WHAT CHANGES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ON EBAY DISCUSSION BOARDS - Ina Steiner

[cueperkins]

EcommerceBytes Blog - Ina Steiner

"eBay is revamping its community area including the discussion boards. The change comes as eBay transitions away from using LiveWorld to moderate its boards. As we report in Monday's news story, eBay was not ready to provide more details when we broke the story last month. Who will moderate the boards - will it be brought in-house, or will eBay outsource it to another company? We'll have to wait to find out.

But we do know eBay is revamping the boards. Certain features will remain the same, but the design will change."

One change that is puzzling is how eBay will designate an employee's post. In the past, moderators' posts were always shown with a pink box - with the new design, posts from eBay employees will be identified by a blue box surrounding the post. Users had always referred to eBay forum moderators as "pinks" - so changing the color seems an odd decision.

Users have already expressed concern over what the change in moderation will mean for the user experience, so hearing that eBay will revamp the community area will likely cause more concern. On a positive note, eBay will move all previous posts to the updated forums.

What do you think of these changes, described here:

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y13/m06/i10/s02

and what would you change on the eBay discussion boards if you could, and why?

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/comments/2013/6/1370828741.html/1/0#comments

(Warning comment at your own risk, they who must be obeyed or else, are still watching but not for long hopefully)

[cueperkins]

thanks muchly guys...btw, it's a good idea to get checked out by a VERY GOOD skin specialist who does skin cancer and nothing else. .... they find things you didn't even know were there.  e.g. all the moles I thought were suspect, ended up being nothing, but this tiny little spot was a bcc...I didn't even notice it...luckily bcc is slow growing and doesn't spread, but once you have one, you have to keep getting checked.  Glad I did.

I was a horse rider for most of my youth, so my arms, forehead and nose were exposed to the sun often....I was telling my doctor yesterday that I was never a sunbaker and that the only thing missing was a rotisserie shoved up the bottoms of all those chooks on the beach...he laughed because he's a surfer, so he knows the scene...funny bloke...looks like John Malkovich & has the same sinister sense of humour.  he drew a great big oval on my head and asked me if I was still game...cheeky blighter.

[latina4621]

glad to see you are feeling better cue, I had something cut out of my ear once, that was no picnic in the park, it was on the gristle part of the ear had it done in the surgery  felt some of it, especially when it was sew up time, I nearly went through the roof LOL, after my ear was black and blue.

[cueperkins]

oh great latina...something to look forward to.....no matter, black and blue suits me....lol

[latina4621]

maybe a bit different on your head though, I think black and blue was due to him pulling at the ear

[cueperkins]

blimey...much safer in here..hey latina....can't you think of another OP to get some laughs going?.....want some help?..overnight it's gotten mighty....booooooooooooooring.

[cueperkins]

freddie my darling one...where are you?:^O  I'll start reciting Mario Lanza if you don't show up soon...."DRINK DRINK DRINK, with lips that are red and sweet as the fruit on the tree"....:^O

[debra9275]

this one looks safeish, just calling in to say hello, then logging out again :^O

hope you're feeling a bit better today Cue

[cueperkins]

Hi deb, yes much better today, but it takes more than a mad GP with a scalpel to bring this black duck down...lol.....gets a bit much with all the fighting doesn't it?...takes less energy to laugh, though both hurt yesterday...lol

[latina4621]

I could but they don't come here anymore 😞

[latina4621]

was the GP, in disguise cue?

mine was I think he was really a butcher :_|:^O