In Progress Make feature requests easier for newcomers

Noah Bennett Noah Bennett 1 month ago

This trips up new members more than it should. A small guard rail or a clearer label would lower the barrier without getting in experienced users' way.

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Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

This is the answer I wish I had found six months ago. Would have saved me a weekend of trial and error.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.