Is it possible to prioritize posts from selected users in threads?

[MarryWithBTC]

I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to create a custom list of users whose contributions one particularly values.

Specifically, i am referring to users whose posting patterns demonstrate depth, fairness, and strong knowledge of Bitcoin. In many discussions, there are certain members whose opinions consistently add clarity to the topic.

My question is this:
Is there a way to create a personalized list of such users so that when viewing a thread, posts from users on that list could appears first before other replies?

The motivation behind this is not to ignore other members, but to improve reading efficiency. In long threads, high-quality contributions are often buried among rushed or low-effort replies. Being able to prioritize posts from selected users could make discussions more productive.

I would appreciate clarification on whether it is technically feasible within the forum’s current structure, or whether any workarounds are available.

[libert19]

... or whether any workarounds are available.

I filter posts mentally. I have unconsciously developed this list of users whose responses should be worth the read over time and I read using this 'list', yeah I have to scroll through everybody's posts, but it's not a bother.

Is that a good workaround?

[Ambatman]

Not a priority even if it is possible.
If you interested in seeing what they post
You can go to their post history and check out their response and threads over the day.

Or better still we have Ninjastic which if I'm not mistaken has been combined with Bitlist
To track users you would love to see their post.


Personally I know how their Avatars are and their names
So easy to scroll through. Mind you I don't usually visit thread that are more than 2 pages except on special occasions.

[Cookdata]

are certain
My question is this:
Is there a way to create a personalized list of such users so that when viewing a thread, posts from users on that list could appears first before other replies?

What about the days such users are not active, are you going to ignore other users that make contributions to threads?

You might be surprised that some users of your interest ignored some threads not because they don't have opinion about them but they don't have much detail to share about such threads. The users you thought their contribution are topnotch might even be wrong or give inaccurate reply, nobody knows it all.

The motivation behind this is not to ignore other members, but to improve reading efficiency. In long threads, high-quality contributions are often buried among rushed or low-effort replies. Being able to prioritize posts from selected users could make discussions more productive.

I would appreciate clarification on whether it is technically feasible within the forum’s current structure, or whether any workarounds are available.

With this, the purpose of forum is defeated. Sometimes, it's the users you don't value may add more value to the thread you have interest on. Why not go through the thread and filter reply based on each user contribution. If you see a user that post generic jargons on your thread, make use of that ignore button, it's as simple as that unless you want to make things complicated.

[Yamane_Keto]

If I understand you correctly, then this is what you are looking for [Userscript] Bitcointalk Post Filter

In short, my script calculates earned merit (not always correct!), post length, checks if spammy signature is present, then it calculates the score based on simple formula and collapses all posts with low score. For more info, check the README.

There is a similar invention that has not yet been implemented Member filtering widget [◇/◈]

currently ignore users.

Edit Github link not working, request it from hatshepsut93

[MarryWithBTC]

... or whether any workarounds are available.

I filter posts mentally. I have unconsciously developed this list of users whose responses should be worth the read over time and I read using this 'list', yeah I have to scroll through everybody's posts, but it's not a bother.

Is that a good workaround?

yea, it is a good workaround, just that it's not automated. Just a little mental effort and patience of scrolling through everyone's post.

If I understand you correctly, then this is what you are looking for [Userscript] Bitcointalk Post Filter

Not exactly, but close to the idea. I read the post you referenced and got this key point.

In short, my script calculates earned merit (not always correct!), post length, checks if spammy signature is present, then it calculates the score based on simple formula and collapses all posts with low score. For more info, check the README.

He used these parameters: merit, post length, spammy signature to calculate a score.

Apart from merit, i don't consider any of the above as a good parameter to measure an impactful post.

Post length: Not all long posts are impactful and not all short posts are precise and onpoint.

Check if spammy signature is present: are there spammy signatures in the forum?

Although the above script could work well but that is not what I am asking for.

I just want to manually customize some usernames and not the ones generated with parameters.
It seems that i asked for much.

[NeuroticFish]

I would appreciate clarification on whether it is technically feasible within the forum’s current structure, or whether any workarounds are available.

The directions I know of are:

1. Learn the avatars of those you're interested in. Although they are campaign-dependent, they don't change too often. Doing this you'll notice increasingly easier those you're interested in.
2. Start ignoring those who tend to fill the space with nothing new nor meaningless.
* Keeping an eye on the merited posts can also help.

I do both, in parallel.

[alegotardo]

Interesting suggestion, but I think if the system "pulls" the post to the front of the others, it might make the response out of context and do more harm than good.

I think it would be more interesting to have a color highlight for these user posts and perhaps a "quick index" at the beginning of the thread that allows us to go to the posts in their correct location.
But... Native Find and locate of browser also can do this.

[FirmWars]

Are you using the Bitcointalk notifier V2 on telegram? If don't use it, then you should try it because it can help you do what you are asking for. If you want to follow every post of some specific users on the forum, you can configure it on the Bitcointalk notifier v2 bot and when ever your preferred users make any post including creating of a new topic, you will be be notified by the bot and when you click on the notification, it will open  directly on that post. That process is also very easy and efficient because you don't have to ignore any user, neither do you have to continue scrolling through a thread page by page just to find the comment of the specific member you are looking for. To set up the bot, you can get more help from the thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.msg54441882#msg54441882

[Amphenomenon]

I would appreciate clarification on whether it is technically feasible within the forum’s current structure, or whether any workarounds are available.

