My CB Wishlist ~~~~ Features/Additions/Expansions I find myself wanting
So I've been on the CB for awhile and even now I prefer it as my LoL forum choice, but as is the nature of a Beta I also find feature ideas I would think would be awesome. Any change is difficult and takes a lot of time, planning, and iteration and I completely understand that, so really this is just me brainstorming/citing a list of possible additional features. To reiterate, this is not a DO IT NAO! discussion, just me tossing out ideas I have seen or come up with. =)
##Favorite Flagging
Favorite-flagging Threads by ShadowNinetails
How do long-lived posts work on this Community Beta? by Shinjusuke
Currently being worked on!
The ability to mark a post down for later viewing no matter how far it gets buried. Great for WiP posts and other "long-lived posts" that rely on consistent and constant feedback and edits/updates.
#####Possible additions
- Update Alerts to followers
- Public 'favorited' counter shown on post itself
- Sort by # of followers option on front page/sub-comm page
##Specific Vote Input
[Idea] Category Tags can help everything! Here's why! by Sir Armamalum | Additional credit given within post
Although I know some may disagree I think the idea of voting to define visibility is a good idea. However I've run into several occasions where I want to upvote a post for a reason or three but downvote it for yet others. There are many ways to do this, but the coarse option of +1/-1 is very limiting in my opinion, and I feel addressing this would also placate some of the opposition to the CB as well.
##Community Participation
This has been requested since day one, and is a very difficult thing to implement understandably. Not to mention very little need for it right now with the low population in CB, but when it comes down to it I want to help out!. Adding community to community roles I feel may be nescessary with the massive playerbase LoL has, as I can't imagine anything short of a small army keeping the masses content. With this large base and constant growth why not let a limited amount of low-tier services grow with it?
#####Community 'Flagger'
---A trusted and experienced community member that has proven themselves can 'flag' a post they feel is civil, well-worded, and deserves attention of a Red. This can help sort through the usual muck and shouldn't define all who gets a Red's attention, but just helps out the Riot side.
#####Community Moderator
---Much more complicated to do right, but self-explanatory.
#####Community Role Models
---Simply someone who's a good influence, and gets a fancy title, badge or something to show it. A Red can choose someone to represent 'How to Forum'. Purely aesthetic, but it can seriously help out with behavior.
##Enhanced Profile Tools
I love the profile tool in the CB, I use 'My Updates' regularly and have noticed others using it to reply to other posts/comments I have made (both in a good and bad way). Not to mention used it to find my own posts occasionally.
But I know it can do so much more! All of this I cannot imagine how difficult it could be to implement, but just wanted to toss these ideas out there:
#####Personal Front Page
Essentially choosing a few of your own posts to up on your profile as a 'front page' of sorts. These can be posts you want attention/feedback for, your 'best and brightest' posts or maybe even comments that had a hilarious joke.
#####Reputation
Not gonna lie, ripping off of Imgur here, but I feel having some kind of reputation is not just a good idea but can be used for other purposes, like tying into in-game honor points and/or an additional way to sort through visibility. Before you tart being afraid of 'negative' reputation, keep in mind simply because of how downvoting decreases visibility, down votes rarely get past a certain point. where as upvotes can get up very high very fast.
#####In-game Info
Ranked Status, Honor Ribbons, How 'old' the account is, etc. I can imagine this is already being worked on in areas, but it makes my wishlist nonetheless. XD
##Additional Icon Art
Runes, Champion Abilities, Buffs/Debuffs, Minions, Monsters and Actual Summoner Icons are all assets with icon art associated with it. Granted the Abilities one would be massive I would still love additional options to abuse the phrase "A picture is worth 1000 words".
##E-sports News Feed
E-sports is a lesson in quick trending topics as well as hard facts (scores, rankings, schedules, etc.) that can would be perfect for a separate box (or pinned post). a lot of this news feed content will be irrelevant after a time and usually be replaced with more recent additions and so I don't believe a vote-defined forums area would be the best place to put them, but it would still nonetheless be very useful to have with the forums.
##More to come! Maybe
Would love to hear other's ideas of Additions and Expansions to the CB. If I like the idea I'll put it up! Also, if I treaded on someone else's idea by accident feel free to post a link so I can cite them properly, it's just more support behind the same idea. And don't forget to upvote this thread of you want to check up on it again! (Obligatory Favorite feature grumble)
Also would like to thank the Beta team in general for their work, especially if you just read all that and are now reading this, thank you again! I'm sure there's an metric arse tonne of work being done behind the scenes and an infinite number of other aspects and factors I am not aware of, so the best I can say is good luck!