I'm the LetsRun.com Summer Intern and Want to Improve the Homepage AMA

just leave everything how it is. i'm too used to it by now.

Congrats Ben!

I have nothing constructive to contribute but if you could go ahead and find a coronavirus vaccine so we could have something to post about I'd be pretty happy about that.

Hi Ben,

There is nothing wrong with the 80ies design of this website.

All what needs to change are the moderators and the policies.

Give them an alternative to 256-color GIFs when they want to post animated slideshow thumbnails. Can't find an example right now.

the homepage should reflect the content.

right now it's just a bunch of running articles.

I’m sorry how not-helpful everyone’s posts have been. You’re doing a great job, Ben! Keep it up!

Also, I think homepage needs more ads.

digital butt wrote:

just leave everything how it is. i'm too used to it by now.

The changes being considered wouldn't dramatically change the identity of the site. With every design and idea I have proposed, I have made keeping the current userbase satisfied a top priority.

David S:

Congrats Ben!

I have nothing constructive to contribute but if you could go ahead and find a coronavirus vaccine so we could have something to post about I'd be pretty happy about that.

Sadly I don't think my Intro Bio. class from freshman will get me very far :(

Hello LRC intern. I think the home page is good as is. I think the Forum is a bit primitive compared to most others I've seen. For example, at other sites I can quickly find out if anyone has replied to one of my posts. Here, the only way I can find out is by manually going through each of my posts and scanning to see what others have written. Also, it would be nice if I could PM another user. And edit a post after I've posted it. And it is sometimes difficult to read the Forum on my phone due to the display of highly-intrusive advertisements.

Could we change the website to solely feature D3 content?

This place has a homepage? Wtf?

colorunner123 wrote:

Hello LRC intern. I think the home page is good as is. I think the Forum is a bit primitive compared to most others I've seen. For example, at other sites I can quickly find out if anyone has replied to one of my posts. Here, the only way I can find out is by manually going through each of my posts and scanning to see what others have written. Also, it would be nice if I could PM another user. And edit a post after I've posted it. And it is sometimes difficult to read the Forum on my phone due to the display of highly-intrusive advertisements.

Those are some nice ideas for the forum. I've definitely experienced the same thing on my phone as well.

tigerMileage wrote:

Could we change the website to solely feature D3 content?

Absolutely.

my only complaint is links stay around too long. they get buried in more links.

You know how there's the coronavirus filter so that you can block all COVID-related threads? Make a filter for that blocks all the alt-right neo-nazi bullsh!t on this website

I would love to be able to edit my posts. (I don’t actually have any issues with the homepage; I hardly ever look there to be honest.)

"You will be paid in experience" wrote:

"You will be paid in experience" wrote:

let me guess - unpaid, remote gig

and your first task is coming up with things to work on / fix

Sounds like I hit the nail on the head.

I wonder if you are having some thoughts after your first foray into the forum as LRC staff. I personally wouldn't judge you at all for ghosting LRC for the rest of the summer. That would be an understandable reaction to realizing you are effectively voluntary slave labor for people who do not understand web design. This will not open doors for you. LRC's value proposition to you must have been effective, but clearly they will not deliver on the value of your internship.

I actually reached out to them first! It's been a really good experience thus far and being able to work with LRC is teaching me more about web design (both frontend and backend) than I could have learned in my classes.

links wrote:

my only complaint is links stay around too long. they get buried in more links.

This topic is definitely being addressed. LRC is unique in that it has a large volume of running content you can't find on other sites, but effectively presenting this content is something we want to improve on.

Just add a visitor counter and call it good.

LRC intern wrote:

"You will be paid in experience" wrote:

Sounds like I hit the nail on the head.

I wonder if you are having some thoughts after your first foray into the forum as LRC staff. I personally wouldn't judge you at all for ghosting LRC for the rest of the summer. That would be an understandable reaction to realizing you are effectively voluntary slave labor for people who do not understand web design. This will not open doors for you. LRC's value proposition to you must have been effective, but clearly they will not deliver on the value of your internship.

I actually reached out to them first! It's been a really good experience thus far and being able to work with LRC is teaching me more about web design (both frontend and backend) than I could have learned in my classes.

You are picking up the politics of the work world very quickly. Smart last paragraph.

make it a modern website, not this 2010 feel.