The directions I know of are:

1. Learn the avatars of those you're interested in. Although they are campaign-dependent, they don't change too often. Doing this you'll notice increasingly easier those you're interested in.

I just focus on the username which rarely changes than the avatar that though still take long to change, also this varies with topic discussion and knowing those I'm interested to read their thoughts/contributions, I just try to find their names or read across replies and focus more on theirs.

[AVE5]

I might be wrong though, maybe you're sighting at the possibilities to keep particular users posts on track where'd get notifications of the users posts immediately after posted.
You can actually use the extension bot notifier as the telegram to keep the specific users on the track.

My question is this:
Is there a way to create a personalized list of such users so that when viewing a thread, posts from users on that list could appears first before other replies?.

The forums post list is uploaded with the real time, first processes and loaded is the first that appears in the page of the thread.

[hatshepsut93]

Edit Github link not working, request it from hatshepsut93

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I've added the code directly to my post, hopefully it will be a more reliable long-term storage than Github.

[d5000]

I would like that tool. Basically this would be very similar to a "following" feature. It's somewhat similar to a feature I had suggested a few years ago, albeit a little bit different: in my proposal it would be the threads started by "followed" users being shown instead of the full list of threads.

Is there a way to create a personalized list of such users so that when viewing a thread, posts from users on that list could appears first before other replies?

I don't think a change of post ordering ("showing first the posts of followed users") is possible without the potentially harmful method of first fetching a whole thread with the view=all mode, which is Cloudflare protected for good reasons and would represent a higher server load for Bitcointalk.

But what is possible without doubt is to show the posts of your followed users on each page differently. Either they could be highlighted in a different font, or there could be a "only following" mode where other posts are hidden like if they were ignored.

The technical way to achieve this would be very similar to the Bitcointalk Post Filter linked above, it would even easier to realize. Perhaps the Bitcointalk Post Filter linked above can be adopted. Or CapnSparrow's script to hide post with "spammy" signatures, which is simpler.

A potential challenge, above all for usability: The script would need to access the "list of followed users" somewhere. You could store them manually in the script itself. But it would probably not be very straightforward to change the list with a simple button. Or is there a way to do that, to those more knowledgeable on this topic?

[coinlary]

The technical way to achieve this would be very similar to the Bitcointalk Post Filter linked above, it would even easier to realize. Perhaps the Bitcointalk Post Filter linked above can be adopted. Or CapnSparrow's script to hide post with "spammy" signatures, which is simpler.

A potential challenge, above all for usability: The script would need to access the "list of followed users" somewhere. You could store them manually in the script itself. But it would probably not be very straightforward to change the list with a simple button. Or is there a way to do that, to those more knowledgeable on this topic?

There could be a setting tab to select your choice. It shouldn't be that hard to hide the entire blocks of post from users that you're not following if that's your choice. Alternatively, you can choose to change the font, highlight it, or just change the text color. The script will run every time you open a new page and use your choice of settings.

[I_Anime]

I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to create a custom list of users whose contributions one particularly values.

Specifically, i am referring to users whose posting patterns demonstrate depth, fairness, and strong knowledge of Bitcoin. In many discussions, there are certain members whose opinions consistently add clarity to the topic.

My question is this:
Is there a way to create a personalized list of such users so that when viewing a thread, posts from users on that list could appears first before other replies?

The motivation behind this is not to ignore other members, but to improve reading efficiency. In long threads, high-quality contributions are often buried among rushed or low-effort replies. Being able to prioritize posts from selected users could make discussions more productive.

I would appreciate clarification on whether it is technically feasible within the forum’s current structure, or whether any workarounds are available.

 I get your point op , some users are so good in impacting and constructing their post to the extent you’ll want to read more . If you have any users you are looking upto in that aspect , you can actually track them using the Bitcointalk notifier . To stay updated whenever that users create a new thread or reply , you’ll be notified . Or you can just use the old  method (manually )  by going to their profile , just to go through their previous and recent post , but know this there are many knowledgeable users in this forum , and you can only notice  them by going through various replies from different users .

[lovesmayfamilis]

Are you using the Bitcointalk notifier V2 on telegram? If don't use it, then you should try it because it can help you do what you are asking for. If you want to follow every post of some specific users on the forum, you can configure it on the Bitcointalk notifier v2 bot and when ever your preferred users make any post including creating of a new topic, you will be be notified by the bot and when you click on the notification, it will open  directly on that post. That process is also very easy and efficient because you don't have to ignore any user, neither do you have to continue scrolling through a thread page by page just to find the comment of the specific member you are looking for. To set up the bot, you can get more help from the thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.msg54441882#msg54441882

It's even easier to visit the post history of "favorite" users. If there is respect and interest for some user who brings knowledge to the forum, then his post history will certainly be useful even in those topics that it seems we did not plan to enter. This is similar to subscribing to social media, as the posts of exclusively selected individuals are interesting.

