Ah. So here we have a case of problem 2? I am unsure that we do, for, having selected a distro as a tag, I see an instruction to add another tag and . . no way that I can add another tag. Screenshot:
Where am I supposed to click (within that which my image shows)? I find no place-to-click that lets me add a further tag.
in the text box where you write your “issue”?
Thanks. So: in the place shown in the following image?
That place - that box - offers no dropdown menu; seemingly one has to guess which tags there are. Or can one enter arbitrary text?
Why do you have framework-laptop-16 tag in there if you are posting to Framework Laptop 13 - Linux section? That second tag box just wants the tag for your current linux distro (mint)
Remove that one and then click in the big text box and under the “Which Linux distro are you using” if you want to start writing the actual post.
You need to choose a distro tag for Linux subcategories.
For Community Support, you need to choose one device tag and one issue tag.
If that’s not the case, please let me know.
I understand that closing old threads may help moderation load and keep threads a little clearer and limited in their topic, but I fail to see the mechanism that would make the load grow exponentially with time. Is there some moment where threads start to get two replies per week for every post they receive? I have trouble imagining how that could be supported without an exponential growth of the user base. Do automatic bots take over at some point?
(perhaps there are specific triggers for this kind of thing. I imagine the improper use of the term “exponential” might be one)
I just checked, and the FWL13 Linux subforum wants 2 tags for me as well. On the latest Firefox available for my distro. Are you on Chrome?
And of course, you are unable to select 2 tags once you are in the Linux subforum.
Whereas the Framework Laptop 16 Linux forum only requires 1 tag
And the Framework Laptop 13 forum also only requires 1 tag
So perhaps a FWL13 Linux subforum bug that is not present on Chrome?
Nope, I configured the settings wrong, thanks for the heads up.
Framework Laptop 13 - Linux subcategory should only require 1 tag (distro tag) this is fixed now.
Why do you have framework-laptop-16 tag in there if you are posting to Framework Laptop 13 - Linux section?
Because by that stage I was trying to find any tags that the system would accept.
That second tag box just wants the tag for your current linux distro (mint)
If I recall correctly, the box was insisting, so to speak, on two tags. EDIT: see Destroya’s post about a misconfiguration of the forum software.
Updated our Community Guidelines and published the Framework Community Forums 101 post! Please let me know if you have any feedback.
If you see a post created under the incorrect category, please let us know by flagging it.
Which form? (Was this intended to link?)
How best to flag? As “Off Topic” to be “moved elsewhere”? Or as “Something else”?
Should this be in Framework Community Forums 101?
How best to flag? As “Off Topic” to be “moved elsewhere”? Or as “Something else”?
In both of the above, “Something else” is requred to suggest under which topic or category it should go. Maybe, under “Off topic”, add a text field to suggest a better topic or category.
Looks like I forgot to add the link there, this is fixed now, thank you.
I think it’s safe to use “Something Else” and add a small note like (it should be merged with this thread" or “this should be under Community Support”, we’ll take care of the rest.
When posting to the general thread - I had to put two optional tags.
But the optional tags where only suggesting OS names.
So once I tagged Ubuntu (my OS) what’s the point of adding another OS tag?
Wouldn’t it be better if there where tags that where actually relevant to the question I had.
e.g - dual-display sizing and firefox
Recently created the Framework Community Forums 101 post to answer these type of questions, not sure if I understand your suggestion though.
What kind of post were you trying to create? (what is the theme/subject) and in which category?
I created this post.
Besides the post’s main tag - Framework Laptop 13 Linux, it required me adding optional tags. It required two optional tags other wise it would not post it to the forum.
And I could only choose from a list of optional tags provided by the ui.
That list only contained names of OSs
So I was forced to put two names of OSs - Ubuntu and Debian - but the debian really was redundant.
It would have been better to allow me to add my own tag besides the compulsary OS tag.
Maybe after a while you guys could see emerging tag trends??? Which might be helpful??
thank you for the explanation, only one distro tag should be enough for the linux subcategory, I’ve changed the settings to reflect that.
What kind of other tags would you like to add to this one? I believe we only have the Distro tags for the Linux subcategories and “issue” tags for the Community support" category.
Great.
I don’t really know.
I’d go about it in one of two ways:
we do have a list of tags for the common issues/components. but it’s not enabled for the linux subcategory, since we already have 20 tags there. we can certainly enable the issue tags as “optional” tags for linux subcategories is there is demand/need for that.
great.
thank you.
I really enjoy my new Framwork laptop.
I’m not sure how this issue relates to the thread.
