When we come back to a previous read thread there’s a thread with text in brackets showing the number of new comments made since we last visted that thread. These new comments are not differentiated from the old comments in any way. So unless we have a very good memory we won’t be able to figure out what is new or old.

Hence this feature request - please hilight the new comments somehow. Maybe a lighter/darker/different colour background than the rest of the posts.

  • @sugar_in_your_tea
    1•11 months ago

    Same, but it is feasible outside the API as well by creating a lookup table. You could use the same to track whether the comment is collapsed, viewed comments, etc. Just make a table with:

    • comment ID
    • whatever flags you’re interested in
    • row creation time
    • data from the post - modified time, for example

    Then as you’re creating posts, reference that db and make the appropriate changes. Have an option to clear old settings after some time based on the row creation time (say, a week) so storage doesn’t grow indefinitely

    It’s feasible, but there’s a fair amount of work there.