Remind Newer Scratchers to read the stickies first

theonlygusti

I think that when you first visit a forum (so suggestions/requests/announcements) it pops up a message (similar to the “You've become a Scratcher” message) reminding you that your idea/question is probably already in a stickied topic, so read those first.

Note: this message will only show up the very first time you visit that forum. Afterwards, no message.

I think that this would stop a lot of duplicate posts and, especially in the QAS forum, a lot of questions that have been answered in a stickied topic.

The message could just point out where the stickied topics are, and remind users that whenever they want to create a new topic, they should read through the stickies first.

Tropic

Support

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theonlygusti

And, this message could be shown once for each forum.

theonlygusti

I was going to write support, but omnipotentpotato makes me write bump instead

LOL

OmnipotentPotato

theonlygusti wrote:
I was going to write support, but omnipotentpotato makes me write bump instead LOL

Writing support on your own topic is spammy and misleading. And there is no reason to do it if the last post was less than a day old.

Support.

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TheHockeyist

Support.

theonlygusti

Bump.

DemCupcakesYo

Support.

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If you support, it should be +1. If you don't, it should be +0, not -1. If you half-support, it should be +1/2 or +0.5, not +0. You can't subtract from the supporters.

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helloandgoodbye9

Full support!

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A-no-meep

Support. Would cut down on the number of threads that end in a link to the stickies significantly.

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NanoRook

Support as per the OP

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JonathanSchaffer

big support

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DaSpudLord

Huge support.

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Sheep_maker

Instead it could be a small orange alert thing at the top of the page below the header that can't be dismissed until Scratcher rank (similar to the unconfirmed email message), but support

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Sheep_maker wrote:
Instead it could be a small orange alert thing at the top of the page below the header that can't be dismissed until Scratcher rank (similar to the unconfirmed email message), but support

helloandgoodbye9

Sheep_maker wrote:
Instead it could be a small orange alert thing at the top of the page below the header that can't be dismissed until Scratcher rank (similar to the unconfirmed email message), but support

How about until you are a scratcher and have posted 5 times in that forums.

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IronBit_Studios

Sheep_maker wrote:
Instead it could be a small orange alert thing at the top of the page below the header that can't be dismissed until Scratcher rank (similar to the unconfirmed email message), but support

This would be annoying, but I see your point.
Support for a mandatory non-skippable walkthrough (unless confirmed by old account as a “remake”.)
Let me explain that last part: You would need confirmation from both accounts. Simple.

bigpuppy

helloandgoodbye9 wrote:
Sheep_maker wrote:
Instead it could be a small orange alert thing at the top of the page below the header that can't be dismissed until Scratcher rank (similar to the unconfirmed email message), but support
How about until you are a scratcher and have posted 5 times in that forums.

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Has anyone used Discourse? It has a little reminder like this (using @comp09's forums as an example):

I think scratch could implement something like that.

thisandagain pls explain

Nambaseking01

I am bringing this back to the first page — I love this idea.

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