Can some of the older/unnecessary pinned posts be removed from General Discussion?
AisforAndis-ING
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@NianticTintino The "General Discussion" section of this forum is becoming more and more bloated with pinned announcement posts because older pins aren't being removed.
Previous AMA discussions, Tintinos welcome post, and older feature additions like Upload Later and First Time Logins don't really seem relevant anymore. Most of these things are in the "News" section of the forum anyways, generally having their related discussion thread linked.
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That would be a great start. I also suggested repurposing the Appeals category and removing/archiving the Wayfarer challenge sections. They still get posts occasionally but certainly aren't necessary.
Yes. When I'm logged in, I can un-pin things. But when it randomly logs me out, they're pinned again, until I sign in again.
And I know the super-pinned version is what a new member would see. It only leaves a couple positions on page 1 for the latest posts.
Maybe @NianticGiffard or @NianticAaron can do this
Woah I had no idea this was an option, thanks for mentioning it!
Ohh - how please.
It does help, but they're still pinned by default for all users. So they still get bumped and clog the first page long past relevancy.
This would still be nice to see some bumped down by Niantic staff, though. Especially considering how many Wayforum regulars didn't realize this.
Woah. That is a fantastic feature! Super overlooked though...
This is very helpful, thank you
Bumping this post every day until this is addressed
Bumping this post every day (that I remember) until this is addressed***
you will be bumping for a long time my friend
until they decide to close the discussion without addressing the problem
I dare them 😂
It is annoying having half the first page taken up with news that is a year old.
@NianticTintino @NianticGiffard @NianticAaron
Huh, danbocay changed to aaron when I selected him, thats odd
I read forum though "Recent Discussions" link (and have url bookmarked), easier to see all recent posts and do not care about the categories.
The ONLY issue with that - need to scroll page to skip 20 old "announcements" first.
@NianticGiffard @NianticTintino Please, un-pin old announcements, )))
Just going to leave this gif here. For some reason dismissing it causes it to flash yellow, but the announcements don't leave the page until you refresh it.
Click the cog at the corner of each Announcement-type post to dismiss it and they disappear I guess.
The title of the post could be its undoing. It looks like you're asking for old posts to be deleted or moved to the archive folder. This forum has 136 pages. How old should be removed? The last 36 pages? Anything created before 01/01/2019? Anything that hasn't had a reply in 12 months? That would be a huge undertaking that nobody at Niantic wants to claim. I doubt they're even opening the post, based on its title.
I believe the title should emphasize to please UNPIN old topics from the top of these page. No need to archive them. Quick job.
An individual can dismiss pinned messages on their page for as long as they're logged in. But new visitors, or regulars who are randomly logged off, will still see too many pins, to scroll thru, to only find a few new posts fit on their page.
Don't we want to look nice when visitors arrive? Or do we want to confuse and frustrate them into leaving?
Unfortunately I can't edit the title now or I would. I'm just goin to continue to post memes every day that Niantic has to look at and approve until it gets the point across
You know, if there weren't so many pinned posts, maybe Niantic employees would have a better chance of noticing and responding to this thread. 🤔
Maybe if this post was pinned people would be able to see how to get rid of the pinned posts
It's true that that it seems way too frontloaded with pinned messages. First impression I get (when not logged in) was"oh man, this forum sure seems dead, these pinned topics with last reply from 2021".
It took well over 30 minutes of browsing to realize that all discussion gets bogged down after all the pinned messages. It seems worse when viewing with phone, compared to PC with big screen.
However, as mentioned earlier in this topic, this forum is so much easier to read after dismissing old pinned messages. :)
Would be cool if there was a script to remove old announcement automatically, something like this but working:
Niantic didn't approve my meme today 😂
Isn't it easier to dismiss those topics as explained by @MargariteDVille-ING?
Not really easier. Would need to stay logged in at all times.
Either way, both "dismiss" and script are poor workarounds, the proper approach is to un-pin old announcements.
"You should regularly review your announcements and keep only the most recent and important ones. Consider the poor user experience of having user content buried by an entire first page of official announcements."
https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/101-announcements
Without full page of announcements (I'm trying the workarounds), it's SO MUCH CLEANER
Yes, of course the proper action is to unpin most of the topics and keep only those few ones that are relevant, that's the best solution because it would help everyone, specially newcomers that see those old threads , apart from that the second best option is that each user dismisses the messages, not installing a script to hide those messages.
And in the case that you really want a solution for each user, inject this CSS and you're done