Voice Your Feedback on Gather’s Upgrade

I think this will be great!! :D :D
Loved the talk earlier with the new members that was fun..

I don't use either site, but am wondering if the gather points will go up for those who do?

This is pointless.

Facebook is lame. Facebook was cool when it was actually a network for college students and you could meet people who were on college campuses. Now since every idiot with an email address can get on there, it has degraded into cow tossing and poking. High brow entertainment let me tell you.

Twitter is for the short attention span crowd. I'm forced to use it for a class at school and I want to pull my eyes out every time I'm forced to use it.

Why not improve things on site instead of keep creating new ways to spread our stuff around the internet. Comment Editor amirite?

I'm far too sleepy to go over the laundry list of wishes and wants that have been repeated nine billion times, on every update since Hawthorne. Maybe someone else will feel like beating the dead horse.

I have no desire to associate myself with facebook or twitter... my sentiments about the poking and whatnot are the same as yours, Heather. If I wanted to expand my stuff here to those places, then I know how to post a link on those sites to bring people here. Does an option really need to be a part of our comment editor box?

I think the the ability to hide or share ONSITE our profile and our work would be more beneficial. We are able to hide our recent activities on our profile pages, but there is no option to hide our comments. I know comment stalking is a fabulous way to get to other people's work, but it would be nice if it were an option I could share only with my friends. I do have a private side of my life I would like to keep private.

More privacy settings and options would be something I would like to have. I'm sure lots of folks will get plenty of use from the new upgrade, but I won't be using it.

Interesting upgrades~

no interest myself either, I do Not use either place....

Naw, not interested. Thanks anyway.

I'm on Facebook but only connected with a very small group of people. Have no interest in Twitter. This update doesn't interest me at all.

This is the most worthless reason for an upgrade that I've ever seen!

Please take a look at two posts for details about the upgrade; the overview post with instructions and Tom’s post about expanding your voice.

Where are the links to these two posts that you mentioned, MaryAnne?

Opps! Thanks Sue!!! I'll edit these in right now.

Thanks, MaryAnne!

I don't really see a point to sharing comments on either site. Posts? Yes. Comments? Not so much. Most comments hold little value if taken outside of the context in which they were made.

I'd rather see the site re-implement a homepage. That would have far greater value to the average Gather member. In fact, that is one of the few upgrades that a large percentage of Gather members would enthusiastically support; that was reflected in the comments members made on a post that I did on the subject a while back. I can't recall a single comment that did not support the return of the homepage.

I will say, though, that it would be nice that, if you're going this route, an option for RedGage be included. There are a number of us who already manually link our posts to there.

Hi folks. Thanks for your feedback on today's minor upgrade. When we introduce some of new features we know they may not be needed or used by everyone. That's why we made these optional. For members who want to expand their viewership to other networks these updates make that process easier. The links on Facebook and Twitter will direct people back to your content or comments on Gather.

Thanks also for the feedback on a homepage, Heather. That continues to be an area of the site that the design team is giving a lot of thought to. Thanks also for referencing your Home Sweet Homepage post. I'll forward it to the design team to make sure they've seen it and the comments on it.

I only spend time on Facebook because my Class Reunion is coming up (it's tomorrow). I never Twitter (it's for Twits). but, like you say, they're optional.