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So this is off topic. Probably will be deleted. But what the heck. I may as well write it up anyway. Do people really care about stars next to their name? Are they important to anybody at all? Just curious.
The second and most important question. This thing of rating answers. Would it stop you replying, if you plucked the courage up to make a post in reply to someone and they picked somebody elses post as better than yours? I just find it may stop some shy people wanting to make posts if their answers and never considered good enough.
The stars we can class as a loyalty thing. Long time members. Doing what they can to help people. Lot of good work done by a lot of people. Just be honest with your answer as long as the post survives on the forum.
The second and most important question. This thing of rating answers. Would it stop you replying, if you plucked the courage up to make a post in reply to someone and they picked somebody elses post as better than yours? I just find it may stop some shy people wanting to make posts if their answers and never considered good enough.
The stars we can class as a loyalty thing. Long time members. Doing what they can to help people. Lot of good work done by a lot of people. Just be honest with your answer as long as the post survives on the forum.
I completely agree April....the best place to continue this discussion is on the MH suggestions forum. That way everyone can post their constructive feedback so MH will have a better idea of how their members are reacting to the new changes MH is implementing.
I agree, Linda, maybe we should post the link of this thread over in the Suggestions forum but I would think MH sees this as well? What do you think?
The pm's kind of bother me because people can abuse that thinking no one will see. I really don't like a lot of these changes.
The pm's kind of bother me because people can abuse that thinking no one will see. I really don't like a lot of these changes.
April, I couldn't agree with you more. Some of the questions that come my way do appear fake or made up by MH. Some of them are downright crude or vulgar. I'm also getting a lot of anxiety questions which I'd like to know the answers to myself. :) Why can't there be room for various posters, not just a few of the best? This new "format" is turning me off of MH. This discussion should be posted in the MH suggestions forum and more people need to be alerted to where they can go and voice their feelings, ie. viewpoints on all these changes that are occuring before our very eyes.
This is what's bothering me lately. I'm now getting pm's from people asking me a question instead of them posting it on the forums because they say they saw I was the "top answerer". The first question I got awhile back looked fake, like they were looking for shock value, the second one was pretty close to that. I think when people send pm's they can put more in there than they'd dare post on a forum. I do answer as best as I can but this bothers me because it almost makes me feel forced to answer questions now when in the past I could pick and choose the questions I felt most comfortable with, the ones I felt I could help more with perhaps because I have experience, etc.
I feel in a way this new format is forcing us or guilting us into answering questions and I don't like that. It makes me feel like I'm being graded whereas I wouldn't have thought abouut all that before.
Also, the "best answer" feature bothers me because what if there's only two answers and they go ahead and pick out of the two? Then suppose a few more people come along and answer and I notice they may have more helpful information but I'm not even sure the poster notices or even comes back to check because they already picked a "best answer", plus this may make people feel like "Oh well, there was already a best answer I guess my answer wouldn't matter much or isn't as important." Do you all see what I'm saying?
All of this is really bothering me. I wish we could just go back to the old way of things.
I feel in a way this new format is forcing us or guilting us into answering questions and I don't like that. It makes me feel like I'm being graded whereas I wouldn't have thought abouut all that before.
Also, the "best answer" feature bothers me because what if there's only two answers and they go ahead and pick out of the two? Then suppose a few more people come along and answer and I notice they may have more helpful information but I'm not even sure the poster notices or even comes back to check because they already picked a "best answer", plus this may make people feel like "Oh well, there was already a best answer I guess my answer wouldn't matter much or isn't as important." Do you all see what I'm saying?
All of this is really bothering me. I wish we could just go back to the old way of things.
I see Mr Green you still have the pic of Bobby Sands IRA up now ..maybe MH hasnt heard of him ...
Yes tell us what did ..Che Guavara stands for ... anyone ... why would anyone want a pic of him on their profile ?
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