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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you helped an older relative with computer problems over the phone?

If you could set the default, it wouldn't be a problem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where do you imagine setting the default?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I imagine he means being able to set the default view for everyone accessing your server from the settings on your server. So that everyone who accesses your server gets those defaults that they can then change for their user if they desire.

Which would be a nice feature.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would not want my settings affected by the servers I connect to. That would piss me off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Changing the default settings wouldn't mean changing any individual user's settings. It would mean changing the default settings you get the first time you login. Which the user could then change to their preference.

If you have a bunch of elderly/non-savvy people who are using your server, being able to change the default settings to something sensible for that set of users would be a good feature to have.