Forum usage answers - Help using this website

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Permalink Reply by blkdog7 on December 19, 2008 at 2:50pm

How the heck do you PM people?

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Rothe on December 19, 2008 at 5:28pm

I haven't read any formally composed information on decisions behind each granular item. If I had to argue for the positive, it definitely lets you choose who you want to deal with, and if you were someone like an Archer, or something of that influence at any given time, it would cut down on the volume of emails that might be bothersome because you pre approve people.

However, just up and messaging someone personally is an extra step or two. You probably have to comment on their wall first....if you don't get a reply to a general 'friending'. I definitely try to be a positive thinker, and try not to label something as 'wrong' or it 'sucks' until I've thought of both sides and explored all options....

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Rothe on December 19, 2008 at 5:38pm

As for the forums, instead of starting a new topic, I will comment here again about this. Feel like a broken record a little bit. This is also not about flaming....or anything remotely close to that. I know Jeff and Chris' feelings already, they have been very verbal about that. No need to repost that information here....

The forums don't have a 'view all' feature. I agree, on a list of 'ideal features' that I have started in a Word document, this would be one of mine. I have had dozens of emails back and forth with Ning now about different improvements, questions, etc. In the end, I have little control, and I have also come to peace with the way the forums work. They do what I need, and after getting this email back from Ning, I see that their focus will be initial improvements on the photos / videos sections since they get the most traffic.

Don't think it isn't because I'm not trying, because I am, daily.

[The Ning Team - 12/15/2008 11:16 AM]
Hello Jeff,

Photos and videos are the two most used features on the platform, so will be getting more attention in the coming months from our development team.

Forum improvements tend to be more incremental. In the first quarter of next year we will be providing granular moderation options to Network Creators, so they may have administrators that only help moderate a single feature, like forums. With nearly a dozen major features, I do not see forums getting a complete overhaul in the near future.
We appreciate any ideas that can help make features more user friendly, and use the feedback when changing or creating new features, so please keep any ideas coming!

Thanks
Laura

I think for me, seeing the positive side....they respond.

Number 1 - Mark M. doesn't do at Klov. Doesn't display that he even cares.

Number 2 - They make constant improvements taken right from user feedback. Usually every 3-4 weeks. Over time, if enough people email and tell them what they would like the forums to do, then they would have to listen and make some sort of concession.

You can jump to the newest topic in any thread, you don't have to go through every post.

http://www.rotheblog.com/arcade/how-to-use-the-coinopspace-forums/

Make sure to check out the help section. If you have a question about the forum, email me, and detail it. Please don't ask me what we're going to do about them, I can't answer that question, because I don't know what the concern is. If I know the specific question, either I can direct to the already stated response, or would be willing to take the time to email Ning for you.

I also strongly encourgage people to think differently about how website work. Use RSS! We know how Ning feels, what we can do about it beyond emailing them is making the forum section work how we want...and this is an option. Download Snarfer at www.snarfer.com and get started.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Rothe on December 19, 2008 at 6:06pm

No arguments here, agreed, well explained.

Messaged them, they're going to love me today....

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Rothe on December 19, 2008 at 6:23pm

Got a reply already from on the msg thing. Gotta like that.

Hi Jeff!

Members can message each other on their comment walls, or in friend requests, which is very similar to Facebook, as on Facebook you are able to view someone's profile when you message them (like an invite).

Not a lot of explanation. My guess is that their thought it that there isn't anything that needs to be private? That maybe that is a specific need of a select group of users?

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Permalink Reply by Chris A (driph) on December 20, 2008 at 1:32am

Yeah, that is one of the big plusses about CoinOpSpace, the creators of the system (Ning) make efforts to help, and are involved, and Jeff himself really cares and is actively a part of the community. It's really tough to run a community long term if your founders aren't a part of the community itself.

As far as the Ning system itself, they are more focused on the social networking aspects of it, and see that as their growth point, versus the discussion-heavy focus of pure forum software. Will be interesting to see how this plays out long term.

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Permalink Reply by CrazyKongFan on December 22, 2008 at 2:01pm

Hi, I'm trying to add a photo to one of the posts on another from (a screenshot of my high score for the Tron group). I clicked on the little icon just above this text window called "add an image". After selecting the image to upload, it appears to upload it, but then asks if I want to open/save/cancel a small text file. No matter what I do, when that closes, it just sits there on the "upload image" window until I hit cancel, which of course, cancels the upload. What am I missing? :)

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Rothe on December 22, 2008 at 3:53pm

Can you provide the browser, version of the browser, operating system and version....?

I haven't heard anything about this until now.

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Permalink Reply by CrazyKongFan on December 22, 2008 at 8:12pm

Jeff Rothe said:

Can you provide the browser, version of the browser, operating system and version....?

I haven't heard anything about this until now.

Internet Explorer 6.0.2600, Windows XP (Home edition?) I don't know if it's original or SP1, I know it's not SP2.

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Permalink Reply by CrazyKongFan on December 24, 2008 at 7:44pm

Apparently it's IE 6's problem. I was able to post a photo using my laptop with Vista and IE 7.0.
The text file it wanted me to open or download is the text that's supposed to show up in this text window when you upload the photo.

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