Render pinned posts compact/collapsed/consolidated/etc. after interaction

boscojwho commented 7 months ago

Introduction

Briefly:

Some communities have many pinned posts (c/mlemapp has 4!).
On mobile, users have to scroll past these before interacting with all other posts, even if user has already previously viewed these pinned posts.
This issue tracks any related discussions relevant to pinned posts UI/UX.
See branches /bosco/pinned-posts-ui, /bosco/pinned-posts-ui-1 for example implementations.

Requirements

[ ] How to make pinned posts more compact, etc.?
[ ] When to make pinned posts more compact, etc.?
[ ] Extend post tracker (or the upcoming replacement) to return pinned posts separately.

Discussion

Reddit introduced a consolidated pinned posts UI on mobile about a year ago to what appears to be a generally negative response from the community (especially from mods):

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/ydb66d/consolidated_pinned_posts_on_mobile_is_really/ https://www.reddit.com/r/redditmobile/comments/15of9h2/ios_2023310_collapsed_pinned_posts_is_ruining/ https://www.reddit.com/r/redditmobile/comments/15i53bn/ios2023300_pinned_posts_feature_for_subreddits_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/xuvkmy/announcing_consolidated_pinned_posts_on_android/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/xw2jm9/the_new_update_to_pinned_posts_is_already_causing/

Reddit's implementation hides all pinned posts inside a "disclosure group" after two interactions with a community (this may have changed since the original announcement).

Our implementation probably should avoid hiding pinned posts in a disclosure group section, and also allow users to opt-in to auto-collapse/compact etc.

boscojwho commented 7 months ago

After reading those Reddit comments, I'm inclined to keep it simple, and do the following:

Opt-in to auto-collapse as a Settings option.
(Possibly) allow users to choose whether to collapse pinned posts into compact or headline.
Once opted-in, auto-collapse after viewing pinned post.
Probably should disable "mark as read on scroll" specifically for pinned posts (i.e. require explicit user interaction before collapsing)?

/bosco/pinned-posts-ui

boscojwho commented 7 months ago

Carousel-style pinned posts (/bosco/pinned-posts-ui-1)

I don't recommend this option because it essentially is a variation of the "disclosure group" paradigm, which doesn't seem to be popular (at least on Reddit)

Sjmarf commented 7 months ago

After reading those Reddit comments, I'm inclined to keep it simple, and do the following

I agree with your first design. The carousel takes up less space, but is a little more cumbersome to use IMO, and you also can't use the swipe actions

d42ohpaz commented 2 months ago

Can we expand this feature to include the All and Local feeds too for admin pins?

mlemgroup / mlem