So here's the real problem as I see it....

[GwinnettDawg]

This is called the Dawg CHAT. Some people want to treat it as a chat room, not a message board. Just saw a comment that said topic view is an inferior format for chatting. Maybe a name change is in order.

 

[MinnesotaDawg]

This is called the Dawg CHAT. Some people want to treat it as a chat room, not a message board. Just saw a comment that said topic view is an inferior format for chatting. Maybe a name change is in order.

What's the difference? (Not trying to be a smart-a$$)

 

[GwinnettDawg]

What's the difference? (Not trying to be a smart-a$$)

A chat room is a real time chat. A message board is where you post a message but not intended as a running dialogue in real time. I know it doesn't seem different, but it is in terms of what one should expect. the two have kind of melded here as opposed to other boards. That's why the hybrid view would be helpful here, but Yahoo isn't going to give us that. The previous version could have been viewed as topic, thread, or hybrid. But it really depended on what view as generally accepted by the posters on that board. It's all been made to be a much bigger deal than it needed to be it seems. Biggest difference is now you can't just scan back and see what is generally being said the way you could before. Now oyu have to click on each topic if you want to see anything beyond the original subject line.

 

[Tulsa A. Dawg]

Hey Gwinnett, a/s/l?

 

[''M'']

Blah blah blah

 

[MinnesotaDawg]

A chat room is a real time chat. A message board is where you post a message but not intended as a running dialogue in real time. I know it doesn't seem different, but it is in terms of what one should expect. the two have kind of melded here as opposed to other boards. That's why the hybrid view would be helpful here, but Yahoo isn't going to give us that. The previous version could have been viewed as topic, thread, or hybrid. But it really depended on what view as generally accepted by the posters on that board. It's all been made to be a much bigger deal than it needed to be it seems. Biggest difference is now you can't just scan back and see what is generally being said the way you could before. Now oyu have to click on each topic if you want to see anything beyond the original subject line.

Agree with your assessment. Topic view does not facilitate conversation. Inferior, IMO since thread view does both.

 

[JohnnyBeeDawg]

A chat room is a real time chat. A message board is where you post a message but not intended as a running dialogue in real time. I know it doesn't seem different, but it is in terms of what one should expect. the two have kind of melded here as opposed to other boards. That's why the hybrid view would be helpful here, but Yahoo isn't going to give us that. The previous version could have been viewed as topic, thread, or hybrid. But it really depended on what view as generally accepted by the posters on that board. It's all been made to be a much bigger deal than it needed to be it seems. Biggest difference is now you can't just scan back and see what is generally being said the way you could before. Now oyu have to click on each topic if you want to see anything beyond the original subject line.

Many of us have explained that to them that for several weeks. Yahoo goals for the new site don't involve "Community". That's not in the new business model, and they aren't going to spend extra just to accommodate it for the 3% who want it.

So there's just a re-shuffling of customers now. Just a business decision...Getting rid of the few who want a Community and conversation and relationships, and filling it up instead with those who just want to read announcements and move on. Topic view is perfect for making and reading announcements. Feedback within that structure is tedious & inefficient. IMO, it should have been very easy to have both Community and announcements, but that's no longer part of the business plan.

The former customers here begged Yahoo to keep the Community aspect, but they need to modernize into a more top-down, and less user-centric approach. More people like central planning these days rather than individuals running free and uncontrolled.

 

[MinnesotaDawg]

Sounds familiar.

 

[LumpLump]

It's all been made to be a much bigger deal than it needed to be it seems. >>

It is what it is, it's not going to change, it's been 3 weeks, time to move on about it, imo.

 

[OlecountryDawg]

Tulsa you change man . Chat prison done got you .