Ignore by tag

[QuiescentQueste]

So there are certain types of story that I despise. Ideally there would be a way to bulk ignore every story that has a given tag without having to manually input the tags every time.

example tags: 'chaos gacha', 'asoiaf', 'incest'

Is there any path to getting this as a feature?

 

[minimap_op]

Something similar to what you're asking for does exist on SB as it let's you save your filter settings as default so you don't have to put them in again and again.

 

[ZurigaSungama]

Is there any path to getting this as a feature?

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Unlikely. Tags on QQ aren't standardized, and are entirely optional. They're intended as advertisement tools to help people find stories, not warnings to help people avoid them.

 

[QuiescentQueste]

Unlikely. Tags on QQ aren't standardized, and are entirely optional. They're intended as advertisement tools to help people find stories, not warnings to help people avoid them.

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Sure but that doesn't mean that the feature couldn't be added.

I don't know what the sites backend looks like *eyebrow wiggle* but it should be as simple as adding an [array of tags to ignore] associated with the user name that gets referenced in search.

After that it would be moderately simple to create a unified tag set if desired. (Though that'd probably be a feature in itself)

I feel like a moderately skilled dev could hack together a solution that would do 90% of this in an afternoon or 3.

 

[AztecCroc]

Sure but that doesn't mean that the feature couldn't be added.

I don't know what the sites backend looks like *eyebrow wiggle* but it should be as simple as adding an [array of tags to ignore] associated with the user name that gets referenced in search.

After that it would be moderately simple to create a unified tag set if desired. (Though that'd probably be a feature in itself)

I feel like a moderately skilled dev could hack together a solution that would do 90% of this in an afternoon or 3.

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You feel wrong.

 

[Shadowclonier]

I don't know what the sites backend looks like *eyebrow wiggle* but it should be as simple as adding an [array of tags to ignore] associated with the user name that gets referenced in search.

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No, it isn't even remotely that simple. You're asking us to make individual, curatable feeds for over 198k different users and growing, and would require entirely reprogramming how Xenforo handles thread display - that would be a major database overhaul to start with. Besides that, it would involve as prerequisite the immense effort of formalizing and enforcing a rigid tag structure, and reviewing many millions of words and thousands of threads to ensure that they're correctly tagged.

If I were to put a price on the man-hours required to arrange both of those factors, it would be set at around $100k on the extreme low end. Moderation may be a volunteer position, but that unpaid nature means we have zero interest in going through something of that effort for miniscule gain.

Indeed, we as a mod team have zero interest in designing and enforcing some centralized tagging standard on author threads in the first place, and pushing authors to abide by it. So the entire premise is thereby a total non-starter for us.

I feel like a moderately skilled dev could hack together a solution that would do 90% of this in an afternoon or 3.

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Your assessment of how simple the problem is, average developer skill, and how cheap 'moderately skilled' dev teams are is wildly inaccurate.

 

[KaneLives]

Look how long for SB to get a permanent tag ignore feature when it has been asked for for eons. It's not fast or easy. Or cheap in time or money.