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POLL TIME AGAIN

On one hand, I have people asking me to change how the secrets are numbered so they can ctrl+f easier to read through the responses. On the other hand, I have people asking me to keep the numbers how they were -- I don't care either way, so you guys decide.

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I'm thinking too deeply on this matter, but since you asked...

[(Anonymous)]

Having the extra "1" is helping but some people are still not using it in their comments. A "0", "o", or "#" won't do any better for the same reason. So,

how about a combination of symbols with numbers?

Instead of using the same prefix (1, 0, o, #, etc.) in front of all secrets, have several different ones. I don't know how others do their Ctrl-F ritual, but I let my left hand be responsible for Ctrl-F and enter (find next) while my right hand stays on the numeric keyboard, the arrow keys, and page up/down. In this configuration, typing "o" or other keys not on the numeric keyboard is a bit inconvenient. Since you don't post over 100 secrets a day and timestamps only affect the numbers 0 to 59, you could divide the secrets into three or more groups. Each group is assigned a different symbol found on the numeric keyboard (+-*/.). Secrets within each group are numbered between 60 and 99. The ID of each secret would consist of a symbol and a number. The numbers can be reused between groups due to the different symbol prefixes. For example, a single secret post may contain up to 120 secrets labelled +60 to +99, -60 to -99, and *60 to *99 and there is still room for expansion if you add /60 to /99 and .60 to .99 to the mix. Commenters will be much less likely to drop digits because the repeated use of the same numbers would confuse themselves. Even if a commenter refuses to use the symbol prefix, it'd still be much easier to look for responses to a specific secret than the current system because the numbers involved in this one evades timestamps. This system makes it highly probable that everyone uses the same ID to identify the same secrets because of the difficulty to communicate otherwise.

[(Anonymous)]

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[misselegy.livejournal.com]

LOL IA WITH THIS COMMENT

Re: I'm thinking too deeply on this matter, but since you asked...

[(Anonymous)]

LOL, WHUT

[infringe.livejournal.com]

lol dude. you're taking this too seriously.