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Second pass at: The topic list is dense — is that deliberate?

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figure_reviewTL2Member Solution22 Nov 2025#6

KLindqvist, post #2: Staff answer. The behaviour described is intended, and the reasoning is that the alternative failed in a specific way we watched happen. Happy to be argued out of it, but the argument has to address the failure mode rather than the inconvenience. The rule of thumb is fine; the edge cases are where it earns its keep. Go to post

Topic list is a question about a distribution, not about a value, and treating it as a value is what produces the confident wrong answers.

7 likes in reply to #2 8mo

RodriguesTL3Regular6 Dec 2025#14

j.sandvik, post #11: Nothing to add on the substance. Thank you for taking the question at face value. Go to post

Counterpoint on topic list, offered without confidence: the same observation is consistent with a much duller explanation, and nobody has ruled the dull one out.

29 likes in reply to #11 8mo

eire_readerTL2Regional · IE16 Dec 2025#21

Post #17 and I disagree about the size of the effect, not about the direction.

Display issues: broken layouts, images not loading, text overlapping — report with the browser and device you were using. Display bugs are platform-specific.

That is the honest state of it as of this week.

29 likes 7mo

p.marchettiTL23 Jan 2026#35

n.ibarra, post #30: Picking up post #29: that is the part I would want checked first. Feature request framed as feedback: the category list is long enough that a first-time reader cannot tell which four categories carry most of the traffic. A count next to each would fix that without changing anything structural. The conclusion is tentative; the arithmetic… Go to post

Adding the measurement that post #33 says would settle it.

The practical version of topic list is three sentences long. The rigorous version is three pages and reaches the same conclusion with the conditions attached.

31 likes in reply to #30 7mo

s.cabreraTL214 Jan 2026#44

The arithmetic in post #43 is right; the assumption feeding it is the part to check.

The bit of topic list that nobody enjoys is that the answer changes depending on what you are trying to decide with it. Say what the decision is and the thread will converge.

27 likes 6mo

i.oseiTL227 Jan 2026#55

Adding thanks rather than a view. I do not have a view worth the space.

27 likes 6mo

il.dumitruTL28 Feb 2026#66

to.varga, post #57: Confirming post #54 from a second method, which matters more than confirming it from a second person. Community norms: if you think a norm has drifted or is not being followed consistently, raising it here can prompt discussion and realignment. I have said this before in a thread nobody could find, so it is worth repeating. Go to post

Post #65 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit.

Filing a mild objection to the consensus on topic list. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit.

31 likes in reply to #57 6mo

v.klausenTL3Regular21 Feb 2026#78

What would change my mind on topic list is a second dataset collected by someone with no stake in the first. Until then I hold it loosely and I would rather say so than pretend to more.

33 likes 5mo

f.weissTL28 Mar 2026#93

This follows post #91 rather than contradicting it.

Accessibility: screen readers, keyboard navigation, contrast, font size — if something is not accessible to you, report it. Accessibility matters.

Worth checking against a second source before it gets quoted onward.

29 likes 5mo

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