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And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.
Definitely a page for private chapters, but that be different than the public one I guess. Like everyone would be able to see which groups you join and leave, and also if you post any public news stories, but other than that you'd need to be in the same private group to see that particular feed (group posts, polls, private news stories etc). And of course there would need to be certain search parameters available; news posts, posts + polls, group joined/left/created (these would probably all be included in the same option).
As for the idea you detailed in your OP; it could work. There are a few "if's" though. The wrong way to go about it (as you said) would be to change the icon on all the threads you are quoted in (or rather threads where there are activity related to you), because if you are as active as say, spartain ken, then pretty much all the threads on this site would light up like an alligator at a crocodile party. However, if you were able to "tag" threads you find interesting, then some kind of change notification would be in order.
One concern I have in regards to just changing this is how this would work in really, really active threads. You don't really see those threads now, but when Destiny finally hits you can be damn sure that the popular threads regarding the game will hit hundreds of replies in a matter of hours. What if you made a great post and you were quoted 15 times? What you need is a notification system which at least gives you some idea of where people quoted you. If you made a post on page three, then four people quoted you on page 9 plus another three people on page 26 it would be a real hassle to track down these posts. The in-profile activity page could provide with links to each different post in which there are activity related to threads.
I guess it could be something like this:
You posted in Destiny Release Date Announced.
Click here to view all your activity in this thread.
Then again using several pages to navigate is always bad. There more you have available with less clicks the better.
So perhaps just a search feature where you can search your posts by thread? This would obviously also allow you to sort all the activity related to you by thread.
On a side note I also think it would be a good idea to let us mods be able to post in "rule mode", meaning that if I give clarification on a rule then the icon would change similar to what you see when an employee post. Perhaps just an a large exclamation mark would do the job. With a Septagon underneath it instead of just a dot.
Posted by: Rokit
Why have I never heard of that idea Q? Are you holding out on me again? =P
I love the idea - perhaps even a page for private chapters? Oh my, that's a whole new world.
Now this - this - is the kind of discussion I've been longing for; bouncing ideas is such a wonderful past time here.