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September 28, 2016 11:07 AM EDT

in the topic Decision Time: Ning or SocialEngine in the forum The Lounge

Edana said: Yes, we might lose some impatient members who can't possibly bear to have a site looking exactly as they'd like immediately. And that's unfortunate. But if the choice is almost certain death on Ning rather than just sticking it out while we get these modules together and work out the kinks... I know what I'd pick any day. Like Phil said, the issues we're looking at are all things that can be fixed pending time and small gradual investments. So far every issue we've started tackling has been resolved. We just can't get to them all immediately. You definitely don't have to sell the benefit of staying with SE to me anymore, I'm now all caught up with the position that Ning has put you guys in... I really don't think there's any reason to lose impatient members over this, maybe they wouldn't be so impatient if they actually knew what was going on around here and the challenges you guys are facing? I know a main page post takes up some time but it still remains the primary way of keeping in touch with all the members....and the members are who you're doing all this hard work for at the end of the day. When communication breaks down you build a rod for your own back. You get members like myself needlessly worrying about content and the future of the site and making posts that just spread fear and uncertainty... ...meanwhile you guys are all working hard trying to fix things and (clearly) feeling frustrated and underappreciated. It can all be avoided.
September 28, 2016 6:41 AM EDT

in the topic Decision Time: Ning or SocialEngine in the forum The Lounge

Bonelord said: Importantly though, Mason, one of the CB greats has already stated he wouldnt want to post anything here, how many others feel the same? To be fair, I'm not an active member here these days anyway, regardless of the platform... Aside from the issue with artwork going missing, the way builds are currently organized/displayed and navigated to is pretty demoralizing. For a member wanting to create a build, knowing that posts are going to be recognized and read by others is really important and serves as a greater incentive to create NEW content... As it stands, it looks like the admin team are all hard at work resolving all these issues from the back of the website and successfully fixing things up... ...but as someone who hasn't been around for months but chose to lurk here for the past week or so this really wasn't obvious to me. No front page posts talking about the issues being fixed/addressed to give reassurance to the members... It looked like you guys had just given up... ...when in reality you hadn't. It's just that old transparancy issue rearing its head again. It's never really obvious what's going on around here. This post was edited by Mason at September 28, 2016 6:41 AM EDT
September 25, 2016 12:15 PM EDT

in the topic Decision Time: Ning or SocialEngine in the forum The Lounge

It's pretty much a no-brainer then mate... If that money isn't retrievable (did SE deliver what they said they would in the port-over?) then we're stuck here. Losing $1400 isn't an option.
September 25, 2016 12:07 PM EDT

in the topic Decision Time: Ning or SocialEngine in the forum The Lounge

Based purely on what I've seen so far I'd go back to Ning in a heartbeat... 1. Everyone's previous content is screwed 2. I tried using the word processor to start a discussion just now and as I typed my text was going invisible and bouncing all over the damn screen! I had to boot Word and copy/paste my content over just to make a simple discussion FFS. 3. Profiles are so boring and barely customizable here, it was so nice creating your own page that was 100% your own back on Ning and a great retention tool, very few can use HTML to reprogram their entire profiles. This issue seems to extend well into groups as well....can't add image links or navigation aids. Bland, bland, bland... 4. In the groups you can't tell who made a discussion or how popular it is. This results in a ton of wasted clicks.... I can't even find my own content, not even from my profile... Its all just gone into a black hole someplace and is only retrievable with the search engine (which does work well to be fair, but not useful in the grand scheme of things)... 5. Basically, if ES6 was released next week and I wanted to write a build I wouldn't want to write it here. And I think that should perhaps be the most important point... I don't feel like I could easily join in and be part of something... ...the mechanics here simply aren't compatible with what made the previous site so popular. That cost though! Can't believe they're basically doubling it... I'd be on the phone right now asking for some kind of loyalty deal mate.
March 4, 2016 8:55 AM EST

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