@ivan Ah, beautiful... with some decent speed in the exchange, this almost replaces IMs. 😊

I'd like to help with this please, when the time comes. 😊

Warm regards...

Hello folks. 😊
I have a shared server at Mayfirst.coop.
Is that enough to try a Bf installation or does it needs a virtual private server?

Thanks a lot...

@jdp23
Well, kind of...
😅😆

@ivan @mayel
A few possibilities (starting from my total ignorance of the topic) to ignite the discussion:

• take the longest linear thread that the post is in and count it's position there and that whole thread number as length. Easy to do, not very close to reality, but a simple possible way to start.
• take the total number of replies that open from the original and use the timestamp of the current comment as the position. This ignores the bifurcations and uses time as linear count, it is more representative of the whole volume of the discussion and not really a position, but a reasonable approximation to the order of the posts.

What other algos can we think?

@mayel @ivan
Quantity of comments is good and necessary and has already been discussed.

WDYT about including the "position" in the discussion?
It helps to understand the present comment/post in context.
This indicator has a simple structure: P/T where:

• P is position and
• T is total number of comments.

I know it's not that easy to count (do we count bifurcations and/or other open lines of discussion?) buy it gives some idea.

It is not the same to see "23 comments" that "comment 21 of 23" or "comment 4 of 23".

Ideas, critiques, hurrahs, anguished screams or other reactions to this? 😉

@ivan @mayel
This possiblity of a "visible only inside the instance" group may be quite useful for community work and coordination.
It will also put Bonfire in league with any channel based chat (CBC) but with a richer and more powerful feature set. 😉
Do you believe it may be a desirable use case? I can think of a few classic examples in our own case (an intentional semi rural community) and many others... 😁

@ivan @mayel
Groups seems a great and much needed function! Congratulations... 😊
Is it possible to create a group that is open inside the instance, but unknowable outside it?
Thanks a lot...

Sorry I wasn't clear... It still doesn't exist, it is only an idea that (ideally) could be useful. 😊

I completely agree. With a configurable sidebar you have all the functionalities of a channel based chat (write to people, groups or channels or streams) integrated with the world too.

Very powerful indeed. 😊