topic Re: OMG what a mess this is in Community Spirit

OMG what a mess this is

the_hawk* — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:19:03 GMT

Has ebay gone completely mad with this so called update or is it a serious attempt to shut the place down.?

IMO Primary school kids could have done better.

Is Ebay in its final dying days ?

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freddie*rooster — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:39:48 GMT

They should turn the lights out and be done with it.

Catch will be my fav shopping place now.

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the_hawk* — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:06:39 GMT

yes places like Banggood and Aliexpress get more from me these days

Its a shame the way things have changed from the early days

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domino-710 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:13:55 GMT

Just a question - what the heck - does the Community board - do with buying. 😂

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eol-products — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:30:03 GMT

The way I see it the less people are on the boards the more shopping time they will have.

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the_bob_delusion — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:24:15 GMT

How is it the most recent post isn't at the top?

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katistrophik — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:38:40 GMT

All changed now Bob, bit of a dog's breakfast, if you want your Bob Posts to stay on top for you you need to pin it

Open your thread - go to Top right hand side of the board, Click Options - Choose - Float this Topic for current user

Good Luck

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the_bob_delusion — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:41:46 GMT

I can't even be bothered reading my threads, that's how bad it is. I'm only one strike away anyways, so maybe it's a sign.

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katistrophik — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:48:47 GMT

Don't be like that, most of your threads are fun and they get pretty lively.

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dvd.horder — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:34:25 GMT

it is a mess

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4channel — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:48:57 GMT

Imagine an ant trying to navigate its way through a shag-pile carpet. This is what the view appears to be like.

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hannahmallory — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:12:06 GMT

I don't know what you are all on about. It seems pretty good to me.

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4channel — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:18:00 GMT

You are probably a good navigator. Better than the average person. Some folks just have an extra cool peripheral view.

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papermoon.lady — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:01:53 GMT

Yeah, but pinning is not the same as having all threads ordered by the most recent reply. Of all changes, this is probably the most annoying. 😒

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countessalmirena — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:10:02 GMT

A thread should be easy to read, without a lot of irrelevancy and white space clogging up the smooth flow of information.

This new design is full of irrelevancy and white space. It's a clogged artery of wasted opportunity.

I'm also finding it very difficult to navigate to the last reply on a thread, in particular because replies can pop up anywhere in a thread rather than being at the end of the thread. It's so messy.

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papermoon.lady — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:19:40 GMT

You might remember that we were discussing bad changes in the Buying forum not too long ago. If it is not broken, don't change it... In the Buying forum we were discussing the "Pay Now" button that had (temporarily) disappeared at the end of an auction. Another annoying change I have noticed in auctions (at least until the last one I participated in, but I doubt it has changed, as it was just a week ago) is that when you click on "Place Bid" towards the end of the auction and then intend to click on "Confirm" a few seconds before the end, you can see the increase in the number of bids, but not the increase in the price of the item. In the past the price went up and you could still increase your bid if you had enough time and you saw you had been outbid.

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papermoon.lady — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:27:43 GMT

I have tried to change the options to "sort by latest post date" (instead of "start date") and nothing changed... There is this option towards the bottom on the right, but it didn't change anything in spite of saying "Success!" after I changed it.

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springyzone — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:12:15 GMT

I don't mind the new boards in mosr respects. The best change is you can reply to topic now instead of having to select a person to reply to, when all you want to do is make a general comment.

The layout is easy to understand and read.

The main fault is answers to a thread don't send that topic to the top of the board.

That is a massive error. It means it is no longer easy for anyone to see what the latest answers have been unless they scroll down. It means a thread that is lively could be way down in the search.

Davewill will be out of a job. If anyone replies to a 7 year old thread now, who will ever see it? No one is ever going to be scrolling back that far.

We asked for threads to be locked after eg 12 months, not for that to happen.

I have been on dozens of boards in my time and having new answers send a thread to the top has always been one feature in common. It's a huge mistake by whoever set this board up to have left it out.

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the_hawk* — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 23:04:49 GMT

it seems most think it sucks

well done ebay if your intention is to kill off the boards

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domino-710 — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 23:11:27 GMT

It's a bit like trying to have a conversation from different rooms in the house. 🙄