We have been recording all the feedback and suggestions that you guys have given on the site and we hope that our next update solves some of the most pressing problems you have been facing.
We plan to provide some beta previews over the next few weeks and will be releasing this update towards the end of this month. As always, any suggestions or concerns are welcome!
New Features
- Alternate Links - Submit alternate links for stories that users can vote on to replace the original link submitted with the story.
- Song Albums - No more submitting single mp3 links. Submit the whole album in one shot.
Audio
- New music uploader for Single mp3 links
- New uploader for Audio Albums that allows users to submit multiple mp3 links in one shot.
- More streamlined user playlists that can be shared as well. Currently, a users playlist cannot be seen or played by other users.
Categories
- We are adding new categories and sub categories that will make it easier to submit and look up stuff.
- The navigation system will be slightly modified to focus more on category based browsing.
Other
- New Search engine that should help in drilling down to find the exact story you are looking for.
- Fresh RSS feeds with lots of extra metadata which would allow users to create useful apps based on it.
- Ads will be moved out of your way to provide more viewing area for stories.
Spam Fighting - These will apply to all users with karma less than 10. Over 10, you have ‘nearly’ no restrictions!
- Restrict users from submitting more than 2 stories from the same site consecutively
- Restrict users from submitting more than 5 stories from the same site in an hour
- If your negative votes exceed positive votes in the previous 6 hrs then you will be restricted from posting any links
Users with karma less than 6.25 can only post 1 story every 5 mins (already implemented)- Google black list and ban list will be used more extensively to locate spam within comments
- Comments will also be passed through Akismet to generate a spam score
- Links that redirect will not be allowed (already implemented)