Front page wonky

[BrooklynKnight]

Thanks for continuing to find ways to keep the site running smoothly, Morrus.

BK, I've seen you complain about your job and money before. But you managed to find the money to support site.

Many of the individual features that people want are available for less than the full community supporter price. Maybe if you guys checked that out, just enabling the search function would probably work for you.

Just for Full disclosure, Truth Seeker got me a year as a gift, and during the sale i bought another year.

 

[JoeBlank]

Just for Full disclosure, Truth Seeker got me a year as a gift, and during the sale i bought another year.

Well, I guess someone was convinced that you were a valuable contributor to the site and deserved a membership. And then you agreed, and thought you should stay a member.

 

[Jdvn1]

you decide to ... accuse other people of "venom" (your words) when they have a lack of sympathy for your plight.

I thought the "venom" comment was not due to a lack of sympathy by BK but because of sharp language:

bitch... moan...
suck it the hell up and stop bitching...
fracking...

I'd have to agree--that was a pretty rude way to make a point. I'm sorry BK is cranky, but does he have to make other people cranky? He's been nice enough the other times I've seen him post.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

I thought the "venom" comment was not due to a lack of sympathy by BK but because of sharp language:

I'd have to agree--that was a pretty rude way to make a point. I'm sorry BK is cranky, but does he have to make other people cranky? He's been nice enough the other times I've seen him post.

Fair enough.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Apologies for the crankyness then.

 

[Nellisir]

My experience is with those problems - if it bugs people, there are two possibilities:
...
2: They look into Meta, and weigh in into existing threads.

And get blasted? I think not. I'll just shut up and go away.

 

[nerfherder]

Morrus,

Thanks for speeding up the site. I never used that feature on the front page, so the performance vs functionality balance shifted in the right direction for me.

Cheers,
Liam

P.S. double thanks for providing all this for free.

 

[nerfherder]

Okay, so pay $20 (right now) that I don't have for a feature that was free?

As a practical suggestion, you might increase your chances of getting a raise if you didn't surf at work so much. Then you could afford a Community Supporter account.

Cheers,
Liam

 

[Dimwhit]

Morrus,

Thanks for speeding up the site. I never used that feature on the front page, so the performance vs functionality balance shifted in the right direction for me.

Cheers,
Liam

P.S. double thanks for providing all this for free.

Ditto, Morrus. I'm sure nearly all of the users here appreciate the speed increase. Thanks for the work.

 

[GQuail]

For the very last time - the server load is too much. It's that simple. Making the site more convenient for you doesn't override making the whole server inaccessible to everyone else. Server load is down drastically, whether you believe it or not. Average number of people online is up, whether you believe it or not.

This was never a feature I used, so it's absence doesn't kill me: apart from Meta, I rarely travel into the forums that are beyond the top 3, so I don't really need it. So if taking it away has made life on your side easier because the server runs better, then that's fine by me.

I would have to say that some people on this thread are being a bit, um, overzealous in my opinion. I will agree that the lack of search feature for non-community supporters can be a bit of a pain: it's the main reason I joined in the end, and when I was wihtout it because of the crash it was all the worse. But if you're a free member, don't be surprised if decisions are made about the website where you get the short end of the stick. Harsh, but that's always going to be the way it is.