everything seems to be an improvement.....only people complaining are people that have made the forum a worse place for years. It's weird that people think they have a right to force people to read and respond to their garbage. But it takes a weird person to gain validation from trolling a running forum for years on end.I was skeptical but downvotes w/o hiding actually seems to be a good compromise. Trolls can no longer pretend their opinions are valid and acceptable and the back and forth pointless arguments with them are significantly shorter now. there's less of a need to refute their every response if it already has 22 downvotes.
Allow editing. Mark edited posts or text as edited with date/time tag.
Yes, something like that ^.
I know rojo is worried about people changing their posts to try to change theor argument after the fact.....but a good comprimise (in addition to the 'edited' tag)....is to only allow changes for 30 seconds. however , the main thing i normally wanted to edit was a messed up quote and that seems to be resolved.
Drastic improvement already. The ads are not so trashy the site no longer reminds me of the spam pages that pop up when you try to illegally watch movies on the internet and my iPhone 12 doesn’t get so hot that it about burst into flames.
These are good changes. I don't think you need down votes, it could just be up votes or likes or whatever. I think the default view should be running threads only and people should have to click the button to see politics.Preview feature is important, agree with bringing it back.
You deleted my thread, but the ads are still ruining the experience coming to this site. Even with adblocker it is out of control. On a mobile phone forget it.
The only sites I know with such oppressive/overbearing ads/popups and autplaying trick ads are porn sites (not even trolling). It's THAT bad.
You should work on toning the ads down because you ARE losing tons of brand equity with the way they are.
You deleted my thread, but the ads are still ruining the experience coming to this site. Even with adblocker it is out of control. On a mobile phone forget it.
The only sites I know with such oppressive/overbearing ads/popups and autplaying trick ads are porn sites (not even trolling). It's THAT bad.
You should work on toning the ads down because you ARE losing tons of brand equity with the way they are.
I mean it's not just ads, even. When I open a forum thread on my phone, the site starts auto-playing a video itself. That's in addition to the 2+ video ads that are served to me. There is no reason to display a video from the main site when I'm viewing the forum.
You deleted my thread, but the ads are still ruining the experience coming to this site. Even with adblocker it is out of control. On a mobile phone forget it.
The only sites I know with such oppressive/overbearing ads/popups and autplaying trick ads are porn sites (not even trolling). It's THAT bad.
You should work on toning the ads down because you ARE losing tons of brand equity with the way they are.
I mean it's not just ads, even. When I open a forum thread on my phone, the site starts auto-playing a video itself. That's in addition to the 2+ video ads that are served to me. There is no reason to display a video from the main site when I'm viewing the forum.
exactly. and they come out of nowhere too. I'll be reading a thread on my phone, and out of nowhere the site turns into an autoplay video with volume full blast thats very hard to close (x button hidden).
Please restore the preview function which has been taken away which is a great disadvantage because I just posted the results from France and it is very messy and this would not have happened had there been a preview function so please would you restore that preview function as soon as possible, with thanks.
Preview has been done for a while right? We can look into restoring it but I don’t think it was a recent feature
No, preview was there a couple of days ago. For some people, it's much easier to proofread & see typos on Preview coz of the yellow background.
Also, please bring back the feature that automatically takes users to the page of a thread we looked at last time. Now every thread I click on takes me to page 1 and I have to guess where I was previously. Makes navigating long threads that go on for many pages very difficult.
Thank you for making an effort to improve the forum!
I agree with those concerned about the upvote / downvote. I worry it'll have an impact on what is unique to letsrun - a wide variety of honest opinions without groupthink.
I should've known blue-blood chuds like you guys spent all your time on reddit, didn't think you'd take their model. Funny that you're doing it worse with a rolled-back UI in order to avoid stepping on their toes. Just don't track user "totally not karma" totals over time, and you should be legally distinct enough
I've added previewing back to the editor. Just click preview and it should show you a preview of your post styled just as you'd see it once you hit submit.
I've also made the search button more discoverable on desktop by adding a text label, and I've added the footer from the index to all the thread pages to give people easier access to the create thread page, forum rules, search, etc.
We'll keep working on the various features people have requested and I'll keep everyone updated in this thread. Thank you for the feedback.
I mean it's not just ads, even. When I open a forum thread on my phone, the site starts auto-playing a video itself. That's in addition to the 2+ video ads that are served to me. There is no reason to display a video from the main site when I'm viewing the forum.
exactly. and they come out of nowhere too. I'll be reading a thread on my phone, and out of nowhere the site turns into an autoplay video with volume full blast thats very hard to close (x button hidden).
Agreed, this site is unusable on mobile. Most second string porno sites have better UX.