[joker_josue]

I would appreciate clarification on whether it is technically feasible within the forum’s current structure, or whether any workarounds are available.

Technically it's possible.
But don't you see the danger in that?

If the list were the same for everyone, it would be influencing each person's personal opinion, determining who finds it relevant and who doesn't.

If it's an individual list, you run the risk of leaving behind users who make good contributions (in your opinion), but who for some reason are not yet on your list.

Furthermore, it could be missing the context of the ongoing debate, as well as the contributions of other users that may be relevant to the discussion.

Each debate is different from the other. A user might say relevant things in one debate, and less relevant things in another.

There's already an "ignore" option that some users like to use (I don't), which ends up creating a filter to avoid reading someone's post that they don't want to see.

[MarryWithBTC]

I would appreciate clarification on whether it is technically feasible within the forum’s current structure, or whether any workarounds are available.

The directions I know of are:

1. Learn the avatars of those you're interested in. Although they are campaign-dependent, they don't change too often. Doing this you'll notice increasingly easier those you're interested in.

yea, i had a glance after i read a few posts pointing to the avatars and there's a re-occurring avatar design in this case

2. Start ignoring those who tend to fill the space with nothing new nor meaningless.
* Keeping an eye on the merited posts can also help.

I do both, in parallel.

"ignoring" would be a good option but i believe in growth and repentance. I still want to unconsciously watch people grow or repent.

Is there a way to create a personalized list of such users so that when viewing a thread, posts from users on that list could appears first before other replies?

I don't think a change of post ordering ("showing first the posts of followed users") is possible without the potentially harmful method of first fetching a whole thread with the view=all mode, which is Cloudflare protected for good reasons and would represent a higher server load for Bitcointalk.

But what is possible without doubt is to show the posts of your followed users on each page differently. Either they could be highlighted in a different font, or there could be a "only following" mode where other posts are hidden like if they were ignored.

I did not consider the Cloudflare protection angle or the potential impact on performance. In that case, i agree that  restructuring of post order may not be realistic, but the client-side approach you described seems more practical. Highlighting posts from followed users or implementing an “only following” mode (inverse of ignoring users) would likely achieve most of the intended benefit without touching server-side behavior, but i have my fears which i explained to @NeuroticFish above.

The technical way to achieve this would be very similar to the Bitcointalk Post Filter linked above, it would even easier to realize. Perhaps the Bitcointalk Post Filter linked above can be adopted. Or CapnSparrow's script to hide post with "spammy" signatures, which is simpler.

A potential challenge, above all for usability: The script would need to access the "list of followed users" somewhere. You could store them manually in the script itself. But it would probably not be very straightforward to change the list with a simple button.

from a usability perspective, i agree that managing the followed list would be the main challenge. Ideally, it would need to be easily editable, perhaps through a small interface element similar to how the ignore list functions, rather than manually editing script codes.

Or is there a way to do that, to those more knowledgeable on this topic?

If anyone familiar with SMF structure or script development has insight into how such a “followed users only highlight” feature could be implemented, that would be valuable.

[Donneski]

In many discussions, there are certain members whose opinions consistently add clarity to the topic...

I strongly relate to this. There are members whose posts I actively look forward to in any thread because I almost always learn something new from them. Over time, you develop that instinctive trust in certain meaningful contributors especially if you're more concerned in growing your knowledge in bitcoin, cryptocurrency in general and how the forum works. For me, reading their posts feels like filtering signal from noise without even trying. So I completely understand why someone would want a way to surface those posts faster.

Is there a way to create a personalized list of such users so that when viewing a thread, posts from users on that list could appears first before other replies?

If something like this could be implemented, I think it would genuinely improve the forum experience. It would give more visibility to users with quality knowledge and depth, makes learning and improving easier for ambitious newbies and reduce the attention spammers and low-effort posters get. In general, it'll improve the forum experience.

As long as it’s optional and user-controlled, I don’t see it as harmful. It’s just formalizing what many of us already do mentally.

[Livingleged]

I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to create a custom list of users whose contributions one particularly values.

I understand that you’re trying  to filter and  to encourage reading only the quality post. but this is not the best way to judge. some user you think or see less might end up with the best idea or contribution to the thread. by doing so that wouldn’t be fair to him or you either. why not just go through the whole thread and as you read, you’ll definitely identify the best ideas. It really doesn’t take much to read forum should be user barricaded please that why it’s called a forum.

Specifically, i am referring to users whose posting patterns demonstrate depth, fairness, and strong knowledge of Bitcoin. In many discussions, there are certain members whose opinions consistently add clarity to the topic.

I guess that’s why there are different boards here let take the technical board for example it is centred on technical aspects of bitcoin and you can often see that the moderator are doing the jobs of filtering the post and reply that doesn’t fit in there and most importantly identifying those spreading false and unhelpful information that is very much okay to me. else you will defeat the essence of the forum and also the merit distribution as some users with best idea might not be noticed easily…some user might feel discouraged and im sure that will bring about favouritism and enormity amongst user.