Add an optional `[<count>]` UI to mark popularity
throwaway34241 opened this issue · 0 comments
throwaway34241 commented
Before you start.
- I have checked the Rejected Features page.
- I have searched the issue tracker for a feature request that matches the one I want to file, without success.
My great idea for Fraidycat is:
I would like to propose to add an OPTIONAL numerical value in the UI of each item, to denote some kind of popularity measure.
For example, when browsing Hacker News, a count can be added here, which would either denote the number of upvotes, or the number of comments.
What this popularity means for some other places:
- Medium: number of claps
- Twitter: number of likes or number of retweets
- Reddit: number of upvotes
- Youtube videos: number of likes or number of views
- Blog: number of comments (if possible to retrieve)
How to retrieve this popularity count can be defined inside social.json. It's of course optional, and omitting that field will just result in a empty UI (like the current one). It's therefore a non-breaking, purely additional change.
Further ideas:
- often, websites propose 2 popularity measures (like count + comment count), we could also add 2 numbers
[<count1>, <count2>]
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