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Any poll that allows users to take it more than once is going to be pretty skewed.
The other forum I belong to (which is run ENTIRELY by volunteers, no paid staff, no advertising and impeccably moderated) does not have these issues.
The poor quality of tech on this site is frustrating and off-putting.
Quite honestly . At the end of my rope with FIL , just not in the mood to fill out a poll. I wish my circumstances were very different and didn’t feel the need to come here for pity from strangers . Therefore, I wouldn’t be here to fill out a poll. It’s pathetic that this selfish abusive man is upending my and DH lives this bad . Yesterday was a new escalation that I haven’t even written about on my FIL thread . By now I’m sure people don’t even want to read that thread and I don’t blame them . There is no new advice anyone can give me . It doesn’t have to be this way . I wish DH would grow a backbone or give up POA .
Please let us know what happened!
Ariadnee
Now watch! It will come up every time you log into profile.
It is taking a long time to load. The little circle spins and spins until the survey pops up.
This forum has tremendous value. It greatly helped me as a caregiver for my mother.
Please update us on the ‘fixes’ to the site. I find it very frustrating that I can’t edit posts in the ‘questions’ section or see who is posting. It makes it harder to follow conversations if we can’t see names of posters.
Also, posters are saying that entire posts have been deleted. Can you explain why this is happening?
Thanks,
NHWM
I have another question for you. How are the questions and discussions rotated?
So many times I see interesting questions and discussions that are posted.
Shortly afterwards, they seem to get lost in the shuffle because the same questions are shown over and over again.
I don’t feel it is because they don’t have many responses. These are questions and discussions that have received responses and are worthy of being shown.
They aren’t controversial topics that you don’t seem to favor. They are useful discussions and questions. The OP was actively posting on them as well.
When I happen to be able to find these lost questions, you have already closed them. Yet, other questions have remained open for years and years without any OP present.
My reference is Bogleheads.org, a site that is moderated by volunteers.
When/if they censor/delete/close a thread, a reason is provided.
We occasionally see duplicate or triplicate posts.
This is most likely because these questions are not being placed into the rotation schedule. I will purposely bump up posts that I wish to see more often.
New posters become frustrated when they don’t see their questions and post them again.
Please take note of this. People will leave the forum if they aren’t able to get responses to their posts.
Thanks,
NHWM
I have reported all of my posts to alert your attention. I would appreciate your feedback on my posts.
I still think this forum is going to make a profound change of some sort in the future, hence the poll questions about "experts" answering questions directly themselves. I think this is why the admins haven't fixed any of the ongoing problems with the icons and dates and reply names, etc. Contrary to what some participants have expresed to me, it wouldn't be expensive to have experts respond (contract work, not full time), plus it relieves them of the moderating/editing/censoring headache that eats up tech staffs' time and energy. And honestly, the inter-participant pettiness and sniping that happens on OPs threads degrades this forum and is bad for their brand. I wouldn't blame APFM if they did change to a more restricted format.
If they do eventually fix the icon and other problems, then I may think differently. They've not even posted an update, unless I've missed that somewhere...
AgingCareCM
Jun 2, 2023
"The Tech team prefers the "send us a message" approach to reporting problems with the site, as threads naturally turn into conversations between members and information gets buried. There can also be the expectation that problems will be solved instantly because they are being heavily discussed or people are upset. While some fixes are quick, others take time, testing, and re-testing, before they are ready to go live. We appreciate the time to truly work through issues and build long-lasting solutions."
AgingCareCM
Jun 1, 2023
"Finally, the best place to submit technical issues is on the /aboutus page, using the "Send Us a Message" form, the Tech Team is not reading the forum, our role is to keep things working on the back end, so sending a message via the form is the way to bring things to our attention."
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Submit your polite request on the form presented there.
AgingCareCM
Jun 1, 2023
"Finally, the best place to submit technical issues is on the /aboutus page, using the "Send Us a Message" form, the Tech Team is not reading the forum, our role is to keep things working on the back end, so sending a message via the form is the way to bring things to our attention."
I know AC says that, but the reality is, often they don’t reply.
I think (additionally to messaging), posting here is a good idea. (1) They’ll see it. (2) Forum members will also see it, and can see that other members experience the same problems/glitches.
It's a fine place to have a discussion about issues you've encountered, just don't expect you can use it as some kind of bulletin board and that AC is getting the messages.
Hey, I see they’ve changed the font again today. Too bad. It always feels weird with a new font.
Im thankful for your hard work trying to resolve issues but sure wish that 'blue guy' problem was fixed. I accidentally tap on it no matter where he is. Lol