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Are you not entertained? Or: let's talk about the restructuring
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I think this sort of change has the possibility of making the site less connected. If people wanted to have communities, there was nothing stopping them before, but now you have discussions about technology to explicitly ignore these threads. This change created this problem. If the first page of etcetera is fifteen OTs followed by a few of the most timely posts, things will get lost and posters will leave. If you want to give squeaky wheels the ability to self curate their experience, then do that, but do not curate it on the whole as a default.
How was this NOT THE FIRST THING admins saw when this wet fart of a idea was brought up?
Jesus Christ. And people where screaming it at you in the announcement thread too.
Or maybe you knew it would happen and just said fuck it?
A compromise may just be going back to the "hangout spotlight" feature, but re-thinking it/making it more prominent somehow?
ResetEra mods pulling straws to see who has to face the angry Era members and discuss these changes, with the homie Nibel getting the short end
Which is why if the change sticks I'll just stop visiting as often. It isn't worth the trouble.
no need to denigrate and insult readers/posters of Big Bang OT. Be better.
Yeah. This is why "just wait, you'll get used to it" rings hollow. The way you get used to it is by ignoring tons of community threads and prominent community members. The damage is done.
YUUUP. No other mod has even attempted to show their face in this thread.ResetEra mods pulling straws to see who has to face the angry Era members and discuss these changes, with the homie Nibel getting the short end
You mean in a few weeks when all the new threads for returning TV shows are made further clogging up the Entertainment board on a regular basis? Nah, I already know what it'll look like which is why I'm hiding a massive amount of threads already and hope for an official way to do it so my mobile experience is as good as my PC experience.
Imagine getting forcefed shit and just telling everyone it's an acquired taste
So much this, personally I like the change. That way I can ignore the Trump stuff.
hot off the presses, get your avatar tags!
Hey, I did it first! I just tried not to be too obvious about it lol
The fact that the only people happy with the change are the ones who want to ignore "politics" is very telling.
OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW HELP! MY LEGS ARE BROKEN!!!!!!
"Yeah, currently. Someday they won't be, and if not you'll get used to the sensation!"
"Yeah, currently. Someday they won't be, and if not you'll get used to the sensation!"
Apologies for my slow responses - I'll try to address as many concerns as possible
Wow, I'm surprised that you would have this reaction Shauni considering you are one of our calmer members which is visible in that specific thread you have mentioned.
Don't shake your head too hard
Kirb, I get what you were getting at; I still think it's a somewhat inappropriate comparison considering we are talking about a forum restructuring here and there are probably better analogies than comparing it to one of the worst wars of all time.
No, the announcement thread is the announcement thread, there hasn't been a dedicated feedback thread for this
..huh?
The announcement thread has been open from Friday to today. And that post count was not hidden, what you think of is the stickied thread in Etcetera that was just a relink to the actual thread in the Announcement forum. Please ask more interesting questions in the future and not stuff you can look up yourself
Considering the current mob mentality in this thread I'd rather not do that? You can lash out your anger against me, the community reps might have agreed to the restructuring but shouldn't be held responsible for something that was ultimately decided by us
Am I not allowed to make lame jokes like some others here now?
I thought this place was supposed to be different
I've just done that and edited the title, but considering how fast things behind the scenes right now, I don't expect much usage of this thread
1) No
2+3) They were not "chosen", they've built small communities on their own and have been with us since the site's inception
If that's the case then you have never really bothered to approach SweetNicole or any other of us; considering I mostly know you from Hip Hop Era, I'm surprised by this. Feel free to contact her and tell her what communities you represent
Go clean your room
I do value you and am disappointed about the avatar change, smh
Wow, I'm surprised that you would have this reaction Shauni considering you are one of our calmer members which is visible in that specific thread you have mentioned.
Don't shake your head too hard
Kirb, I get what you were getting at; I still think it's a somewhat inappropriate comparison considering we are talking about a forum restructuring here and there are probably better analogies than comparing it to one of the worst wars of all time.
No, the announcement thread is the announcement thread, there hasn't been a dedicated feedback thread for this
..huh?
The announcement thread has been open from Friday to today. And that post count was not hidden, what you think of is the stickied thread in Etcetera that was just a relink to the actual thread in the Announcement forum. Please ask more interesting questions in the future and not stuff you can look up yourself
Considering the current mob mentality in this thread I'd rather not do that? You can lash out your anger against me, the community reps might have agreed to the restructuring but shouldn't be held responsible for something that was ultimately decided by us
Am I not allowed to make lame jokes like some others here now?
