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Did You See That?  

redrockrascal 65M
8395 posts
8/1/2021 7:14 am
Did You See That?



Was it just me or was everyone redirected to a groups page yesterday when you clicked on the Blogs link?

There is also a 18 hour gap from Jul 31 :21 am to Aug 1 6:20 am with only 1 posting.

*que Twilight Zone music*

EDIT: Annnd there seems to be a delay in posts getting on to the Recent Posts list.


When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
9/10/2021 12:49 pm

I have to keep checking the second page on my blog watchers now!


missthee 58F  
4511 posts
8/21/2021 12:45 am

I missed all the hullabaloo but from what I am reading here it sounds like it was a case of "Just dump everything in the cauldron and stir!"


lindoboy100 61M
23969 posts
8/9/2021 5:33 am

Whooooooshhh...... is the noise that this post made as it flew right over my head McScally........

.......though I did see some weird geezer in the street wearing a billboard which read something like:

THE END IS NIGH
REPENT OR YE SHALL BURN
like yer boaby wi an STI.....

I couldnae read the small print mind, I didnae hae ma glasses wi me, so I may have got that bit wrong!!!

Actually, as I just said to someone else, looks like the apocalypse may have finally caught up with the zombies!!


seingalt23 59M
5565 posts
8/7/2021 1:30 pm

I totally missed the twilight time - but really weird is to read from the meta level:

Yes, I was testing out a new design for the blogs and groups..

Nice, play the game with all the puppets on digital strings ...

The blog area is in my view - ok, who I am - the most valuable unique selling preposition of Japanese lover.net, there is an universe of blogs - a big difference to all other platforms which I know.

Bleaching this great blogger reef with new untested (poisended) designs can easily start an unexpected exodus of many species, leaving a dead dessert ... Try and error without participation of the community seems to be quite dangerous.

An interested founder and CEO should consider to blog more often in his blog AND to visit other blogs and - if interested - to comment there.

Just my five cents ...

Giacomo h.C. Casanova


citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
8/4/2021 9:46 am

I was in the land of nod myself and missed it all in the UK.
According to all the posts on the subject; that change was obviously not as good as a rest


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/3/2021 2:28 pm

    Quoting positively4you:
    FFS, this is not brain surgery. Open a blog, read, comment or not. Groups, channels, whatever that is, is not really necessary. Fix the missing words. KISS works everytime.
    So glad to see the feedback. As in, dont do it.
Groups, channels, whatever that is, is not really necessary. Fix the missing words.
Agreed

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/3/2021 2:27 pm

    Quoting lonlyforlove2:
    Yee the numbetr thing??? they had me at 8.8 I tried to corelate it to sit membership senority , but that didn't fit. I seen some as high as 9 and some didnt have a digit, just nothing!!!! It did look intresting but was not navigatable, no rime or reason in movement . and very hard to get back to one's own profile.. I was there and came away with a headache ..
I didn't see the number thing within the sea of BS. However, it sounds like the thing on the magazine part of the site.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


fearful3 33F
516 posts
8/2/2021 3:15 pm

I tried it. I couldn't seem to do shit, like comment or control my own blog.. If i had gone with some of the setting selections i would have been left reading nursery rhymes. I think i have enough of that in my life and future as it is. . I did write two posts in that mess.. They seem to have been lost or chewed up by the giant garburator in the sky.


MyBaffies 54M
4983 posts
8/2/2021 1:27 am

Yeah I got shown the new format the other day as a "valued member of the site".

I thought, "OK this is just something I know I'm just going to have to get used to" but after a nose through some of the pages I was just left confused.

Seemingly if I want to write a reply to blog post (sorry, community post) I'm going to have to be a member of that group first? Does that mean I've got to go through all the bloggers I follow and get them to add me to their group? I think that is just going to put a lot of people off from posting.

And I couldn't see how to find my recent postings, my replies, replies made to my posts, bloggers (sorry community members) in my location, etc.

