# Forum Improvements _Off-topic · started by LinuxinaBit on Mon, May 11, 2026 3:56 AM_ --- ## Original post **LinuxinaBit** · Mon, May 11, 2026 3:56 AM First I would like to say, great job with the forum so far Zenith! Two questions/suggestions: 1. Is there a way to sort threads by "most recently created"? Currently everything seems to be based on what has the most recent *reply*. 2. I think basing the NoamadNet page interface off of https://codeberg.org/AutumnSpark1226/nomadForum would improve usability a lot. Thank you and have a good one :) --- ## Reply 1 **LinuxinaBit** · Mon, May 11, 2026 3:58 AM See 428118bf70e715a89331ea928b250c05:/page/index.mu for a live demo. It's shockingly complete and I really like the interface. --- ## Reply 2 **Zenith** · Mon, May 11, 2026 4:56 AM 1. Yes, absolutely. I plan to add a bunch of new sort / order features, and some searching on the backend with maybe Laravel Scout + pgvector or something similar. 2. I like that layout. I think maybe I'll add a few different options that users can pick to how the Nomad mirror of the site is presented --- ## Reply 3 **Zenith** · Mon, May 11, 2026 4:57 AM Let me know for sure of any other feature requests or bugs that come up. Feel free to make a new thread or post them here Next feature will be LXMF reply notifications for watched threads, ETA soon --- ## Reply 4 **jonturk** · Mon, May 11, 2026 5:44 PM Could we have mailing list feature for this forum? It is pretty inconvenient to need a browser to open the forum and follow/reply threads. It would be nice to have a discourse-like mailing list feature where we could get new threads as mails and their comments as a mail tree, where we can reply from mail without having the huge overhead of opening and using a browser. --- ## Reply 5 **dude.eth** · Tue, May 12, 2026 12:19 AM **Zenith** wrote: > Let me know for sure of any other feature requests or bugs that come up. Feel free to make a new thread or post them here > > Next feature will be LXMF reply notifications for watched threads, ETA soon I know I'm the odd one out here and all my friends roast me for this, but a light(er) mode on the http side would be super appreciated. I have pretty bad eyes and dark mode (at least dark mode that is black/super dark) is really difficult for me to use regularly. --- ## Reply 6 **joakim** · Tue, May 12, 2026 10:44 AM Another suggestion: Have the three reaction buttons be mutually exclusive. It doesn't make sense to like, dislike and love something :) --- ## Reply 7 **joakim** · Wed, May 13, 2026 11:05 AM - Markdown -> Micron rendering on NomadNet - Start reply counter at 0 (currently says "1 reply" when no replies) - Web: When saving an edit on page 2, you're sent back to page 1 Really nice forum though! Love the simplicity of it. --- ## Reply 8 **welo** · Wed, May 13, 2026 2:38 PM **joakim** wrote: > Another suggestion: Have the three reaction buttons be mutually exclusive. It doesn't make sense to like, dislike and love something :) Also, what's the point of the heart if you have an +, they are a bit similar in meaning and it's unclear which one you should pick if you "like" a post. I feel it would make more sense if the third choice was completely different, either having as a "funny" button, similar to what Steam does. Or have it as the "interesting/relevant" button, if someone is saying something that add to the conversation but not necessarily something you agree with. --- ## Reply 9 **diatom** · Fri, May 15, 2026 3:44 PM I'd really like clickable nomadnetwork addresses in posts! --- ## Reply 10 **dude.eth** · Fri, May 15, 2026 9:04 PM Reply count -1 would be nice, traditional forums don't consider the OP as a reply, so when I see 2 replies I expect two replies in addition to OP. And in addition to that, a `last reply: name` type feature would be nice, sometimes I refresh and can't recall if I read the most recent reply based only on timestamp + reply count, so seeing who replied last is also useful and a traditional forum feature. In addition (and another.. often traditional forum feature), an archived section would be nice. Currently it seems some things are getting deleted - that guy getting roasted about the backbone, the post about the chat being closed down - to erase these from history seems a little against the ethos a lot of us probably share, so having some form of historical archive for threads that were closed would be nice. I don't like data disappearing without a reference - and it's not about the data itself, but just knowing if something was removed or not - Matrix still won't show the content (which would also be fine to not show here if chosen), but to at least see a thread was archived/closed like how Matrix shows a message is deleted, that would be nice to preserve the history. --- ## Reply 11 **dreieck** · Fri, May 15, 2026 9:07 PM **jonturk** wrote: > *Could we have mailing list feature for this forum? It is pretty inconvenient to need a browser to open the forum and follow/reply threads. It would be nice to have a discourse-like mailing list feature where we could get new threads as mails and their comments as a mail tree, where we can reply from mail without having the huge overhead of opening and using a browser.