Introducing new modes of content discovery

[Abhinav]

Hello everyone,

We're thrilled to announce two features that will make it easier than ever to discover valuable and high-quality threads in our forum: Featured threads and Trending threads.

Featured threads ​

Numerous threads and posts are created daily, and we understand that some important ones might get missed or overlooked. With Featured threads, we're changing that.

What are Featured threads?​

Featured threads are handpicked, high-quality threads that deserve special attention. These threads will be shortlisted by the forum team and highlighted directly at the top of our forum's home page for everyone to see.

The Featured threads will be showcased in a sleek, carousel format with images and a short description. We've also added a new page exclusively for Featured threads, making it even easier to access and explore them. Additionally, they can be found in each forum section too at the bottom (in mobile view) and at the sidebar (in desktop view).

Trending threads ​

Next up is trending threads. You might remember we already had a trending threads section in the forum list but it has been replaced by an improved version designed to keep you in the loop with what's hot and popular on the forum.

Trending threads is a dynamic list of the most engaging and popular discussions happening right now in our community. By analyzing various metrics, Trending threads highlights the conversations that are currently buzzing with activity and gaining traction.

Where can you find them?​

You'll notice Trending threads displayed on the sidebar in desktop view and at the bottom in mobile view. The forum software will automatically pick the discussions that are trending to showcase there. But that's not it, the trending threads will also be tailored specifically for each section which means in telecom section you will only see telecom related trending threads and in OTT section only OTT related trending threads.

We expect these features to improve content discovery and add even more excitement and engagement to our vibrant community.

 

[mmadhankumar]

The featured threads block has been enhanced to display the image in the first post of the thread. It was showing the avatar picture of the thread poster until now. In the absence of any images in the first post it will now show our brand logo.

 

[Abhinav]

You'll notice Trending threads displayed on the sidebar in desktop view and at the bottom in mobile view.

We have further enhanced the Trending Threads removing previous standard list type format.

The new trending threads are now in carousel format, similar to the featured threads, and can be found on top in each forum section. These will continue to keep the content tailored specifically for each section.

For example, in Sun Direct section you will only see Sun Direct related trending threads and not those that are related to other sections like TV Channels.