Why do I need a new profile just for the community pages? And how is that going to be policed? I think they are just creating more work for themselves.

Baffies

Link to my blog: MyBaffies


Paulxx001 66M
22642 posts
8/1/2021 9:28 pm

    Quoting  :

The 'blogs' here are simple tools for people to express themselves and interact with each other. I hope 'THEY' don't mush it up. We'll see, right? Be prepared! ❗😎

As to your other thought...

Well... last night — during the nightmare on the new blog landing page — I couldn't find ANYONE! No one. I mean, I was going nuts trying to figure things out; (*while watching the 4x100 medley relay swimming finals*).

And then, there YOU were.

A name and face I recognized. Ya had to be there (*on that new site *), but I was SO relieved — I clicked on your tongue, and 'POOF', I was in your profile. I was shocked. It felt like I was in a store after closing when the lights are dimmed, and EVERYTHING looks free, and you can't... hear... a sound. Ya know what I mean?

Yeah, so it was an accident; I stumbled in. But I liked the way you crafted what you want. I see where you're coming from.

We'll see how Andrew fixes things up. I'm not going to hang around if it's too much effort.

Last night was a mess. 😎❗❗


Naughtypursuit 56F  
2766 posts
8/1/2021 7:09 pm

    Quoting  :

It was a bit confusing but all the blogs one follows were still there. So I could easily find the people I follow.

There were several new posts I saw which I know you can see on the current version they were just posted in the same stream as everyone without requiring a comment to be posted. The groups may focus those people into the groups they should be posting in.

The blogs have been shrinking and shrinking and are small part of the website as a whole and do need a change in my opinion. I think a version of what happened on the weekend may encourage more posts.


positively4you 74F  
4605 posts
8/1/2021 4:57 pm

FFS, this is not brain surgery. Open a blog, read, comment or not. Groups, channels, whatever that is, is not really necessary. Fix the missing words. KISS works everytime.
So glad to see the feedback. As in, dont do it.


lonlyforlove2 81M
32704 posts
8/1/2021 3:36 pm

    Quoting jajo696:
    im not ready to try n navigate the newness. Especially without a users guide. Same mess happened 2 weeks ago. Icouldnt find you guys...i missed you. Not wanting to join a group or community to just respond to a blog. Maybe if i liked the content....i would..but otherwise....nah!

    .......and whats this umber thing mean. I was a 7.6 or something...

    Yeah....i saw it..and participated in .....The Twillight Zone ~~

    ....unwillingly , of course
Yee the numbetr thing??? they had me at 8.8 I tried to corelate it to sit membership senority , but that didn't fit. I seen some as high as 9 and some didnt have a digit, just nothing!!!! It did look intresting but was not navigatable, no rime or reason in movement . and very hard to get back to one's own profile.. I was there and came away with a headache ..

Stop by at lonlyforlove2
also see Lunch with Lonly , we get snow tomorrow
Check my blog on New Community, "A photo of my big Pecker"
also, " My Sunday afternoon with the kids'


lonlyforlove2 81M
32704 posts
8/1/2021 3:27 pm

Hello Red and all.. I did log into the middle of this big Bata test of the new site.. It was a total mess. As some one said you cant fix it by changeing it all around, To narrow the selections of one's choice in bloglabd by allowing them to select groups, sounds like " Kindergarden" It was an unnavagiatable maze of pages one could just stumble onto some of interest once in a while, Why cant they just fix the several small glitches and fire the bean counter, put the site back so that people can communicate..;

Now we are left with a NEW Glitch.. if yoy get a notiice of an incommingmessage and click on "Message" icon it takes you to another page not related to mesages.. you have to be of your profile page to get messages.. But so what, this is A FF air link at it's best.. always a chalenge.. May be they are testing our abiliyty to withstand stupid things.. It does get old!!!.. I may just go buy ne a NEW bottle , my other one cant spell or is not #1 any more.. have a cold one on me put it on Lala's tab

Stop by at lonlyforlove2
also see Lunch with Lonly , we get snow tomorrow
Check my blog on New Community, "A photo of my big Pecker"
also, " My Sunday afternoon with the kids'


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:50 pm

    Quoting  :

Good points and questions and I added some to that along with a response to Mr. Cornu

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:48 pm

    Quoting Tmptrzz:
    I was lucky enough to miss it as you know we have lots of flex alerts going on here and I stay off the computer in the late afternoon and evening now. I will be so glad when all these flex alerts are over.

