Your feedback on features affected by the upgrade

This is true, we do earn some money from impressions, but in WF's case it's mostly clicks.

Are you still having this problem?

Is this still an issue?

In regards to reputation,

I think I'm on the same page as you guys. I agree that it shouldn't be transferable, it shouldn't change so much, and I liked it much better when there were only a few bars instead of such a large number for some people.

I won't be able to restore the past reputation values. I do plan on re-working the reputation system in the future. Unfortunately, that will cost a small cash investment which I can't currently afford - so bear with me.

If the consensus is to disable it until a new solution can be implemented, I can do that to.

Before it was related to only reputation. Immediately after the upgrade it was related only to likes. Now it's a number of factors. The drop was the change of the software, darker ones are sort of "doubled up" I believe.

With the current system things like logging in daily, getting a thread stickied, making a high quality post, adding a resource (not yet, but soon), getting a post like, etc. will give you rep. But again, this whole system will be revised in some way or another once I'm able.

Did your blog have it's own domain? If it was a subdomain, blogname.bloghost.com, then that's probably why.

That's the gist of it, though there's currently no cost for giving likes, and if I change it it will be very small, like -.01.

I will make an official announcement or at least a FAQ entry on these things once I can.

As for the credits page, honestly I'd rather do away with it altogether. Part of the problem with the current rep system is it's too bloated with extra features I can't disable (like the ability to transfer... psh).

If that's the consensus, I can do that until we can develop a better system.

I will try to look into this now, but I suspect it's IE. Right now I can view the site fine in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, and though there's a few issues with mobile, it doesn't seem to have the problems your describing.

 

Thanks for everyone's patience. If there's a somewhat urgent issue please email support@writingforums.org.

I'm going through this thread now. For the problems mentioned here I haven't specifically addressed, don't worry, I will investigate them - I just have a very long to do list.

 

Alright, a little more regarding the reputation system.

I think we need either: 1) the classic rep system, separate from likes, with rep points, 2) a much revised version of what we have now, with clear ways to earn reps, reps being harder to earn, and relevant factors influencing it (partially by likes, seniority, resources added, quality threads, things like that).

On the XF software add-on market there are solutions for both of these available. However, my concern with #1 is that since this solution in particular is a relatively new software solution not used by many people, it might not be supported for the long-term, and we'll have this issue all over again. My concern with #2 is that altogether there are more software users so it'll be around longer, it's much more pricey, has a bunch of extra bloating features (like transferring credits, the credits page, and so on).

Right now I can't purchase either solution. Once we decided which solution we want (even if it's different from the two above), and once I raise enough capital, we'll implement either a brand new system or a version of the current system that's been adjusted due to it's current state.

In the meantime - knowing that the rep system will eventually be changed, probably in a few months - would you guys rather disable the rep system entire, leave it as it is, or switch it to only represent post likes? Remember, it'll probably be revised in a few months, so everyone's rep bars will change at least somewhat and the factors impacting it will change.

I'll work on a rep explanation soon. I agree that likes should be more casual and reps should do more to actual reflect everyone's reputation.

Right now I can make it so 300 (x) likes = 1 rep bar, or something like that. I'm not sure what you mean above about 100 reps. Basically 300 likes = 100 reps = 1 bar?

The concern here is that rep is 100% completely tied to likes, which I don't think's ideal, because likes are too casual. Rep should be rarer or influenced by several relevant factors.

I should probably add this to the FAQ.

Right now Reply is to quote that particular post. Quote is closer to the multi-quote we were familiar with. To use it you clock "Quote" on every post you want to quote. After clicking it should change to "Quote+". When you go to the editor, click the button "Load Quotes" and it'll load all the quotes you've selected.

It might be better if I rename "Quote" as "Multi-Quote".

I believe these internal server errors have been 99% taken care of. If this isn't the case, and if anyone reading this is still getting them, please respond here or email support@writingforums.org with the exact time, url, your username, and the posts contents; I can then relatively easily fix it - the problem is there are "trigger" keywords that are throwing the error.

@mammamaia , I know I haven't addressed everything on that list you sent me. I haven't forgotten and I appreciate you taking the time to point out all those issues - I'll take another look over it once I resolve all the issues in this thread.

As for the short story categories not showing which have new posts, right now the sub-forums have a small circle icon that indicates there are new posts in the forum. Or are you talking about individual threads? Is this still an issue or has it been addressed?

So this is still an issue. I apologize, I completely forgot. I see how this could be really, really annoying. I will look into this right now.

Just to be clear, clicking on (some) threads take to you the latest "first unread" post in threads you've never visited? How often is this happening? Sometimes or all the time?

In threads you have read or opened, does it properly take you to the newest unread posts?

Answers to these questions will help me figure out what's up.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue? If so please chime in, I can't seem to replicate it.

 

AOL? .

Did you test it? How do you know for sure? I checked and it is once a day max for logging in.

Really though, it's negligible. Logging in a max of one per day earns you .01 credits. This means after 100 logins you'd earn 1 credit. In comparison, receiving a post like gives you 2 credits. So 1 like = 200 logins. These amounts might not seem exactly balanced, and admittedly it's not, but the system gives me the ability to make it so factors like logging in daily have a small, even if negligible, impact.

But again, it doesn't matter too much since the system will be revised sooner or later.