I know you are trying to make things better with the new format. But I know I speak for many of us when I say this is anything but user friendly. All of the posts from all boards are jumbled together and it is very difficult to find a specific board. I feel like many users are going to get frustrated quickly and stop posting. Also TK is not facebook, 4 square, or other social media. There is no need for badges, comments on profiles, etc. Although there really isn't a need for it I will admit I like the awesome button. I'm just trying to give you some constructive criticism. I hope this helps.
Re: Dear TK Gods
Cosigned!
I'm fine withe the badges. Some people really like the feeback. I just wish that I didn't have to see other people getting badges.
The layout is very confusing and makes it hard to even discover different boards. I think it just looks messy with all the jumbled posts.
The notifications are AWESOME though. Please keep that.
I do like the Flag as Awesome
The PM Feature
Alerts
I like seeing the option to see all recent activity on a board
Oh every time I try to click on a notification, I click the person's name instead and it brings me to their profile.
This also happens on posts. On the left is where you click on the post. Then it's who started the post in the center and who last responded on the right. I keep wanting to click center and right which also brings me to peoples profile.
I assume the lack of connectivity is because it's not live?
I like the highlights for new posts
Dislikes:
Likes
Undecided
Desires
I reported a few posts here to test functionality and then realized it could reduce peoples point values. I reported staar twice (no offense!) to lower her total so mine could look better.
Just sayin...i did it to be funny and to test it...but I think when implemented in reality, it's going to happen all the time.
"Hey Hoboken did something people didn't approve of, lets lower her points!!!!"
I also spent 10 minutes on BritniLeigh "awesoming" my posts to make my count go higher and see what it did.
There's no limit.
How were we chosen to play test this btw?
I like that I can see that it was you who flagged me! I wonder if someone gets flagged enough, once it goes live, if they will be sent to the mod or something.
Could you guys do me a favor? We are trying to make it easy for our team to follow feedback -- can you post in the designated "Member Feedback" board?
http://forums-staging.theknot.com/categories/community-uat-feedback
Thanks!!
Jackie