* Or some thing like RSS could also do the job? --- ## Reply 12 **dude.eth** · Sat, May 16, 2026 3:58 AM **dude.eth** wrote: > Reply count -1 would be nice, traditional forums don't consider the OP as a reply, so when I see 2 replies I expect two replies in addition to OP. And in addition to that, a `last reply: name` type feature would be nice, sometimes I refresh and can't recall if I read the most recent reply based only on timestamp + reply count, so seeing who replied last is also useful and a traditional forum feature. > > In addition (and another.. often traditional forum feature), an archived section would be nice. Currently it seems some things are getting deleted - that guy getting roasted about the backbone, the post about the chat being closed down - to erase these from history seems a little against the ethos a lot of us probably share, so having some form of historical archive for threads that were closed would be nice. I don't like data disappearing without a reference - and it's not about the data itself, but just knowing if something was removed or not - Matrix still won't show the content (which would also be fine to not show here if chosen), but to at least see a thread was archived/closed like how Matrix shows a message is deleted, that would be nice to preserve the history. Okay, finally I realized that clicking into the Forum itself lets me see the last reply. Lol. --- ## Reply 13 **dreieck** · Wed, May 20, 2026 8:36 AM **dude.eth** wrote: > *a light(er) mode on the http side would be super appreciated.* For me, too. I usually like bright room/ daylight environments, and light themes are so much more comfortable in such environments. Plus, when beeing outdoors with sunshine on an LCD screen, bright screen is much easier readable. I think an alternative approach to solve this is to use custom styling (I don't know CSS, so I don't know if the forum's HTML variant is already easily custom stylable). Regards! --- ## Reply 14 **falafool** · Wed, May 20, 2026 3:00 PM **jonturk** wrote: > Could we have mailing list feature for this forum? It is pretty inconvenient to need a browser to open the forum and follow/reply threads. It would be nice to have a discourse-like mailing list feature where we could get new threads as mails and their comments as a mail tree, where we can reply from mail without having the huge overhead of opening and using a browser. I have also suggested that in the matrix forum, so I'm with you. I found yggmail which is true p2p mail with IMAP/STMP built on the Yggdrasil protocol, but something like that may be possible in rns too. Deltachat provides a chat interface for IMAP/STMP, for more intimate discussion. A way to sort replies into under-trees would be an option too to make the chat more visible. --- ## Reply 15 **falafool** · Wed, May 20, 2026 3:04 PM *Side node: i like the design principle of the like system* --- ## Reply 16 **falafool** · Wed, May 20, 2026 3:20 PM Can we link the community wiki under this page's community tab? --- ## Reply 17 **Ahyrax** · Wed, May 20, 2026 6:47 PM I'm really missing a search feature (or at least I'm not seeing one) --- ## Reply 18 **Ahyrax** · Wed, May 20, 2026 7:13 PM Also this is wrong: Preview of a message ↓ ![image.png](/storage/forum/bqFJ3au4lDKPmyJedIaarXgB1OLtrIK92hExX1nz.png) *** Actual message after being sent ↓ ![image.png](/storage/forum/dg6oFeMLcAfxkcST3yOJ0HZovV8e10NzbPM2p5IA.png) --- ## Reply 19 **Yule Cat** · Fri, May 22, 2026 2:47 AM If we're making wishes: change "replys" to "replies" :3 Also, for people asking for an RSS feed or whatever... we're on reticulum. Wouldn't a subscription feature that automatically messages you for subscribed post updates be better? Since you have to identify in order to post, the server should have your address right? If not, some field to tie an lxmf address to the identified ID should work, I would think. --- ## Reply 20 **Yule Cat** · Fri, May 22, 2026 2:50 AM Apologies for the double-post but I also would like to second dude.eth (hey, Ratspeak!) on the archival bit. I don't think I'm alone in believing that the internet should not forget. Of course, individuals will still have caches, and this (https://github.com/OSK-provenis/reticulum-NAP) has some ideas on sharing those. But, for now, something built-in would make sense. --- ## Reply 21 **falafool** · Fri, May 22, 2026 1:56 PM Agree. Although before creating a built in archival system, I think a deletion system should be in place first. ( Even for anonymous users ) --- ## Reply 22 **welo** · Sat, May 23, 2026 4:15 PM View all on *Latest posts* should show more than 10 posts, or give an option to show more (or show another page of the next 10 most recent posts) --- ## Reply 23 **welo** · Sat, May 23, 2026 4:30 PM (I'm not welo this a test) Can we make it so that names can be reserved for logged in/lxmf users? like NickServ on IRC --- ## Reply 24 **Zenith** · Sat, May 23, 2026 11:33 PM # NEW!!! ![image.png](/storage/forum/c7hEs3fXA71aqO9D9Ihaw88QNhO4NjCHOJlyYdOk.png) We now have search with vector embeddings using ollama and https://ollama.com/library/nomic-embed-text The search backend works on both versions of rns.recipes - New light theme for legacy HTTPS mirror - Sort by