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Menu of Categories in Vent Stream? #131

Closed billiedemott closed 12 years ago

billiedemott commented 12 years ago

As a user, I want to see a menu of vent stream categories so that I don't have to search to figure out what content the Vent Stream offers.

Reddit & Digg have menus (not comprehensive) of their categories:

http://billiedemott.dropmark.com/47855/564235

http://billiedemott.dropmark.com/47855/564234

I'm not suggesting we mimick this structure, but rather look at the intent behind menus. Should we have a menu? Would it make what the Vent Stream offers more obvious? Would it incite people to explore & click more? Would it make it easier for users to categorize their vent & as such, increase venting?

I was playing around with some placement in Omni. These are stupendously unattractive, but I was thinking about the above.

http://billiedemott.dropmark.com/49897/564245

http://billiedemott.dropmark.com/49897/564240

http://billiedemott.dropmark.com/49897/564237 (yeah, yeah, I know about the grid disregard)

General thoughts? Thoughts about placement?

akshatpradhan commented 12 years ago

I like http://billiedemott.dropmark.com/49897/564245 However, Sort by Vent is suppose to take care of this feature but it should be renamed.