    I am so glad that everything got fixed and you might want to check out Spunkycumfun's blog he reached out to Andrew, and I think you will want to see how Andrew replied to him..

    I hope you enjoy a relaxing Sunday..
Hi T, Yes I saw Spunky's post and I have responded to Mr. Cornu here

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:47 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    Andrew did away with the "popular bloggers" list and replaced it with a "rating" or Level. It appears to be determined by number of posts, responses, etc. In other words, it's your Level of popularity. Yeah, the popularity contest is just disguised as something else. And the requirement to choose and join Communities, Groups and Channels is bullshit. Sorry, but we already joined a group. It's collectively called "bloggers".
Well put PCG

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:46 pm

    Quoting  :

And not a mop in sight

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:45 pm

    Quoting jajo696:
    Andrew ..how about test out on some other feature of the site.? Like the topical or regional groups and how to re activate them. We kinda are used to the blog features and how they operate. Thankss
Question is - will he listen

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:44 pm

    Quoting Naughtypursuit:
    I didnt find it that bad if you don't try to merge the old and the new. My suggestion don't link them up. Cancel the blog page but leave it on people's dating profile then just start afresh with the new community. Thank you for doing away with the top bloggers list.

    Change is hard but new and shiny is good.

    Welcome back
New and shiny does not mean functionally better. Examples:

New and shiny Boeing 737 Max’s were still new and shiny when they started falling out of the sky. They functioned as coffins for hundreds of people. Of course neither the plane nor the people in them were shiny any longer.

New and shiny Tesla Autos have a habit of catching fire all by themselves. They also catch on fire when their auto-pilot fails and the run into people or other objects. After they catch on fire they aren’t shiny anymore but they are still new.

A condo building in Surfside Florida was once new and shiny. Unfortunately for the most recent owners it was poorly built and 98 people paid for that. There are old buildings from the 1600s that are neither new nor shiny but they are still standing.

The common thread being – new and shiny corporate dollars were more important than people’s lives.

Also, yes change can be hard just ask the people mentioned above how hard it was.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:43 pm

    Quoting GhostofH:
    I slept in and missed it all, RRR.....
Hopefully not alone G

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:42 pm

    Quoting jajo696:
    im not ready to try n navigate the newness. Especially without a users guide. Same mess happened 2 weeks ago. Icouldnt find you guys...i missed you. Not wanting to join a group or community to just respond to a blog. Maybe if i liked the content....i would..but otherwise....nah!

    .......and whats this umber thing mean. I was a 7.6 or something...

    Yeah....i saw it..and participated in .....The Twillight Zone ~~

    ....unwillingly , of course
unwillingly - that is an important point. Thank you

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:41 pm

    Quoting  :

Yup ugly too

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:40 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    One nice thing about the "new" blog system (and probably the ONLY nice thing about it!) was the absence of the "popular" blog portion. One thing I did notice though is participants of the blogs are "graded" as to their participation and assigned "Levels". This appears to be derived from blogs posted, numbers of responses, etc. So there are still some "popularity" wars that are going to happen. Same shit, different label, right?
Yes SOS

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:39 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    The "new" owner of this site, Mr. Andrew Cornu (who originally owned the site), is back and making some DRASTIC changes to the blogs. What you saw yesterday turned out to be his idea of beta testing the "new" blog set up. It's a fucking mess and very difficult to navigate. It requires people to join Groups, follow Channels and all sorts of other crap. He's re-set it to the old version for now, but he's planning to drop the bombshell on us again sometime soon. Nice, huh?
Thank you PCG please see my reply to Mr. Cornu

