Posting to newsfeed
#1
Posted 2017-March-08, 00:49
Recently all the posts to the newsfeed were deleted. Currently users can post new news, but they only show up in users own feed; And the posts are deleted after logout.
What is the purpose of allowing to post news?
What are BBO plans with newsfeed?
#2
Posted 2017-March-09, 15:41
You're not supposed to be able to post anything any more. You may need to clear your cache to force it to pick up the new version. What version do you see if you go to Help -> About BBO? It should be 1.48u.
#3
Posted 2017-March-09, 15:57
barmar, on 2017-March-09, 15:41, said:
You're not supposed to be able to post anything any more. You may need to clear your cache to force it to pick up the new version. What version do you see if you go to Help -> About BBO? It should be 1.48u.
Thanks for the reply. My BBO version is 1.48t. Looks like the upgrade is complete now, as posting to newsfeed is removed.
Good luck to BBO!
#5
Posted 2017-March-11, 09:28
George Carlin
#7
Posted 2017-March-12, 13:47
barmar, on 2017-March-12, 13:39, said:
Are we sure that there is no solution other than the binary choice of turning the tap on or off?
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Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
#8
Posted 2017-March-12, 14:00
1eyedjack, on 2017-March-12, 13:47, said:
If we thought there were enough users who were interested in seeing them, we could have made it an advanced option. But you know our general opinion on proliferation of options.
#9
Posted 2017-March-12, 17:15
barmar, on 2017-March-12, 13:39, said:
Weren't the official BBO news on top regardless? So what were the posts from friends cluttering up, other than the now empty space at the bottom? This seems like a terrible solution to a bunch of users whining about a feature that they don't use/understand. I liked my friends' post a lot (and, like a good millennial, I enjoyed the thrill of posting some mildly interesting hand myself and getting likes for it) and didn't think I needed to write a thank you email to keep it from being turned off. I am much more interested in a funny hand played by a friend of mine than the "Daily top performer award" (yes I know others feel differently, but this is why both should be allowed...) Any chance you could check with people before you delete it just like that?
George Carlin
#10
Posted 2017-March-23, 02:29
George Carlin
#11
Posted 2017-March-23, 05:24
gwnn, on 2017-March-23, 02:29, said:
How can the receipt of complaints be interpreted as positive evidence of popularity?
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
#12
Posted 2017-March-23, 08:05
1eyedjack, on 2017-March-23, 05:24, said:
If people are flooded by these "bridge tweets" and so much so that they are compelled to ask BBO to ban them, it means that tweeting is popular among other people. Otherwise, how would they be flooded?
George Carlin
#13
Posted 2017-March-23, 13:52
If you need any more alternatives, you know how to find me
George Carlin
#14
Posted 2017-March-23, 14:14
gwnn, on 2017-March-23, 08:05, said:
I suppose that there may be alternative ways of defining the popularity of a communication. I get inundated with phone calls asking me if I would like to claim back PPI, or perhaps I may be due compensation for a missed flight or road accident that I haven't had. No doubt you would categorise these calls as "popular" based on their high frequency. From the caller's perspective, no doubt they are.
(For the record I have no opinion on the specific issue here - just perplexed by your logic)
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
#15
Posted 2017-March-23, 14:22
1eyedjack, on 2017-March-23, 14:14, said:
(For the record I have no opinion on the specific issue here - just perplexed by your logic)
How hard can this be? Clearly, a lot of people liked posting their hands online, and some people got annoyed. Clearly there was demand for the ability to post. The nuisance value is possibly there but there are ways around that, and anyway it is hard to compare.
Your analogy misses the point entirely and I have no idea if you are being intentionally obtuse or just are unwilling to try to understand what I mean. You are comparing companies badgering people to people posting things to each other. In the first case, the users are only on the receiving end, in the second case, the users are both the senders and the receivers. In the first case, "popularity" would be measured in the circles or angry customers who want to be left alone, and in the second case, you should gauge "popularity" across both senders and receivers. Should I make a powerpoint presentation along with this?
George Carlin
#16
Posted 2017-March-23, 15:29
gwnn, on 2017-March-23, 08:05, said:
I think what was happening is there were a small number of users who like to post lots of hands, and they each have lots of friends who ended up receiving them. The receivers are the ones who complain, and the number of these complaints is what leads us to believe that it's not popular.
I think almost all the hands in my newsfeed were from just 2 friends. And I don't even have lots of friends.
#17
Posted 2017-March-23, 17:07
for user-generated posts (plus a scroll bar)? Who would be hurt by this?
I don't want to go all "disgruntled customer" here but honestly this was my favorite feature that you added recently and it's just such an overreaction to just halt it when you could have it back so easily and have several ways out without stopping the fun for people who enjoy it (and no, not each of them involves different user interfaces for different users).
George Carlin
#18
Posted 2017-April-07, 00:58