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Such an interesting idea! (sembr.org)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow try being nicer I assure you it doesn’t hurt :)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think your mistake was assuming users woudd read the subtitle you had put in a space Lemmy users are used to seeing dedicated to much more detailed summaries of, or even the entire, content. Even if subtitles are closer to the intended use of that space and you did provide plenty of context with the subtitle.

Try expecting less of people. I assure you it will save you a world of pain and a lot of yelling at clouds.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

what subtitle? all i see is the title "Such an interesting idea!" and a link with a thumbnail. is there more information that my client isn't displaying?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Gotta tap on the plus sign next to their exclamation point ... If your client doesn't show that, then yes: absolutely, You're missing out on the full Lemmy experience. Killer feature IMHO.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I second the question but from the looks of a web UI maybe the subtitle is what appears under the link? screenshot of this post in web UI showing the text "Semantic Line Breaks When writing text with a compatible markup language, add a line break after each substantial unit of thought." under the post

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That bottom text, yeah, and a lot of posts will have the entire content or a thorough summary embedded there, or archive.org/12ft.io versions of the link. On my instance, its collapsed behind a plus sign right after the title, like a comment, but above all the stats and action buttons.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At the top level, I can't even see the subtitle -- just the headline, a cropped and highly pixelated thumbnail, and the domain of the linked article. I had to click to get the subtitle, and I wouldn't have done even that if the headline were more explicit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Such a weird thing for a Lemmy client(or instance?) to neglect to impliment:

Killer feature, IMHO. You're missing out on the full Lemmy experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for pointing that out -- I didn't notice that [+] before (I use the web interface, btw). My original point remains though -- I still have to click something to know what we're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You don't even have to leave the feed view or wait for anything to load though. The fact there isn't an option to auto-expand such text(or is there? idk) is not OP's problem. They used the functions available to them as intended.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

All except "effective communication skills", and I still had to take some action besides scrolling.