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BREAKING NEWS: ANDREW ON THE NEW COMMUNITY FORMAT
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I might be moving over to the positive side. Depending on how it works out, I like the idea of separating the dating and blogging sides. I would enjoy getting rid of my dating profile entirely, since I'm just here to blog. This morning I fired up my computer and the browser tab for community had a little (2) on it to indicate I had two new alerts. That seems way better than having to repeatedly check "Where I'm Quoted" to see if anyone has replied to your blog comments. So, it's possible as they roll out more functionality people will be won over (or at least resigned to it.  )Yes, I can see one or two palpable improvements, and positive change is always good. Are you familiar with twitter? I am a little, not a lot, but the new format seems similar. And on twitter, all you get is sound bites and photos, there are rarely any posts of substance. (Arguably similar to the blogs as they stand!  ) The other concern I'd have about the twitter route is that there is little real sense of 'community' there, just a lot of 'influencers' peddling their latest surgery with a lot of followers trying to emulate them. (Oh dear, I am becoming far too cynical!)I wonder as well if you think the new community will remain free to use? If not, would you be prepared to subscribe do you think? I always remember thinking that I'd have been willing to subscribe to the old blogville if there hadn't been so many glitches. I'm not so sure I would be prepared to pay for a 'new' platform now though, especially one that appears to be seeking to imitate something that already exists.
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Hiya McSmarty, I hope you're well. How are things in sunny MN? Yes, I can see one or two palpable improvements, and positive change is always good. Are you familiar with twitter? I am a little, not a lot, but the new format seems similar. And on twitter, all you get is sound bites and photos, there are rarely any posts of substance. (Arguably similar to the blogs as they stand! ) The other concern I'd have about the twitter route is that there is little real sense of 'community' there, just a lot of 'influencers' peddling their latest surgery with a lot of followers trying to emulate them. (Oh dear, I am becoming far too cynical!)I wonder as well if you think the new community will remain free to use? If not, would you be prepared to subscribe do you think? I always remember thinking that I'd have been willing to subscribe to the old blogville if there hadn't been so many glitches. I'm not so sure I would be prepared to pay for a 'new' platform now though, especially one that appears to be seeking to imitate something that already exists. On the other hand, it IS giving us a bit more than the current main blog page, where when you look at 'New Posts' all you see is the blog titles to give you an idea of whether you want to click on it and read it. I can see both sides. 🤷🏻♀️ The curse of being a Libra.    
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Hiya McSmarty, I hope you're well. How are things in sunny MN? Yes, I can see one or two palpable improvements, and positive change is always good. Are you familiar with twitter? I am a little, not a lot, but the new format seems similar. And on twitter, all you get is sound bites and photos, there are rarely any posts of substance. (Arguably similar to the blogs as they stand! ) The other concern I'd have about the twitter route is that there is little real sense of 'community' there, just a lot of 'influencers' peddling their latest surgery with a lot of followers trying to emulate them. (Oh dear, I am becoming far too cynical!)I wonder as well if you think the new community will remain free to use? If not, would you be prepared to subscribe do you think? I always remember thinking that I'd have been willing to subscribe to the old blogville if there hadn't been so many glitches. I'm not so sure I would be prepared to pay for a 'new' platform now though, especially one that appears to be seeking to imitate something that already exists. 
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Hm, it doesn't feel like Twitter to me. But I guess I can see what you're saying, in that when you go to someone's blog page, rather than seeing entire posts, you see the first paragraph or so and then you have to click into it if you want to read more. So, I suppose I could see that subtly pushing people toward shorter posts. If nothing else it will probably incent people to try to put a 'grabber' in the first part of their post that will incent people to click and read the rest of it. On the other hand, it IS giving us a bit more than the current main blog page, where when you look at 'New Posts' all you see is the blog titles to give you an idea of whether you want to click on it and read it. I can see both sides. 🤷🏻♀️ The curse of being a Libra. All this is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Like you, it's going to encourage bloggers to write shorter posts or at least ensure their opening lines are more clickbaiti--le! Alsoi it'll discourage bloggers just posting images as, I think, only one image shows up on the blog's menu page. All this is not necessarily a bad thing. It's silly I know, but I'm accustomed to the amount of traffic I get with my "watchers" and don't really need randos popping in because they saw my half-naked picture emblazoned on the main blog page.
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Only one picture on the main blog page is an interesting point. I could see myself in the future, if posting an HNW picture, posting a "vanilla" picture first so that's the one that shows up on the main page. It's silly I know, but I'm accustomed to the amount of traffic I get with my "watchers" and don't really need randos popping in because they saw my half-naked picture emblazoned on the main blog page.
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Hm, it doesn't feel like Twitter to me. But I guess I can see what you're saying, in that when you go to someone's blog page, rather than seeing entire posts, you see the first paragraph or so and then you have to click into it if you want to read more. So, I suppose I could see that subtly pushing people toward shorter posts. If nothing else it will probably incent people to try to put a 'grabber' in the first part of their post that will incent people to click and read the rest of it. On the other hand, it IS giving us a bit more than the current main blog page, where when you look at 'New Posts' all you see is the blog titles to give you an idea of whether you want to click on it and read it. I can see both sides. 🤷🏻♀️ The curse of being a Libra.
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Andrew's update for Dec 8 gives some more insight into his vision for the new Community. He says openly that he's looking to compete with reddit, twitter and FB.......
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This site seemingly takes very little care how it rolls out new formats etc. Your observation that once information is posted on the internet is out there publicly is very moot.
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