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1. laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm@s.russwurm.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2015 20:57:59 UTC laurelrusswurm

   • Chimo
   • gnusocial
   @chimo I guess it depends on what they want the !GNUsocial software to do. If they want it to appeal to ordinary people, make conversation easy.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm@s.russwurm.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2015 20:26:25 UTC laurelrusswurm

     • simsa0
     • gnusocial
     Dear !GNUsocial developers . . .

     The “Old School” setting was added to #StatusNet software was to appease unhappy users by giving us back our hierarchical tree conversations.

     The attached screencap displays what a hierarchical tree conversation I can have looks like when using the pre-GNUsocial StatusNet software set like this:

     http://s.russwurm.org/attachment/28844

     I’ve just learned GNUsocial’s Old School Setting does not have this functionality:

     http://micro.fragdev.com/attachment/62359

     I understand you folks are hackers, but as a user I can tell you the point of social media is to socialize which is why conversation is key. Without this important feature, replacing my StatusNet software with GNUsocial software would be a downgrade. Surely that is not your intent. I very much hope you plan to restore this, and in truth it ought to be the default.

     If GNUsocial aspires to being the premier social media software, helping users to communicate clearly and effectively is key.

     cc @Simsa0 http://s.russwurm.org/attachment/28845

   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm@s.russwurm.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2015 20:43:37 UTC laurelrusswurm

     • simsa0
     @simsa0 Yes, but you at least have a chance to figure out what was a reply to who.
     Live convos among 5 people can be crowded too :)
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm@s.russwurm.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2015 20:44:20 UTC laurelrusswurm

     • simsa0
     Thanks.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm@s.russwurm.org)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2015 20:54:17 UTC laurelrusswurm

     • Chimo
     @chimo That makes no sense at all because it just makes using it harder. Once upon a time hierarchical conversation was the default.
   • lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48@fresh.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2015 21:18:16 UTC lnxw48 (Linux Walt)

     in reply to

     • Chimo
     • twitter
     @laurelrusswurm @chimo I, too, agree that hierarchical conversations are an important feature. Years ago, it was the primary thing that set #Identica and #Jaiku apart from !Twitter.
     laurelrusswurm repeated this.
   • Erkan Yılmaz (erkan@fediverse.com)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2015 12:01:31 UTC Erkan Yılmaz

     in reply to

     • lnxw48 (Linux Walt)
     • Chimo
     • twitter
     ideally, threaded view should also be available for not-logged-in users, so people from !twitter and so can be convinced much better to join. cc @chimo @lnxw48
     laurelrusswurm repeated this.
   • laurelrusswurm (laurelrusswurm@s.russwurm.org)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2015 16:41:01 UTC laurelrusswurm

     in reply to

     • Erkan Yılmaz
     @erkan I really hate that as a user. I don’t want to see the other view; if I did I wouldn’t have changed it.
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2015 17:27:29 UTC MMN-o ✅⃠

     • Chimo
     The reason it's not enabled by default is that it's probably better to remake that plugin after freshening up the general code output, rather than having double maintenance (since threaded views in third party clients like #AndStatus aren't affected anyway).
   • Temporary Marjolein (mk@oracle.skilledtests.com)'s status on Friday, 09-Jan-2015 18:06:08 UTC Temporary Marjolein

     in reply to
     @laurelrusswurm I have long argued that the hierarchical view should be the default for everyone, logged in or not. Not only would it be generally more user-friendly, but it would show off one of the best features of SN.
     laurelrusswurm repeated this.