I'm not leaving because of all the changes, because I really enjoy this board. However, I have to add that I'm concerned about the number of changes.
Whether it's true or not, everything looks like it'll be more complicated than before. I realize that's probably because new and different can be challenging, but posting has been easy, and I'm not sure making it more complicated brings new posters or members who post more often.
I'll be honest. I stopped reading through the changes/examples because it felt like overload. It felt like TL/DR. Soooooo much time and effort was put into all of it, and I appreciate and respect that so much, but I worry about the impact. Hopefully, I'm just making too much of all this and making a mountain out of that molehill.
The login/sign in problem on Chrome is huge. I don't doubt that's hurt the board. To this day, I CANNOT sign in on Chrome -- and I've tried everything. I had to download Firefox on my phone to use the board. Did some people just give up instead of going to another browser?
If posting is dramatically down, I personally think that's on the soaps more than on the setup of this board. BTG was gangbusters here in its first year. That has dropped off in huge numbers -- because that's what happens when something isn't new and fresh any longer. Isn't a huge percentage of the drop in posting because of BTG?
Sometimes I just want to say "I agree with you" when I see a post I agree with. You might remember that I asked long ago if we could have a LIKE button; you said you'd look into it. I think that engages people and might increase participation.
As it is now, if I post something about Y&R and there's no response for days, I have no idea if people agree or care. If I had a dozen likes, it might encourage me to post more often and not worry that my voice was in the wind. Why should I return to the Y&R board every day if no one engages?
There's a core of us who post often on one or more soaps. Maybe I'm wrong, but that core number seems to be dropping. I'm sad about that, but don't have any answers. I know I won't be going to Facebook groups, where too many people can't spell and say the dumbest things imaginable. This group has always had literate people around LOL
The new WELCOME threads to each soap are not being used at all to this point. I realize that's probably because the monthly discussions still exist, but it also might point to "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I hate to lose the monthly threads, but I will soldier on if that happens.
Thanks for caring about this place. I hope it comes across that I care about the board, too.
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