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 2:38 pm

    Quoting Andrew:
    Yes, I was testing out a new design for the blogs and groups... got some great (ok mostly negative) feedback on thing to improve. Yes, all posts in that time are in the new system. Hopefully can address issues soon.
Mr. Cornu

There are a lot of things members don’t like here and changing the blogs to groups is yet another. The blogs had and still has unaddressed problems which make them problematic to use – eliminating them is not a fix. Eliminating them is a failure to understand the situation. Failure to communicate that changes are coming and how to navigate them is a constant here. Site failures are a constant here.

From what I am reading here and on others posts the only one who is interested in a change vs. fixing the problems is – you. You have blogged before and chose not to in this, and many other, situations. In other words you have been and remain by choice – out of touch. That is disrespectful of the bloggers specifically and of all members in general. Do something to FIX the current blog problems or leave the blogs alone.

Some realities:

The only thing A*F*F has going for it is its uniqueness the blogs being a significant part of that. I suggest you read [post 4406705] . Unfortunately my guess would be a failure to understand the meaning of what the bloggers have written.

Most groups are either empty or sausage fests or boxed into subjects I, and evidently many others, have zero interest in. Being boxed into groups only you think are useful is not useful.

The magazine is dead and covers a lot of the same ground the blogs do. So maybe, just maybe, merge the magazine into the blogs (after fixing NOT changing them) increasing the blogs readership.

I suspect you haven’t understood a word of this. Your actions and more specifically inactions are evidence of that. Your reply, if any, will be tone deaf – running for political office is better suited for that skill set.

In the end this is your sandbox to do with what you want. Don’t make it a kitty litter box.


When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


Paulxx001 66M
22642 posts
8/1/2021 2:32 pm

    Quoting  :

Actually, you could still see your 'Favorite Bloggers List'. What was difficult was to find brand new - random - blogs; THEY were mixed up with everything posted on Erotic Stories, and Magazine. It was a cluster!

However, one good thing was that I (*Standard member*) was able to see the COMPLETE profile of anyone I visited; you can read it ALL. I learned so much more about you, for example. (*BTW, you make a clear point about what you're looking for*) ; so THAT was an eye-opener AND surprising. It's one of the positives I took away from the brief time they flipped things upside down.
THAT, was the most (*only *) positive thing that I noticed.
Yep...
I guess we'll see what happens when Andrew comes up with his EDITED version of the update. ❗😎


Tmptrzz 61F  
107039 posts
8/1/2021 11:53 am

Red, hey I went back to get the link for you.. [post 4406743]

Seduce the mind and see what a wonderful adventure the body will take you on..


Tmptrzz 61F  
107039 posts
8/1/2021 11:51 am

I was lucky enough to miss it as you know we have lots of flex alerts going on here and I stay off the computer in the late afternoon and evening now. I will be so glad when all these flex alerts are over.

I am so glad that everything got fixed and you might want to check out Spunkycumfun's blog he reached out to Andrew, and I think you will want to see how Andrew replied to him..

I hope you enjoy a relaxing Sunday..

Seduce the mind and see what a wonderful adventure the body will take you on..


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 11:49 am

    Quoting lust4life59:
    You were not the only special snowflake yesterday, There was a blizzard.
Seems like the blizzard generated a shit storm

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 11:48 am

I didn't have time to explore much it looked way f'd up IMO. They could fix a lot of other problems but chose to screw up the blogs.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
8/1/2021 11:35 am

    Quoting jajo696:
    im not ready to try n navigate the newness. Especially without a users guide. Same mess happened 2 weeks ago. Icouldnt find you guys...i missed you. Not wanting to join a group or community to just respond to a blog. Maybe if i liked the content....i would..but otherwise....nah!

    .......and whats this umber thing mean. I was a 7.6 or something...