created at / newest / most replies - Watched threads for NomadNet with LXM message notifications - Export threads as .md - Light theme for NomadNet - Anchors for NomadNet - A bunch of other stuff --- ## Reply 25 **Zenith** · Sun, May 24, 2026 12:23 AM Next up: - Image thumbnail with clickable preview - More markdown options in the editor - Mutually exclusive buttons Also, the search is still indexing and I need a few more things to finish up with the watched thread LXM notifications --- ## Reply 26 **Zenith** · Sun, May 24, 2026 6:18 AM LXM notifications are live for NomadNet :) If you are identified, hit the "Watch" link to watch a thread. When there is new activity, you will get sent a message --- ## Reply 27 **Zenith** · Sun, May 24, 2026 4:04 PM You can now set your avatar from NomadNet using ASCII/Unicode art :) Line breaks are fixed now, too --- ## Reply 28 **welo** · Sun, May 24, 2026 9:21 PM some way of replying that doesn't require embedding the text from the person's original post because it can become unwieldy quickly --- ## Reply 29 **welo** · Mon, May 25, 2026 10:21 AM Also, the site does not notify you if someone has posted a new reply while you have been reading/writting a response, would be nice functionality (sadly web only cause I don't think you could do something like that with nomadnet) --- ## Reply 30 **Torlando** · Tue, May 26, 2026 4:00 AM I think there is an issue with escaping the backtick prior to links posted in comments. The following message: ``` `[link_text`bf2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] `[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] ``` gets rendered like: `[link_text `f`bf2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] `[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] And is served from the nomadnet node as: ``` `B222`Faaa [link_text `f`bf2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] \`[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] ``` and the web server as: ``` html

[link_text "f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu]"

`[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu]

``` original message accessible via https://rns.recipes/forum/general/rss-for-rns or 9ce92808be498e9e05590ff27cbfdfe4:/page/forum/thread.mu`cat=general|thread=rss-for-rns --- ## Reply 31 **Torlando** · Tue, May 26, 2026 4:00 AM I think there is an issue with escaping the backtick prior to links posted in comments. The following message: ``` `[link_text`bf2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] `[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] ``` gets rendered like: `[link_text `f`bf2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] `[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] And is served from the nomadnet node as: ``` `B222`Faaa [link_text `f`bf2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] \`[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] ``` and the web server as: ``` html

[link_text "f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu]"

`[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu]

``` original message accessible via https://rns.recipes/forum/general/rss-for-rns or 9ce92808be498e9e05590ff27cbfdfe4:/page/forum/thread.mu`cat=general|thread=rss-for-rns --- ## Reply 32 **Zenith** · Tue, May 26, 2026 4:02 AM **Torlando** wrote: > I think there is an issue with escaping the backtick prior to links posted in comments. The following message: > > ``` > `[link_text`bf2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] > > `[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] > ``` > gets rendered like: > > `[link_text `f`bf2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] > > `[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] > > And is served from the nomadnet node as: > > ``` > `B222`Faaa [link_text `f`bf2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] > > \`[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu] > ``` > and the web server as: > > ``` html > <p> > <code>[link_text</code)> > "f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu]" > </p> > <p>`[f2f0c16335276d6588b52a2399eb5d3e:/page/index.mu]</p> > > ``` > > original message accessible via https://rns.recipes/forum/general/rss-for-rns or 9ce92808be498e9e05590ff27cbfdfe4:/page/forum/thread.mu`cat=general|thread=rss-for-rns Yes. all Micron tags are escaped. I will add something to where in the Nomad node we have some regex for link handling. --- ## Reply 33 **joakim** · Tue, May 26, 2026 7:39 AM Bug: My NomadNet registered account displays my identity hash as my LXMF address on the web ([here](https://rns.recipes/forum/build-guides/reticulum-fyi-part-1-how-do-announces-work-in-reticulum-rns#post-659)) --- ## Reply 34 **falafool** · Tue, May 26, 2026 9:58 AM **Zenith** wrote: > # NEW!!! > [image] > We now have search with vector embeddings using ollama and https://ollama.com/library/nomic-embed-text > The search backend works on both versions of rns.recipes > > - New light theme for legacy HTTPS mirror > - Sort by created at / newest / most replies > - Watched threads for NomadNet with LXM message notifications > - Export threads as .md > - Light theme for NomadNet > - Anchors for NomadNet > - A