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Change "Feature comment" button text to "Distinguish" (lemmy.asudox.dev)

submitted 1 month ago by asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev to c/summit@lemmy.world

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To bring it in line with official Lemmy terminology, this should be used instead. The star symbol should probably also be a shield instead of a star, and it should also not be displayed if the comment is from someone other than you.

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[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

TIL what "distinguish" actually means. This is a poorly worded feature on Lemmy's end IMO.

For other people who are also confused:

Distinguish was meant to mean "speak as moderator", not "sticky this comment to the top". What you're talking about is something different, like pin or sticky , and would need to be added separately.

source: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4216

Now that that's cleared up for me, I still do not like naming it "Distinguish" since it's confusing. I think I would rather name it something like "Mark comment as important" or even "Highlight comment".

Giving it some thought I like "Highlight comment".

Update

It looks like on the latest version of Lemmy it's not called "distinguish" in the UI any more. It's called "Speak as moderator". I can update the name to that.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought about this even more and I still hate "Speak as moderator". Although it is now much clearer what the action does, it does little to explain why one might perform the action. It's like calling a power button a "circuit closer". Yes a lot of power buttons technically close a circuit it sucks as a name for an end user.

So going back to “Speak as moderator”, I thought about why someone might want to do this and I think it most cases you want to use “Speak as moderator” to announce something that is important that you want users to take seriously. Thus I think naming the button "Mark comment as important" is a way better descriptor.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

~~Why not just "Mark important"? I'm sure one can already assume that the object is the comment from context.~~

edit: maybe not.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Works for me.