I agree that if/. is changed, it should change for the better. My big question is why should we believe you're listening now? At the beta rollout in October you solicited comments about what to improve on the beta. The users responded with >1100 comments and lots of emails. However, many of the same problems (most notably a broken comment system) are still there. Five months and functionality that is foundational to the way people use this site is still not there.
The comment system isn't finished yet, that's for sure -- but we've implemented a number of changes and improvements in response to the feedback from the October launch.
We can't implement every suggestion -- some contradict each other, and there's only so much time in the day. But we are listening and incrementally improving the experience based on what users are telling us.
If you can't get the comment system right, you don't have the site! If you can't make something better, copy the existing system, and try incremental improvements only! Right now it looks like some Dingus err Disqus jackass rode in to teach us how the real comment system should work. Terrible!
And that's exactly what I asked for. (Score:5, Insightful)
Thank you for acknowledging us. I'd like to see a new SlashDot that's even better than the old. Please let us help you define it.
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I agree that if /. is changed, it should change for the better. My big question is why should we believe you're listening now? At the beta rollout in October you solicited comments about what to improve on the beta. The users responded with >1100 comments and lots of emails. However, many of the same problems (most notably a broken comment system) are still there. Five months and functionality that is foundational to the way people use this site is still not there.
The folks at /. might be listening, but
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The comment system isn't finished yet, that's for sure -- but we've implemented a number of changes and improvements in response to the feedback from the October launch.
We can't implement every suggestion -- some contradict each other, and there's only so much time in the day. But we are listening and incrementally improving the experience based on what users are telling us.
Re:And that's exactly what I asked for. (Score:3)
If you can't get the comment system right, you don't have the site! If you can't make something better, copy the existing system, and try incremental improvements only! Right now it looks like some Dingus err Disqus jackass rode in to teach us how the real comment system should work. Terrible!