Trending?
Mar 7, 2024 | 8:31 am
#76
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 181
I’m sooo unhappy Trending was eliminated. It was the first thing I read every single day!
Mar 7, 2024 | 9:16 am
#77
Join Date: Jul 2022
Location: Bothell, WA
Programs: AA, AS, DL
Posts: 50
Agree. I checked it everyday. My visits here are now next to nothing. At least give us a link to click on to see the Trending topics.
Mar 7, 2024 | 9:33 am
#78
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Northern California
Posts: 148
As another data point, when I could click on "Trending" topics, I would wander all over the site and look at the various forums involved. For the past several days, though, I simply click over to "Finnair," read the two or three articles that have new posts, and bid the site adieu. Regardless of Internet trends, I would hope that the value of a reader utilizing the entire site, not just a small segment, is clear to the site owners.
Mar 7, 2024 | 9:40 am
#79
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: OSH
Programs: SWRR, HH, SM, TSA Pre
Posts: 935
I'm not spending nearly the time here I did when Trending was the default landing page. I would like the option of it at least, even if it's not the default anymore. I learned a lot by scrolling through the threads shown on that page.
Mar 7, 2024 | 12:38 pm
#80
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 228
To expand on what I said above. I don’t actually have specific forums that I like to follow. My number one carrier is QF but there’s a dedicated Australian frequent flyer forum elsewhere that is more active than the Qantas forum here. What’s been great about the trending view is it give me a view into what’s interesting people around the globe and it allows me to dip in and out.
without trending the site is pretty meaningless to me.
without trending the site is pretty meaningless to me.
Mar 7, 2024 | 12:39 pm
#81
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 228
And the first I knew about trending being deactivated was when it was deactivated because the banner was never shown on the trending page.
Mar 7, 2024 | 5:06 pm
#82
Join Date: Aug 2023
Posts: 7
Add me to the list of those who have learned ever so much about all things travel thanks to Trending Topics. I would love to see it back for all the reasons already stated in this thread.
Mar 7, 2024 | 5:09 pm
#83
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Gold Coast
Programs: SQ*G, Accor Silver
Posts: 5
Adding my voice to the chorus. Please bring back trending!
Mar 7, 2024 | 11:03 pm
#84
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Shanghai
Posts: 46,283
The thing is, a lot of the people speaking up in this thread are the among the much smaller group of content creators who happen to enjoy trending threads.
Stripping away that functionality might seemingly be a smart use of IB's resources in the short term, but if the content creators drift away out of boredom, then the quality of the remaining content will diminish.
Mar 8, 2024 | 12:15 am
#85
Join Date: Nov 2018
Programs: air new zealand
Posts: 27
I've drifted away already. Apart from this thread 😃
Mar 8, 2024 | 5:18 am
#86
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 3,789
Agreed. The amount of information I've gleaned over the years is immeasurable. I would spend hours diving down rabbit holes about places and things I'd not even thought of before when it came to traveling/flying.
Now just a quick flyby past one or two threads and then I'm gone.
This is sad.
Now just a quick flyby past one or two threads and then I'm gone.
This is sad.
Mar 8, 2024 | 7:14 am
#87
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Scotland & PHX
Posts: 538
+1
It looks like there are a large number of longtime members who post rarely (myself included) mourning the loss of the trending list.
I don't expect it would take much to convince those members to drift away, perhaps they are not important in the greater scheme of things?
It looks like there are a large number of longtime members who post rarely (myself included) mourning the loss of the trending list.
I don't expect it would take much to convince those members to drift away, perhaps they are not important in the greater scheme of things?
Mar 8, 2024 | 9:20 am
#88
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: NYC/DC
Programs: AA, Bonvoy, Delta, Amtrak, JB
Posts: 1,850
+1
I completely agree. They switched from a dynamic page under IB control to a basically static table of contents. There's no reason anymore for me to waste time opening https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/index.php since a visit today will just give me the same content as yesterday's viewing. I guess I'll set up some bookmarks which take me directly to the forums I follow instead.
I'd like to see the discussion that went into this decision. It seems to me that this will compartmentalize people whereas the trend showed unity by giving us a view into what people were talking about in forums we may not follow.
I really don't use "social media" websites. Flyertalk is one of the few. But youtube has the "algorithm" that selects content for its home page. The youtube algorithm does a scarily impressive job giving me new content from channels that I subscribe to as well as suggesting videos that I might also want to watch. If I was asked about potential modernization to flyertalk, I would have expected it to employ its own algorithm to bring me more into the content and site. Showing me a simple table of contents with just a "last post" in each entry is reminiscent of how web sites were done decades ago, imho.
I completely agree. They switched from a dynamic page under IB control to a basically static table of contents. There's no reason anymore for me to waste time opening https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/index.php since a visit today will just give me the same content as yesterday's viewing. I guess I'll set up some bookmarks which take me directly to the forums I follow instead.
I'd like to see the discussion that went into this decision. It seems to me that this will compartmentalize people whereas the trend showed unity by giving us a view into what people were talking about in forums we may not follow.
I really don't use "social media" websites. Flyertalk is one of the few. But youtube has the "algorithm" that selects content for its home page. The youtube algorithm does a scarily impressive job giving me new content from channels that I subscribe to as well as suggesting videos that I might also want to watch. If I was asked about potential modernization to flyertalk, I would have expected it to employ its own algorithm to bring me more into the content and site. Showing me a simple table of contents with just a "last post" in each entry is reminiscent of how web sites were done decades ago, imho.
Just an aside: I hate Youtube's algorithm. Fortunately for me, I found a way to inhibit all those annoying suggestions by turning off watch history.
Mar 8, 2024 | 9:30 am
#89
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: NYC/DC
Programs: AA, Bonvoy, Delta, Amtrak, JB
Posts: 1,850
Yeah, thats too bad. It seemed for some reason to be about half BA, but that may have just been the busiest forum.
Trending was how I found out about a bunch of cool stuff.
I actually don’t understand this at all, all the new social media sites have a top, or review, or a “timeline” and they are often pushing ads, or what they want you to see.
This will lessen “my” use of Flyertalk anyway. For example, the trending page is how I learned CapOne was buying Discover.
My eyes completely glazed over this….wow…maybe I should take some time off from the Internet
Trending was how I found out about a bunch of cool stuff.
I actually don’t understand this at all, all the new social media sites have a top, or review, or a “timeline” and they are often pushing ads, or what they want you to see.
This will lessen “my” use of Flyertalk anyway. For example, the trending page is how I learned CapOne was buying Discover.
My eyes completely glazed over this….wow…maybe I should take some time off from the Internet
Mar 8, 2024 | 10:54 am
#90
Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Internet Brands
Posts: 4,435
I can sort of hypothesize why trending and/or new posts pages aren't appealing from IB's perspective; their SEO value is probably close to zero. The pages that attract views from the internet at large and can be marketed to them are presumably popular airline forums like BA (we've been told of its greatness many times) and travel hack type content (e.g. mileage run deals) that competes with blog sites.
The thing is, a lot of the people speaking up in this thread are the among the much smaller group of content creators who happen to enjoy trending threads.
Stripping away that functionality might seemingly be a smart use of IB's resources in the short term, but if the content creators drift away out of boredom, then the quality of the remaining content will diminish.
The thing is, a lot of the people speaking up in this thread are the among the much smaller group of content creators who happen to enjoy trending threads.
Stripping away that functionality might seemingly be a smart use of IB's resources in the short term, but if the content creators drift away out of boredom, then the quality of the remaining content will diminish.