http://improve.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by improve.gather.com en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:59:00 GMT 2009-12-28T21:59:00Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951271&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace What will trolls do now?  The rating system is gone.  What will a troll do?  Perhaps, they'll comment or just shrivel up and go back to thier caves from whence they came.  It's a sad . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:41:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951271&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace *Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D. 2009-12-17T13:41:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950191&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace And replacing them with a recommendation system ... which will SHOW you who's recommended you. Pretty cool, huh? No more trolls! Yay! Now if only they'd make it easier to post . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:31:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950191&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Lydia (part of the solution) Shelley 2009-12-16T18:31:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949996&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace We've heard your feedback and are removing the ratings feature and replacing it with recommendations. Instead of giving content a rating from one to ten, you can now say when you recommend content to . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:25:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949996&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace MaryAnne, Director of Member Services 2009-12-16T16:25:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950024&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace We're excited to hear your feedback regarding Wednesday's upgrade. The new feature of the upgrade is: o Replacing Ratings with Recommendations Please take a look at the overview . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:24:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950024&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace MaryAnne, Director of Member Services 2009-12-16T16:24:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948745&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Dear Friends- Over the course of the last two years, many of you have written to us to recommend changes to our ratings system.  Others have posted their thoughts on the site .  Specifically, . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:10:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948745&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Tom Gerace 2009-12-15T21:10:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948400&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace It has been over three years and till today gather have not fulfilled one of its promise "Their promise was to help international members redeem gather points". I have been waiting since these years . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:58:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948400&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Can you solve this financial tsunami ? ?. 2009-12-15T17:58:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925635&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Gather is what we make it. It can be a place that enriches our lives. To keep it that way, we’d like to revisit our Community Guidelines and how we can stay true to them. The Gather community . . . Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:52:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925635&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace MaryAnne, Director of Member Services 2009-12-01T19:52:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917350&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Hi All! As part of last night's patch (note: this was a PATCH, not an upgrade), we made a few changes that we hope will help prevent or cut way down on instances of posting errors on Gather. I'm referring . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:13:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917350&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Chuck McGuire, Gather.com Member Support 2009-11-25T15:13:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977908479&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace The past couple of weeks I had a lot of personal stress and my friends know what it's all about. With everything going on, I decided to try a little Gather experiment to see how it worked.  I was . . . Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:33:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977908479&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Stacey *Mamasaid* D. 2009-11-19T14:33:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977907317&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace I posted a link letting my Gather friends know that my book about Christmas Origins and Traditions was available FREE online to read; no cost, free. I wrote it because I thought people would enjoy it. . . . Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:33:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977907317&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Rhetta A. 2009-11-18T22:33:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900036&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace How many of you are tired of clicking on dozens of groups every time you want to share content with them? It would be great if Gather could consider adding a feature where we could create group sets . . . Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:28:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900036&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Matthew M. 2009-11-13T22:28:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977902150&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Hi Everyone, We want give the community some information on the interruption that happened on the site last night and early this morning.  This was not a scheduled upgrade, so you will not find . . . Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:10:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977902150&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Chuck McGuire, Gather.com Member Support 2009-11-16T00:10:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977889072&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Today I asked Kevin about giving us 10 more characters in the status box.  Below is the meat of the discussion.... ME: Re: [An] additional [10] characters in the status line being misused__there . . . Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:06:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977889072&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2009-11-06T23:06:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887368&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Recently someone took offense to the comments I made on a thread regarding writing styles.  Unfortunately, this person became rather angry and made a comment regarding me that violates TOS.  . . . Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:49:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887368&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Grems 'gremlin' 2009-11-05T23:49:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977886647&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace I must say, I hate change, but I think Gather has done a fine job this time.  I love the pull down screens, the points readily available at the top, and the ability to comment on a comment implemented . . . Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:21:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977886647&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace *Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D. 2009-11-05T15:21:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881536&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace I just lost two friends this weekend from Gather.  Two good friends whom I will miss.  They are leaving because there are so many trolls on Gather who hunt in packs.  I believe there are . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:15:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881536&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace *Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D. 2009-11-02T16:15:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977882000&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace We're excited to hear your feedback regarding Monday's upgrade. New features of the upgrade are: o New site navigation o New My Gather page o Enhanced Status Updates . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:29:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977882000&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace MaryAnne, Director of Member Services 2009-11-02T21:29:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881843&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Hello Gather! We will be conducting a very exciting site upgrade tonight, Monday November 2, 2009 from 11:00pm – 2:00am ET . The site will be unavailable during this time frame. Please . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:27:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881843&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace MaryAnne, Director of Member Services 2009-11-02T19:27:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830793&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Are you sometimes overwhelmed with the amount of old mail in your private message inbox?  What about all the messages in your sent mail that you’ll probably never read again?  It . . . Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:47:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830793&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace MaryAnne, Director of Member Services 2009-09-29T17:47:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815686&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace What do you all think about being able to directly link your new content uploaded on gather to facebook and twitter? What kind of impact do you think it will have on the website? Know of anyone else . . . Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:55:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815686&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Andrew H. 2009-09-17T06:55:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815473&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace   We're excited to hear your feedback regarding Thursday's upgrade. New features of the upgrade are: You’ll have the option to share your content on Facebook and Twitter more . . . Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:07:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815473&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace MaryAnne, Director of Member Services 2009-09-17T01:07:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815241&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Every month, 1.3 million people come to Gather to read what you share, join in the conversation, and make new friends that share their interests. Gather members share their ideas here for a variety of . . . Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:34:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977815241&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Tom Gerace 2009-09-16T21:34:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977814858&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace Hello Gather! We will be conducting a site upgrade tonight, Wednesday September 16 , 2009 from 11:00pm – 1:30am ET . The site will be unavailable during this time frame. Please . . . Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:36:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977814858&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace MaryAnne, Director of Member Services 2009-09-16T16:36:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810485&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace It's a virus that pops up and says the site your viewing is infected.  We have not yet figured out how to get rid of it, but my husband is an IT guy, and is working on it.  If you get it, it's . . . Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:33:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810485&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace *Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D. 2009-09-13T05:33:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977800194&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090904/pl_politico/26759 AP posted a photo of a US Marine dying after being mortally wounded in Afghanistan.  The father and Defence Secretary Gates pleaded . . . Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:46:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977800194&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace *Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D. 2009-09-04T17:46:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977787526&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace We're excited to hear your feedback regarding Wednesday's upgrade. Highlights include: The “more” comment links now go to the actual comment A Member settings . . . Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:49:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977787526&grpId=3659174697238914&nav=Groupspace MaryAnne, Director of Member Services 2009-08-26T01:49:27Z