You can still access it at old.wastingyourlife.co.
Discussion and feedback about Discourse
I had just made the change and hadnāt announced it anywhere.
DG_Nick
#85
Well you freaked me out when I couldnāt find it. I was about to use it for itās purpose and then it just redirected here.
RpgN
#88
Someone mentioned this forum not feeling very personal. I definitely see something in that and am not sure how it can be fixed.
Also while browsing on the wii u and the vita, I canāt see who is online?
archnemesis
#89
How does it feel less personal? You can see the avatars of the users who are active in a topic and thatās an easy way to get a feel about the thread.
chapel
#90
There is no place to see who is online. The creators of Discourse have said they arenāt interested in making that feature.
Leo
#91
I can see why someone would feel that way, but I think it could be because of how different Discourse looks and operates compared to vBulletin. Change is scary. All that WYL needs is more regulars posting here to make it feel more at home, and give it some character. More personalities in the mix will give it a collective āfaceā, so to speak.
RpgN
#92
How odd, guess weāll have to get used to it. I thought my weaker systems were just not displaying everything properly.
MidnightTrain
#94
If hitting a little heart button on someone elseās post isnāt personal, I donāt know what is.
The future is weird.
John
#96
I still donāt like anything below the tracking bar, i wish it would be just a blank space.
Also it does feel a bit less personal. Donāt ask my why but it kinda does. I think it has to do with the top banner always being present and stuff not feeling as tactile, moving about the website feels a bitā¦ analog, because at least i have a hard time understanding how stuff is hierarchized.
But who am i to criticize, i didnāt actually do any of the work so you know.
chapel
#97
I understand that it is different, but I personally donāt see how it is less personal.
vBulletin is a mess of software, bloated with things that arenāt needed, and years of bloat. I did my best to remove everything unnecessary, but there were things that I couldnāt remove successfully.
With that said, if you can find examples that illustrate things that could be done better, or ways to make the site more inclusive, then let me know. Iām not saying I will do any or all of it, but given the ideas and information, if it makes sense and isnāt a wild request, I would be willing to invest into it.
As far as how things are organized, I really enjoy having on topic and gaming together (I use all categories latest). Could it be that some of the community topics that tend to stay at the top get pushed down more often?
John
#98
Maybe personal isnāt the best word, perhaps because i am still not very knowledgeable about the various intricacies it doesnāt feel as homely as the old one did, but if thatās the case then this is a passing concern.