Have you ever noticed how difficult it is to have to browse a 100+ page forum thread to find relevant information? I'm sure you have. How do you find anything relevant in the nearly 800 page long CEMU thread other than the first post? Until now, this seemed like an impossible task.

But no more! Today, we are proud to introduce Featured Posts, a custom made forum add-on that we believe will help improve the quality of forum content by enabling a simple new feature. From now on, you will be able to mark relevant posts within your own threads to highlight the better content:

By the simple act of clicking this button (which is positioned next to the Like button), you will be able to build a list of posts within your own threads which will remain displayed on the first page below the first post:

Note that you can click the table headers to sort the list by number of likes, by date, or alphabetically. Every time you mark a post as Featured, the author's "Featured Posts" count will be increased by one:

When you look at someone's member card, the number of Featured Posts will be a good indicator of the quality of the content produced by this person. In addition to encouraging quality over quantity, we are convinced that this add-on will be used in a variety of manners, such as:
• Pointing out new release posts in a homebrew/translation/romhack/emulator project thread
• Marking a post as 'best answer' to a question
• Highlighting useful contributions in general
And much more... it is up to you now.

In order to prevent abuse, we have disabled this feature in the EOF and the introductions area. Moderators also have a 'Clear' button that will clear the entire list of Featured Posts in a thread if necessary. Please keep in mind that you shouldn't use this feature in opinion/debate threads to designate posts that best match your own opinion. Moreover, while you are able to mark your own posts as 'Featured' within your own threads, make sure you do this wisely and only when relevant. We will be on the lookout for abuse but if something slips past us, don't hesitate to report anything suspicious.

Thank you for being part of our community!
The staff @ GBAtemp

 

[Flame]

*witchcraft*

first you had my curiosity now you have my attention..

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

Nice one - This would have made life so much easier with the cheat compilation threads, one of the hardest problems was always referring people to the latest links - especially for the quick, non-official updates!

 

[CeeDee]

I do think that perhaps users that don't own a thread could nominate posts to be featured or something?

 

[Issac]

Great idea! This really pushes the usability of this forum forward in a completely new direction. Now I'll have to go check if I can feature posts in the Japanese F.A.Q.

Edit: Nope, I couldn't. Densetsu gave me mod/supervisor status for that thread alone, to be able to edit some posts (fix the Japanese text that went missing in the switch to xenforo, add to the first post, etc.). Yet I can't mark as featured. Is this just a really special case, or is it something you want to look into @Costello ?

Edit2:

I do think that perhaps users that don't own a thread could nominate posts to be featured or something?

I think liking someone's post is pretty much a nomination, and maybe replying to the tread saying "I agree because..." or "Yes that's correct, XYZ is the only working ABC right now". That brings attention to the thread creator, and shows why it's a good post.

 

[osirisjem]

you wouldn't have said that if you'd known it was me

wait... are you trying to get me to mark your post as Featured? flattery wont work!

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/fs-important-posts.4565/

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/fs-important-posts.4565/

Is it based off one of these ones ?

 

[DeslotlCL]

Featured posts count doesn't show on the mobile version of the site. Shouldn't it also show when clicking an user profile? (the black square that displays the user info).

Since i'm mostly on my phone and the new feature doesn't show as it should, this doesn't seems to motivate me at all.

 

[Seriel]

I can send myself notifications, cool.

 

[Seriel]

If you guys got help in a thread you created in the past it would be nice community service if you went back there and featured a couple of posts that you found particularly helpful. The plan with this going forward is that it will increase at least a percentage of the posting quality on the site so maybe it will set an example for others who will follow its example.

Done.

 

[VinsCool]

If you guys got help in a thread you created in the past it would be nice community service if you went back there and featured a couple of posts that you found particularly helpful. The plan with this going forward is that it will increase at least a percentage of the posting quality on the site so maybe it will set an example for others who will follow its example.

I'll do that later tonight

 

[CeeDee]

If you guys got help in a thread you created in the past it would be nice community service if you went back there and featured a couple of posts that you found particularly helpful. The plan with this going forward is that it will increase at least a percentage of the posting quality on the site so maybe it will set an example for others who will follow its example.

And done! Let's hope this gets others on board!

 

[gudenau]

How about let anyone that has the ability to edit the OP do it, and add a second access list for this?

 

[rad3ds]

I don't lurk or post religiously, so this feature will be great for how I use the site.

 

[Costello]

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/fs-important-posts.4565/

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/fs-important-posts.4565/

Is it based off one of these ones ?

no it isn't, there wasn't an addon that did exactly what we wanted (as far as we could tell)

there are some good suggestions in this thread, we will see about implementing these changes one at a time
to everyone who made suggestions: I will quote your posts when/if I make relevant modifications (this could take days or weeks depending on my availability)

 

[dpad_5678]

Mods will just set their featured post count to 9999.

 

[Seriel]

Mods will just set their featured post count to 9999.

That's how you lose your staff position.

 

[Costello]

Mods will just set their featured post count to 9999.

I will have you know none of the persons we chose to join the mod team are childish enough to do that
other than p1ngpong

 

[Seriel]

I will have you know none of the persons we chose to join the mod team are childish enough to do that
other than p1ngpong

What about @tj_cool 's like counter?
It's stuck at -1 lmao

 

[VinsCool]

What about @tj_cool 's like counter?
It's stuck at -1 lmao

He's so cool his like counter underflowed to -1.

 

[Subtle Demise]

I do think that perhaps users that don't own a thread could nominate posts to be featured or something?

I had the same idea, maybe it could go into a moderation queue, like a positive version of the "report post" feature? I guess for now one could report the post and nominate it to be featured, but that runs the risk of it being accidentally deleted or just filling up the moderation queue with something that could be separate and lower priority.

 

[Jayro]

Brilliant work Costello.