Clear up confusing UI elements
Here are some problems with the user interface that I've been made aware of over a longer period of time.
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Notification inbox/message inboxApparently it isn't obvious that there's a separate inbox for messages in addition to the notification inbox. One person told me they never cleared their notification inbox because they didn't want to lose PMs they were sent, despite being available from user menu → Messages.
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User blocking isn't obvious
User blocking was intended to prevent reply notifications and private messages from a particular user from reaching. It was never intended to hide all the blocked user's posts, or prevent them from replying to you, but it seems people expect it to work like that.
Proposed solution: make it more clear that blocking is actually "block notifications" and not "hide everything user ever did".
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Every listing of things should have a button to make more of those things
Examples: user block list should have a button to block users, ban list should have a button to add bans.
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Some pages are only accessible via their URLsAccount/user settings for other users, latest comments page, global moderation log, probably more.
Proposed solution: find places it makes sense to put links to these pages.
I will add more stuff as I become aware of it.