The Manifold browse page ( /browse ) accepts URL query parameters to control the sort order, market open/close status, mana vs. sweepcash markets, etc. For example, the URL https://manifold.markets/browse?q=H5N1&s=liquidity&f=open&sw=0 displays open Mana markets sorted by liquidity. Changing the controls on the page changes the URL in the URL bar.
At time of market creation, the topics page ( /topic ) does not support these. For example, the URL https://manifold.markets/topic/h5n1-bird-flu?s=liquidity&f=open&sw=0 shows any-status Swepcash markets sorted by 'best' (in a fresh session, eg: private/incognito window. Otherwise uses whatever view you were viewing last); the query parameters are ignored. Changing the controls on the page does not change the URL in the URL bar.
It sure would be nice to provide a link to a certain view of a topic. Will this feature be implemented before 2026-01-01 00:00 UTC?
(This market is about whether a link can set the view settings on the topic page. The interactive part where the UI helps you create the link by changing the URL parameters in real time as you adjust the view settings is nice, but is not required for this market to resolve YES.)
(If only some settings become controllable, this market will resolve to YES if the three (arguably most important) settings in the example above can be controlled: Open/Closed Status, Mana/Sweepcash, and Sort Order.)
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3.00Oh: I now notice that the sw=0 parameter has no effect on /browse in existing sessions. The Mana/Sweepcash control behaves differently than the other controls: it is set to whatever you were last using. It appears in the URL, and changes in the URL bar as you change the control on the page, but is not honored when navigating to a URL so constructed if you have ever used the control in the UI. :(
I'm keeping the resolution criteria as-is. The spirit of this market is 'Can I create a useful topic link?' Browse-page links being slightly broken is bad, but separate. Making topic links broken in the same way as browse-page links (supporting status and sort order but not the mana/sweepcash control) for consistency would still not allow useful topic-page links, especially if the default is sweepcash and there are 40x fewer sweepcash markets than mana markets.