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A new perspective on FanPosts

When we first released the new SB Nation platform and transitioned all your communities back in March-May this year, early feedback included many ideas on how we could make the active community conversations in FanPosts easier to follow. We kept notes and for the past few months our team kept talking about different ways to improve on what you find behind the 'FanPosts' tab in the top menu bar.

Today, we launched a new view of FanPosts: the List View. The key features are:

  • Just the facts - scan the list quickly instead of reading through full posts
  • Where is the party at? - the most recently active FanPosts, as determined by recent comments, are sorted to the top of the list by default
  • Forever popular - since FanPosts sometimes get pushed off the recommended list quickly, we added the ability to look at what was popular in different time frames - the last day, the last week, of all time (hall of fame)
  • Flexibility - there are now six different ways to look at FanPosts including the ability to switch back to the classic 'Full View' where we show the body of the post old-school style

As always, this is just a first step on a continued evolution. We figure you'll have some great feedback and we can work together to make sure FanPosts continue to be the best place to have in-depth conversations about your favorite team and sport. Please jump into the comments here and let us know what you think!

 

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Seems like it'll be pretty nice

Though in many cases it’ll just be for reference only since there’s a cutoff when it comes to how long a post can be commented on.

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by Flashfire on Oct 1, 2008 2:42 PM PDT reply actions  

a fine idea!

walk, we’ve got big plans for Gamethreads, including exactly the kind of changes you’re suggesting ;)

I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly and with better features.

by Ryan Gantz on Oct 2, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

why?

I don’t understand why this happens every time we go to the playoffs! Who are those people? They are NOT the Cubs! I don’t think I will ever watch baseball again! We’ve been BETRAYED!

by cuckoosnest on Oct 3, 2008 8:42 AM PDT reply actions  

While I like the new option to view posts

Is there a way I can make the traditional view the ‘default’? I just prefer it the old way for the default view. It should be an option users can control via their settings.

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by sanantonecub on Oct 4, 2008 8:16 AM PDT reply actions  

good idea, san

I’ll create a feature request for this, and we’ll come back around when we take the next pass on the FanPost screens.

I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly and with better features.

by Ryan Gantz on Oct 5, 2008 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Are there plans...

…in the works for being able to comment from mobile devices and to be able to edit comments? Thanks for a great job.

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by bamavicki on Oct 7, 2008 3:12 PM PDT reply actions  

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