bunch of other stuff Woah context search is really cool, I just imagine some people might overshare even in a searchbar, I hope ollama logs are not kept, or that noone snoops in the RAM. --- ## Reply 35 **Sojourner** · Tue, May 26, 2026 10:59 AM I'd like to add an improvement; the !verify command for this forum should instead be !Verify (with a capital v) --- ## Reply 36 **Zenith** · Tue, May 26, 2026 5:55 PM **joakim** wrote: > Bug: My NomadNet registered account displays my identity hash as my LXMF address on the web ([here](https://rns.recipes/forum/build-guides/reticulum-fyi-part-1-how-do-announces-work-in-reticulum-rns#post-659)) Working on fixing this one right now. You'll have an option to chose to display either the identity hash or your LXMF destination. Also working on editing and post deletion for anonymous / Nomad users. **Sojourner** wrote: > I'd like to add an improvement; the !verify command for this forum should instead be !Verify (with a capital v) Hi Sojourner. Could you explain why? --- ## Reply 37 **Torlando** · Mon, Jun 8, 2026 8:39 PM Loving the new LXMF notifications. Would it be possible to include a nomadnet link to the watched thread in the notification message? --- ## Reply 38 **Zenith** · Mon, Jun 8, 2026 9:24 PM **Torlando** wrote: > Loving the new LXMF notifications. Would it be possible to include a nomadnet link to the watched thread in the notification message? Yes, that can be done --- ## Reply 39 **welo** · Thu, Jun 11, 2026 11:54 AM A category for feature requests and bug reports --- ## Reply 40 **p1ld7a** · Thu, Jun 11, 2026 8:07 PM With all due respect to the author of https://github.com/acehoss/rnsh, I think it would be better to remove the link to that project to avoid confusing newcomers. Since `rnsh` is now bundled with the official `rns` package, continuing to link to the standalone repository may give the impression that it is still the recommended way to install or use `rnsh`. --- ## Reply 41 **Zenith** · Thu, Jun 11, 2026 9:51 PM **p1ld7a** wrote: > With all due respect to the author of https://github.com/acehoss/rnsh, I think it would be better to remove the link to that project to avoid confusing newcomers. > > Since `rnsh` is now bundled with the official `rns` package, continuing to link to the standalone repository may give the impression that it is still the recommended way to install or use `rnsh`. Thanks, I removed it. I'm also going through and updating all of the quad4 links I've added a new feature for community-submitted links which you can access at https://rns.recipes/links --- ## Reply 42 **p1ld7a** · Fri, Jun 12, 2026 5:25 AM Thanks for the fast feedback ! The new feature is great :) --- ## Reply 43 **p1ld7a** · Fri, Jun 12, 2026 5:26 AM It looks like there are a few old quad4 links remaining: e.g.: https://git.quad4.io/Reticulum-Interfaces/RNS-over-HTTP And for that specific link, it looks like it doesn't exist in the new URL (https://github.com/orgs/Quad4-Software/repositories). --- ## Reply 44 **p1ld7a** · Fri, Jun 12, 2026 7:10 PM The following link is broken: https://github.com/Quad4-Software/RNS-over-HTTP I think it should be removed. --- ## Reply 45 **p1ld7a** · Sun, Jun 14, 2026 8:45 PM I asked @Ivan to sync the repo, it is now working. Thanks @Ivan ! --- ## Reply 46 **jonturk** · Fri, Jun 19, 2026 7:06 PM **falafool** wrote: > I have also suggested that in the matrix forum, so I'm with you. > I found yggmail which is true p2p mail with IMAP/STMP built on the Yggdrasil protocol, but something like that may be possible in rns too. > Deltachat provides a chat interface for IMAP/STMP, for more intimate discussion. > > A way to sort replies into under-trees would be an option too to make the chat more visible. Idk how this could be achievable on Reticulum, and yes, it would be cool to have it also over Reticulum, but for now, I'd appreciate to have mailing list feature to follow the forum. **dreieck** wrote: > Or some thing like RSS could also do the job? No, RSS feed wouldn't 1. show every single new comment 2. show it in a tree structure 3. allow me to reply and attend discussions. But still it is better than nothing. **Yule Cat** wrote: > Also, for people asking for an RSS feed or whatever... we're on reticulum. Wouldn't a subscription feature that automatically messages you for subscribed post updates be better? Since you have to identify in order to post, the server should have your address right? If not, some field to tie an lxmf address to the identified ID should work, I would think. The problem is that I don't want to open my browser at all. I wanna stay on my emacs notmuch client only. So, I would need to open browser and subscribe. And also I don't want to follow subscribed posts only, instead, I wanna get all the discussions happening in forum and attend them via my Emacs. Btw I also don't believe subscribing posts would allow me to attend them via mail. We could have the exact design of discourse in this regard. You can attend discourse forums via mailing list, and this allows me to attend tons of forums in one place without needing to browse each of them one by one. PS: My reply is a bit late, but I guess this itself explains my workflow better than I can ever explain :p ---