I've been translating the Homepage feature on Translatewiki, and I noticed that there is an option for the user to view the impact module of another user. Does this mean that anyone can see another user's "impact article list", and is it possible already now or only in the future, and does the user have any control over who can see their list? And what's the thought process behind a public impact module?
Topic on Talk:Growth/Personalized first day/Newcomer homepage
Hello @Kyykaarme -- thank you for working on translations for the Growth features! I know there's a lot of text in them (because there's a lot to teach newcomers), and so it's really helpful that you're spending time on it. Good question about the "Special:Impact" page. We originally created this page because it helped us QA and troubleshoot issues with the Impact module, by allowing us to validate that the module looked right for many different users. We've kept it on because it continue to be useful for troubleshooting, and it doesn't display any information that's not already public. Here's a Phab task where we considered turning it off, but ended up not doing so.
It sounds like you think users may not want other people to be able to see their module so that they and their work can remain more private. Is that right? What are your thoughts?
The Homepage contains information that surely is private (email address) and I wouldn't think that anyone should see what my topic interests or preferred difficulty levels are. It's then natural for me to think that everything on the page is visible only to me. If some parts of the page are not private, I would like to at least know about it. And I especially would think that if I were a new user.
I don't know what the effects of the impact module are on new editors, maybe they really like it, but I could see also some negative sides, such as seeing very low views for your articles or having had unpleasant editing experiences (getting reverted and/or admonished) and then seeing those articles every time you go to the Homepage. Maybe there could be an option to hide the list, so that one can look at it once in a while but not have it there at the top constantly.
I would actually like a Homepage where you can pick and choose the modules you want to see and remove/hide the ones you don't have use for. The suggested edits "carousel" is a cool tool, and I could see it used by experienced users as well (without the editing tips). It's a lot easier and more fun to click the carousel than to browse categories when you're trying to find interesting articles to edit.