The Arc iOS app was a good start for channels. It was full of spam and it was too hard to find people actually using a channel.. 99% are dead.
It’s a weird mix between Chatroom channels and chat messages - and like a reddit post and then related comments.
I don’t think we have seen solid UX yet.
It’s also the hardest to manage content ranking, as you can’t just use your following list. It’s the Wild Wild West and you have to rank or filter content differently.
Arc seems nice. Tested it a while ago but haven’t used it since.
Well, should you really rank something in a chat room at all?
Not a chat room.
But, it could be used as a channel, posts and comments setup.
Subreddits/topic = kind 41
Posts = channel messages kind 42
Replies to posts = kind 1
Ranking posts and then replies can make sense once you have enough volume.
interesting, is there anyone building such an application today?
I don’t know of anyone.
It seems that since Jan, everyone has been focused solely on the kind 1 use case (for client apps), and all channel/group stuff went on hold.
There are some tough issues to solve like how would moderation work. I know we have a count kinds defined, but you really need to be able to delegate moderation, not just have a channel creator or something.
And I only mention moderation because things like off topic posts and other stuff are painful without some kind of moderation. If you don’t like that channel, start your own.
Like an /n/AIArt would be an awesome channel. Posts are new images. Maybe a media gallery view type. Zaps go to poster. And comments or conversation fits below. Like stacker news for example.
Yeah I remember the Dall-E channel on Anigma went crazy when Dall-E were made available to the public😂
Channel moderation is an important point. NIP-28 defines muting messages and users but that doesn’t hold up in a big channel.
