Display "current" like count in notification drop down

UX
1

Currently we only notify on the first like and display:

:heart: zogstrip “My brilliant topic”

This is great and all but gets very tiring, especially if you are operating in @zogstrip’s timezone, he is always first to like and you have to keep visiting the topic if you want to get more internal validation.

Instead … what if we updated this as likes come in (without mucking with order or anything)

###Option 1

:heart: 7 “My brilliant topic”

###Option 2

:heart: zogstrip, codinghorror and 2 others “My brilliant topic”

###Option 3

Keep single name but always update it to “last” liker

:heart: (7) bob “My brilliant topic”

Any other ideas? :bulb:

8 Likes
2

Option 2 is the Facebook Way™ and will feel similar to people. Also I think is the most straight forward way to explain what’s going on.

6 Likes
3

I like option 2 as well.

And when another person likes your post, will the notification will be bumped to the top and augment the blue notification number? If so, that can get noisy as well.

4

Option 2 seems to be perfect to me. I’d sort the list such that the most important users are mentioned explicitly, where “most important” probably means “most :heart: received”?

2 Likes
5

I like option 2 as well. I agree we should not get a new blue notification, but bumping it in the list would be nice so you can see likes from much older notifications if you are paying attention. @sam, you should make a poll!

6

Poll driven development is the worse, will let @codinghorror make the call

7

Nah names don’t seem necessary, option 1 is fine, let’s keep it simple with just the number for now.