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[identity profile] cathexys.livejournal.com: Thursday, April 5, 2007

Thu, Apr. 5th, 2007, 09:50 pm
[identity profile] paradise-city.livejournal.com: Feedback reply meta

I have a post asking about feedback replies here here (http://paradise-city.livejournal.com/607555.html) that I think if appropriate for MF.

Thanks!
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    • Fri, Apr. 6th, 2007, 12:50 pm
    [identity profile] cathexys.livejournal.com: Re: Feedback reply meta

    added. thank you!

    Fri, Apr. 6th, 2007, 04:35 am
    [identity profile] melaniedavidson.livejournal.com

    I don't mean to be rude, but is this going to be the regular formatting now? The three extra blank lines per item really stretch the posts out--this one is a little under four screens on my flist, instead of (I'd estimate) the two it'd be with only one blank line per item, to separate it from the next link. And only four items are visible at once (instead of, I'd guess, sevenish).

    You can't see this from the front page of the community, but it's visible in the individual entries. And... from the community's front page/"recent entries" view, it looks like there's meant to still be [livejournal.com profile] user links (Image and all), but if you mouse over, the usernames are merged into the link to the entry. There's something weird going on there.
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      • Fri, Apr. 6th, 2007, 09:58 am
      [identity profile] lim.livejournal.com

      I'm working on this right now with the wonderful [livejournal.com profile] murklins and we should have your flist matching the front page in the next couple of days.
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        • Fri, Apr. 6th, 2007, 05:54 pm
        [identity profile] melaniedavidson.livejournal.com

        Ohhh, I see. Thanks.

        Fri, Apr. 6th, 2007, 10:23 am
        [identity profile] nakeisha.livejournal.com

        I am so glad that you said this and really relieved to hear that I'm not the only one who has been wondering what is going on.

        The first time I saw it like this I thought there was an error in posting. I always thought how professional and easy to read MF looked. So clear you could glance down it and see what was there and what was of interest, but this is really difficult to read, not user-friendly at all, and tends to make me simply skip the post rather than try to read it :-(
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          • Sat, Apr. 7th, 2007, 11:36 am
          [identity profile] lim.livejournal.com

          There's a post up now explaining the changes.
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            • Sat, Apr. 7th, 2007, 12:19 pm
            [identity profile] nakeisha.livejournal.com

            I've seen it, thank you for the heads up.

            I must say that I do respect and understand completely your decision to make the changes, and would also like to add that I think you do a marvellous job, all of you - thank you for it. However, I also have to say that I really hate the changes. I do think the professionalism and ease of being able to see posts of interest has now gone. It's very clumsy, to my eyes.

            However, change is always difficult at first, so I hope that in a little while it will just be part of the normal daily experiences. But at the moment I'm really sad that you've been forced into doing it.

            But I repeat I do understand and respect your decisions. It must take up a lot of your time.
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              • Sat, Apr. 7th, 2007, 12:33 pm
              [identity profile] lim.livejournal.com

              We've not been forced into doing it. I think this is a better system.

              I disagree with your opinion and, frankly, *removes mod hat* I'm pretty bummed by your comment here. You don't have to like it, but coming back to tell me, again, that the removal of a bolded header saying "General Fandom" makes the community clumsy and unprofessional and makes you sad, well, that makes me sad. Which I guess was the point so hurray for you. :(
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                • Sat, Apr. 7th, 2007, 01:18 pm
                [identity profile] nakeisha.livejournal.com

                I'm sorry that you think that my point was to upset you. It wasn't at all. I thought I'd been very fair in what I'd said. I wasn't going to say how wonderful it looked; when I don't think it did.

                Having gone to great lengths to point out that I understood and respected your decision, I'm to use your words pretty bummed that you have taken this reaction to what I felt was a fair comment.

                I'd hoped that the remove of the excess white space would make a difference to it; really I did, but as it didn't. I thought that you were open to comments. Clearly you are not.

                I'm very sorry that you feel that way about it. My intention was not at all how you seem to think it was.

                And it's far more than the removal of one header saying 'General Fandom'. But don't worry I won't trouble you again.

                All I can repeat is that I am very sorry that I have upset you and made you think that my intention was to do so. It was not. Not at all. And I hoped indeed thought my comments showed that.
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                  • Sat, Apr. 7th, 2007, 01:33 pm
                  [identity profile] lim.livejournal.com

                  I'm regretting having mentioned it.I'm usually so good at not saying anything, as well! It is my particular skill.

                  I am open to comments, I think. I feel like I've always tried really hard to be open to comments about the community, and the way it works from day to day. And sometimes that does mean making a decision one way or another, because somebody has to be that person, but I do feel like I generally try to listen to everyone's point of view.

                  I'm sorry you feel bummed. I really am. I feel bummed too. I am a person, as well as a moderator, and sometimes, you know, it gets me down.

                  How about we leave it there, eh? No hard feelings. Have a banana. :)
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                    • Sat, Apr. 7th, 2007, 01:54 pm
                    [identity profile] nakeisha.livejournal.com

                    Ironically enough, me too. And it's mine. How did we both get it so 'wrong'? Bad day all round, maybe.

                    I regret what I said too, and although I thought I'd phrased it well, looking back. Well . . . Isn't hindsight wonderful?

                    And really I'm sorry that you feel bummed too. I know what it's like to be a moderator and yes, we are people.

                    Please let's do that. And none at all. Banana duly and happily accepted. How about an apple for you?

                Fri, Apr. 6th, 2007, 05:12 pm
                [identity profile] bluflamingo.livejournal.com

                Hey, I wondered if you might link to this, which is about how fanfic conventions affect our views on original fic - I'm not sure if you'd consider it relevant or not, but I'm really interested in what people think (beyond my non-fanfic friends who just look at me blankly and go "I don't get it!")

                http://bluflamingo.livejournal.com/19414.html

                Thanks!