    Yeah....i saw it..and participated in .....The Twillight Zone ~~

    ....unwillingly , of course
Andrew did away with the "popular bloggers" list and replaced it with a "rating" or Level. It appears to be determined by number of posts, responses, etc. In other words, it's your Level of popularity. Yeah, the popularity contest is just disguised as something else. And the requirement to choose and join Communities, Groups and Channels is bullshit. Sorry, but we already joined a group. It's collectively called "bloggers".

Pagan
Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
8/1/2021 11:09 am

    Quoting Andrew:
    Yes, I was testing out a new design for the blogs and groups... got some great (ok mostly negative) feedback on thing to improve. Yes, all posts in that time are in the new system. Hopefully can address issues soon.
Andrew ..how about test out on some other feature of the site.? Like the topical or regional groups and how to re activate them. We kinda are used to the blog features and how they operate. Thankss


Naughtypursuit 56F  
2766 posts
8/1/2021 11:02 am

I didnt find it that bad. Just trying to move between the two was difficult.


Naughtypursuit 56F  
2766 posts
8/1/2021 11:01 am

    Quoting Andrew:
    Yes, I was testing out a new design for the blogs and groups... got some great (ok mostly negative) feedback on thing to improve. Yes, all posts in that time are in the new system. Hopefully can address issues soon.
I didnt find it that bad if you don't try to merge the old and the new. My suggestion don't link them up. Cancel the blog page but leave it on people's dating profile then just start afresh with the new community. Thank you for doing away with the top bloggers list.

Change is hard but new and shiny is good.

Welcome back


GhostofH 65M
22788 posts
8/1/2021 11:01 am

I slept in and missed it all, RRR.....


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
8/1/2021 10:31 am

im not ready to try n navigate the newness. Especially without a users guide. Same mess happened 2 weeks ago. Icouldnt find you guys...i missed you. Not wanting to join a group or community to just respond to a blog. Maybe if i liked the content....i would..but otherwise....nah!

.......and whats this umber thing mean. I was a 7.6 or something...

Yeah....i saw it..and participated in .....The Twillight Zone ~~

....unwillingly , of course


pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
8/1/2021 9:17 am

One nice thing about the "new" blog system (and probably the ONLY nice thing about it!) was the absence of the "popular" blog portion. One thing I did notice though is participants of the blogs are "graded" as to their participation and assigned "Levels". This appears to be derived from blogs posted, numbers of responses, etc. So there are still some "popularity" wars that are going to happen. Same shit, different label, right?

Pagan
Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!


pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
8/1/2021 9:07 am

The "new" owner of this site, Mr. Andrew Cornu (who originally owned the site), is back and making some DRASTIC changes to the blogs. What you saw yesterday turned out to be his idea of beta testing the "new" blog set up. It's a fucking mess and very difficult to navigate. It requires people to join Groups, follow Channels and all sorts of other crap. He's re-set it to the old version for now, but he's planning to drop the bombshell on us again sometime soon. Nice, huh?

Pagan
Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!


Andrew 56M  
1250 posts
8/1/2021 9:05 am

Yes, I was testing out a new design for the blogs and groups... got some great (ok mostly negative) feedback on thing to improve. Yes, all posts in that time are in the new system. Hopefully can address issues soon.


lust4life59 65F  
2552 posts
8/1/2021 8:55 am

You were not the only special snowflake yesterday, There was a blizzard.


CleavageFan4U 66M
69374 posts
8/1/2021 8:38 am

I both saw the new format, and was posting just as it got rolled back. Didn't even have much a chance to explore and try to understand it.

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redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 8:32 am

But is normal really normal?

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


mc_justmc 63M

8/1/2021 8:05 am

Mine is back to normal.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
8/1/2021 7:17 am

Was it just me or was everyone redirected to a groups page yesterday when you clicked on the Blogs link?

There is also a 18 hour gap from Jul 31 11:21 am to Aug 1 6:20 am with only 1 posting.

*que Twilight Zone music*

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


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