're taking it too seriously I think that's o...

stevie•7/5/24, 4:35 PM

yeah honestly that's why i said that highlights is really just 40 people liking your fit

Drew•7/5/24, 4:35 PM

We’re on discord and have lots of users who came from Reddit, by design there will be a lot of people who take it more seriously than it’s meant to be

stevie•7/5/24, 4:35 PM

because ultimately it's not serious