Do you want the 'trending content' in the sidebar or nah?

[Magically Clueless]

Since the update, there have been some new things added by default, one of them being the "trending content" in the sidebar. I wanted to ask y'all if you like it or if you'd rather it be removed. Feel free to express your thoughts here!

For clarity's sake, I'm referring to this section above "newest posts"

 

[Nonak]

I don't see myself using it at all. It being tucked away at the very bottom sure helps forget about it's existence though. So I'm leaning to no, but generally don't care as much.

 

[zack123]

I think it is somewhat interesting to see and it doesn't really affect the look/use of the forums so for me it's a yes.

And while I'm here I will say that the other sidebar "tabs" are also all quite cool. I would say the most useful is the members online which makes it so that you don't have to go to the members page to see who is online. The fact that the staff have a separate tab is also quite nice so we can see immediately who from the staff is online (or ConcernedApe). As for the forum statistics I don't think they are all that useful, mostly because of all the spam and bots that kind of inflate the numbers.

Suggestions:

• I think if possible the forum statistics could be replaced with the birthdays of the day, and it could be something like:

Today's Birthdays​

The forum wishes you a happy birthday!​

names of the birthday people

.

• Another suggestion a bit different from this is to change the online now green dot next to our profile pictures for something else, maybe to keep the green it could be changed to a green junimo ( or ) which would fit a lot better

 

[WanderingWendaline]

I don't really feel like the "trending content" box adds anything productive, especially since it's mostly just forum games, so I vote no.

 

[Lothengriol]

If it were to exclude Forum Games then I would be more fond of it, but the current "trending" formula overwhelms the results with Forum Games, most likely because of recent activity and high post counts per thread. I vote no for now, but it could probably win me over to a yes with some adjustments.

 

[Lew Zealand]

It seems much less useful as an "at a glance" section than the Latest Posts section below it. At the very least the Latest Posts box should be above Trending.