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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 01, 2013 (02:16 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Hello all!
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: August 01, 2013 (03:04 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You know that huge overblown reaction people do when they take a sip of a drink then spit it out in surprise and amazement? I used to think that was just a literary cliché with no place at all in the real world. But after reading that someone actually believes disqus has been a success I have been proven wrong. And now I have beer on my monitor I have to clean away.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 01, 2013 (04:56 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I have updated the forums so that they now encourage discussion related to the specific systems listed in the top bar. That was a good catch, EmP. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 01, 2013 (05:14 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
As promised, here is a lengthy post about Disqus.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: August 02, 2013 (06:52 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thank you for your lengthy post about why you implemented disqus in the first place. Sadly, all you’ve supplied is an exhaustive answer to a question that was never asked. I don’t much care why it’s here; I asked why we bother using it when it clearly doesn’t work, then supplied a list of reasons to back my thesis up. You may have hoped that disqus would open all these doors, and I appreciate your efforts in trying these things, because if we don’t try, we never know. We now know.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: August 02, 2013 (08:56 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I thought I'd chime in with some feedback. Hopefully, Jason will find it useful and not take it for a personal attack.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 02, 2013 (10:54 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
EmP and Masters: as far as Disqus implementation goes, I have at this point fully explained why I implemented it. I didn't offer that long post as a distraction. I simply wanted you to have all of the information. I myself believe that it is was implemented successfully and that it has served the purpose I had in mind. Given the number of reviews going through the site at present, the overall number of reviews that receive substantive feedback is equal to or greater than what it was before Disqus was added. We are also seeing comments (and not just spam and trolling) from new people who we never heard from previously.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 02, 2013 (11:25 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I responded to your comments on Disqus, Masters, but you also had other comments and questions related to other topics being discussed that I will address here.
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Author: bbbmoney
Posted: August 02, 2013 (11:49 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'm not reading everything here but let's just be real for a second: This site does not get much traffic, and people were hardly commenting on reviews before Disqus anyway. It's not like this new feature made anything notably worse. HG is just an obsolete site. You can experiment with petty social features all you like but it isn't going to create any traffic that sticks. It needs a 100% rework, which isn't going to happen.
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Author: joseph_valencia
Posted: August 02, 2013 (01:31 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Kill Disqus with fire. I hate that thing. Aside from the whole having to sign in twice thing, there's also the upvote/downvote crap. The internet doesn't need another site where people can vote comments up or down.
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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: August 02, 2013 (03:17 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I know I haven't really said anything meaningful about the site in a while, but I'll add my two cents anyway.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 02, 2013 (11:36 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Okay, review feedback now works the way it did in ye olden days. However small it might be at present, the majority has spoken and I listened. I hope that you all enjoy using the new/old format, and that you leave tons of great feedback for one another!
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Author: Suskie
Posted: August 03, 2013 (12:45 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I didn't speak up because, to be honest, I'm neutral on the subject. Part of it is that I just don't leave feedback as much as I should, but part of it is that I don't particularly like or dislike Disqus. No, it wasn't as in-depth as using forums for feedback, but I didn't find it to be a hassle and most sites use similar comments systems for feedback anyway, so I'm used to it at this point. So, it's not a big deal to me either way.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 03, 2013 (01:04 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
So, you said an awful lot and now that I've had some sleep and something to eat, I'll try to respond to it all.
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Author: jerec
Posted: August 11, 2013 (06:16 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I have to agree with Suskie about the constant changes - it's not so much about whether the change is good or bad, it's just that changing the site's entire focus too often just to chase hits (that don't seem to happen) is discouraging. You'll probably have to accept that this site isn't going to be one of the big ones, so you may as well stick to your convictions and provide the type of site you (and the regulars) are passionate about, rather than trying to follow the pack. You'll always be limping behind the pack because you don't have the resources, you're just one man.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 11, 2013 (11:07 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'm glad you still check the site as often as you do, Jerec. We still need readers, just like we still need writers. I'd love to see you writing too, but you can't force it.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: August 11, 2013 (12:57 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Overall, Jerec nailed a lot of what I'd say (been busy with work and social-life stuff recently, so I hadn't had the time or energy to formulate thoughts), so I'm glad to see you don't plan any major in-site changes.
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Author: dagoss
Posted: September 19, 2013 (04:56 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I know I don't come around here much, but I have two things to say.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: September 19, 2013 (07:43 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I hope that you find time and motivation to review here again, dagoss. The site can really benefit from more frequent contributions and discussion from excellent writers such as yourself, and I'm happy to report that reader reviews now perform better (in terms of traffic) than they have at any previous point in the site's history... mostly as a result of my effort to streamline things and make sure that the site works better than it once did on mobile devices. That certainly wasn't an accident and I have been delighted to see it pay off the way it has. Ultimately, though, the site lives or dies--now more than ever--based on the level of community activity. Congratulations on getting married and all that other stuff, and we're here to talk about games whenever you want to do that. ;-)
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Author: Linkamoto
Posted: October 25, 2013 (05:05 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Way late to the party, but I agree with Dagoss about the comments topic. I used to write for this site all the time, and loved receiving feedback. Then, all of it just dried up. No one commented on anything I wrote for a good long stretch, and I lost interest. Meanwhile, I was still commenting on others' work, which became tiresome with no acknowledgement of my own existence.
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