On the home page, I’m not sure what the purpose of the column indicating when a board was created is—maybe the range is greater on ILX itself? The descriptions on the old site have more character, though I suppose they aren’t really more informative.

I like having the quote function and the ability to edit posts as well as the buttons for stylization (easier than typing the code).

I’m agnostic on the emoji question. It’s useful in Signal and places like that to have people “vote” on something as guidance for group action — which makes sense in a thread like this one, but isn’t useful in the same way in topical discussion threads (which is most of ILX).

Yes you’re entirely right that they’re not very useful. It is just weird looking at something saying “almost 26 years ago” in front of you. It does collapse down if there isn’t enough room on the screen.

So yeah it’s not really because you’d actually care beyond brief curiosity. Although I tend to think that of the descriptions too.

reactions are fine as long as there’s a UI option to hide them, I’d prefer not to see them at all

They’re lazy, a vice that needs no encouragement on the net 2026

otm, they’re part of what’s wrong with the web and what makes ilx a haven

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