The discussion revolves around renaming the sidebar shortcut from ‘My Posts’ to ‘My Activities’ to better reflect its actual content. soeren-1 argues that ‘My Posts’ is misleading, as the page includes more than just posts—such as badges, reactions, and solved markers—and suggests ‘My Activities’ would be more accurate. Moin counters that the shortcut is primarily for accessing posts and drafts, and that the link should remain focused on posts rather than general activity, especially since a separate ‘Activity’ link already exists in the avatar menu. soeren-1 agrees that consistency is key, noting that the shortcut can lead to either ‘Activity | Drafts’ or ‘Activity | All’, and having the same label for different targets is problematic. The consensus leans toward the need for a more consistent and accurate label.
The current label of the shortcut is confusing, particularly for users who are not yet familiar with Discourse:
Most obviously, the shortcut leads to a section called Activity, not to something explicitly named My Posts.
In addition, My Posts is factually inaccurate, as the page includes much more than posts: badges, reactions, solved markers, and other activity-related items.
From a UX perspective, the label suggests a much narrower scope than the destination actually provides, which can lead to false expectations. A label like My Activities would better reflect the content and make it more self-explanatory.
I think this depends on what you want the link to be.
What you see when you click the link is either a list containing your last posts or the drafts you haven’t posted yet [1]. Of course, you can also find other activity in other tabs of that page, but I am not sure I would change the name because you can find other information on related pages. For me, the link in the sidebar is more focused on posts and should help users find what they posted, while there is a general link about your activity in the avatar menu. I wouldn’t want a link to Activity in both menus; having that in one seems enough.
in the latter case, the link should change to ‘My Drafts,’ which currently only works for the “new new” feature ↩︎
You’re perfectly right. The route avatar → Profile → Activity always leads to Activity | All but the target of the sidebar shortcut depends on:
a) Activity | Draftsor
b) Activity | All
In my option, a button having always the same label should not lead to different targets. Plus in the case that no drafts are present, both shortcuts point to Activity | All. So yes “having that in one seems enough” does seem legitimate