I thought this place was supposed to be different
I've just done that and edited the title, but considering how fast things behind the scenes right now, I don't expect much usage of this thread
1) No
2+3) They were not "chosen", they've built small communities on their own and have been with us since the site's inception
If that's the case then you have never really bothered to approach SweetNicole or any other of us; considering I mostly know you from Hip Hop Era, I'm surprised by this. Feel free to contact her and tell her what communities you represent
Go clean your room
I do value you and am disappointed about the avatar change, smh
Props to him for trying.ResetEra mods pulling straws to see who has to face the angry Era members and discuss these changes, with the homie Nibel getting the short end
Like growing up in a household that supports Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
This is a UX nightmare, and considering there seem to be a not-insignificant number of people trying to jury rig a solution by blocking OTs or the people who made them, this feels like something the admins need to reverse course on sooner rather than later. Unless you feel a whole lot of people permanently ignoring OTs and creators is how to help OTs and build a community.
I'm really finding all the threads that used to be in the Hangouts subforum to be a cluttered distraction.
Back in the day on GAF if I remember correctly that's WHY the community subforums were created, to move these old community mega threads to their very own section, so they didn't clutter up and hide the new topics and threads.
Now we not only have the Hangout threads the vast majority of the forum user base wasn't interested now cluttering up the forum.
To find threads that interest you. You now have to click and browse two forums "Entertainment" and "EtcetEra" that are both cluttered with Hangout threads, when before you only had to look at an uncluttered "EtcetEra".
I think I hate all the Hangout threads cluttering up the forums the most, much more than the "EtcetEra" and "Entertainment" split, but both are not good IMO.
After the awful NightEra design, with the blinding colors STILL not fixed and now with THIS restructuring I'm really not looking forward to whatever ResetEra 2.0 will be. I have no faith in ResetEra 2.0 at all.
Well some Mod or somebody stickied this thread now at least.
This is a goddamn mess. Is this a Joke? I get what they were trying to do but they executed this poorly.
I think it should be reversed.
A native thread ignore feature would be handy but it doesn't solve this problem.
Dennis8KAs the most prominent of all prominent members (primus inter pares), I for one, am happy they followed all of my demands.
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I just checked Etcetera again, and there are well over a dozen OT megathreads cluttering up the first page. Sigh. ERA is easily my number one most visited website, seeing it like this is really bringing me down.
I really hope things can change back. All these OT threads would be better off in a separate subforum, as before.
I really hope things can change back. All these OT threads would be better off in a separate subforum, as before.
Holy shit lmao. I was wondering what was the deal with that "common" tag under the avatar before the changes today..
What's baffling to me is that the entire point of community threads is to separate them from the main page and not clutter it up.
So now they add them to the main page and clutter it up, and they are surprised we are irritated?
How does this kind of cognitive dissonance happen?
So now they add them to the main page and clutter it up, and they are surprised we are irritated?
How does this kind of cognitive dissonance happen?
I can already see a positive change as some of the dominant threads... become dominant. If people really want random garbage appearing all the time, I'd suggest there are plenty of other sites where you can hurt or heal final fantasy characters all day long.
Bring on the same change to gaming side please.
Bring on the same change to gaming side please.
When this gets reversed, please merge the "Entertainment" and Etc. sections back together too, like it was before.
Comic readers don't deserve a safe space.
Comic readers don't deserve a safe space.
Well, huh. I thought some people might have been exaggerating after the announcement, but just looking at the current mix of threads in EtcetEra makes me think that I will never want to look at that forum.
OT/EtcetEra was always about dodging threads about poop and boners to find the interesting ones, but the balance is now completely out of whack. I just don't have the patience to wade through two different subforums dedicated to randomness.
News threads are almost completely buried now and I don't feel like playing a subforum guessing game to predict where something relevant might pop up.
OT/EtcetEra was always about dodging threads about poop and boners to find the interesting ones, but the balance is now completely out of whack. I just don't have the patience to wade through two different subforums dedicated to randomness.
News threads are almost completely buried now and I don't feel like playing a subforum guessing game to predict where something relevant might pop up.
It is the era of resets, after all. Don't say they didn't warn ya!
Nibel what specific traffic and or posting habits/metrics made the staff believe that this wouldn't clutter the front page and thus the overwhelming majority of traffic to the site and negatively impact the end user experience? I asked a few questions about the top 5 active community threads in both sections now if you're privu to that info (again I don't know your internal structure) that would alleviate a lot of concerns I'm sure.
This was obvious for anyone with a clue as soon as it was announced.
Which means the admins had this as their intent. Or they're clueless. There is no Option C.
And I don't think they're clueless.
The change is definitely for the worse when it comes to the chances of me venturing outside the gaming section. Moving between two sections is just an unnecessary hurdle and the Entertainment side especially is just OTs on the first page..
When the guillotines come for the prominent members after the revolution, do you believe you will be spared?
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