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Originally Posted by IBJoel
(Post 36289935)
I would have announced, but again: it went smoothly on every other site and we did not expect there to be impact with the product that handles certain custom notifications. It was thought that it would strictly simplify the two competing user tagging functions.
It's always important to remember that FlyerTalk does not stand on its own. I liaise between a dozen communities and IB in my vertical, while there are about 200 total communities in the department I'm part of. Since IBobi left, we've made a considerable effort to standardize our sites in terms of products and plug-ins. Look, I get that as a community member, it can really suck. Stuff goes away and then you get new features you didn't ask for. I have sites outside of work where that's happened. On the other hand, there's a lot of custom projects in my vertical that were pursued and no longer maintainable because the people that set them up left and didn't document anything. And even if they did, that's more customization that new tech hires have to learn, which hurts productivity and even costs them jobs sometimes. |
As someone with a software development background I totally understand the challenges faced by FT -- and I am assuming that creating the ability to offer "likes" and to inform users of "post quotes" was enabled to increase the engagement with FT -- what I do not understand now is why tell me I have 17 new likes -- and no way to see what threads or posts they are in? Either support the function or don't -- otherwise why bother?
PHP 8.4 goes live in November -- is this just beta issues or should we expect that this is permanent? |
Originally Posted by IBJoel
(Post 36290290)
It just doesn't work that way anymore. Auto Communities has to develop/OK it and we roll it out. It's... certainly something
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Like a lot of flyers I also have a modicum of knowledge of IT and software development.
And also like a lot of forum members I am not a lead on a major platform hub for a multinational advertiser. Thanks IBJoel for being as straightforward and candid as you can be about what's going on. I think it's obvious that the community has made you aware of the non-critical but pretty annoying blarps from the latest update and the team will do what they can when they can to rectify the situation. I suspect that process will not be aided in any way by back seat drivers with limited knowledge, so I won't add my own "Have you thought of turning it off and on again?" comments. |
Thanks for the 'updates' ... at least I now understand why "Your Notifications" generates a blank page! Not life-changing, but somewhat inconvenient. Good luck with the recovery program!
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Originally Posted by T8191
(Post 36291049)
Good luck with the recovery program!
At least we still have the breadcrumbs. :star: |
Originally Posted by IBJoel
(Post 36287848)
Post quotes unfortunately will not be coming back for the moment
Post Quotes will be back in due course, I am sure of it! :tu: |
Originally Posted by narvik
(Post 36291279)
I predict Internet Brands will lose advertising revenue when they can't prove the same engagement to its advertisers.
Post Quotes will be back in due course, I am sure of it! :tu: |
Originally Posted by DenverBrian
(Post 36291529)
Agreed. I'm unable to see which posts I was liked on, and which posters quoted me, and that means I'm clicking much less on FT right now. Fewer clicks = less traffic = less ad revenue.
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Originally Posted by DenverBrian
(Post 36291529)
Agreed. I'm unable to see which posts I was liked on, and which posters quoted me, and that means I'm clicking much less on FT right now. Fewer clicks = less traffic = less ad revenue.
I am still confused, was the removal of the quote notification feature expected and "by design", or unexpected and for some reason not readily fixable? |
Anyone else starting to get twitchy watching the Notifications count increase? After a decade and a half of habitually getting my notifications to 0 first thing every visit… 😂
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Originally Posted by javabytes
(Post 36292495)
Anyone else starting to get twitchy watching the Notifications count increase? After a decade and a half of habitually getting my notifications to 0 first thing every visit… 😂
Likes are really not your friend. So I am sort of glad they are broken. Quotes on the other hand serve a practical need. |
First they remove trending without telling anyone, now this "upgrade" breaks basic forum functionality like quote notifications. Seems the one size fits all ("we do this on hundreds of sites without issue!") approach has its limits.
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Originally Posted by Admiral Ackbar
(Post 36293032)
First they remove trending without telling anyone, now this "upgrade" breaks basic forum functionality like quote notifications. Seems the one size fits all ("we do this on hundreds of sites without issue!") approach has its limits.
What are those sites? Why do they care about likes and not replies? |
Originally Posted by narvik
(Post 36291279)
I predict Internet Brands will lose advertising revenue when they can't prove the same engagement to its advertisers.
Post Quotes will be back in due course, I am sure of it! :tu: Put me among the large number of FTers who *very* much want to the see the post quote function restored. |
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