• ProtagoranSocratist
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    I understand that maintaining a website like this is not a simple task, it has a lot of modern functionality (like notifications for keeping you engaged, various categories, a main aggregate page so that you don't have to browse through the individual categories), but there are a couple of general design problems that make it confusing to use:

    -first of all, on the phone version of the website, you tap on the number of notifications you get in the side bar, across from "you", and it brings you to a list of responses people recently had to your content. However, getting back to that page, after you address the first response, is not so easy specifically on the phone browser. On the desktop version of the website, this is better and easier: you just click on "you" and go to "mentions" and then you can look at all your recent responses.

    -the main recent discussions page doesn't always get updated properly. For example, in my philosophy writing thread, i recently pulled up something @Jamal said in relation to Plato/Socrates, because i wanted to start a new topic on the Plato stuff i was reading, but figured it was better to address the comment Jamal already made that stuck out to me the first time i read it...but i did not see it pop up on the front page after i posted it, and i could not find my most recent added comment in my "comment" section on my profile.So i had to conclude that Jamal erased my comment, and then unfortunately I later found this wasn't the case...

    Anyway, i told Jamal before that I wanted to be erased because I find these kinds of design issues are pretty common, even the big multi-million dollar company reddit seems to make big mistakes in how they design their website. Also, even though before i thought we had reasonable rules here for posting, I later have concluded they are too vague to be enforced properly.

    I do think it's rude that I explicitly asked Jamal also to be banned more than once, and for whatever reason he kept questioning me about it, in which I felt compelled not to respond just because I already answered the question. I have recently realized how much irritates me when people keep asking me to repeat myself.

    So there: i did what was asked of me, now I'm going to ask that I get banned from this message board so that it's no longer a source of confusion and anxiety. Thank you.
  • javi2541997
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    -first of all, on the phone version of the website, you tap on the number of notifications you get in the side bar, across from "you", and it brings you to a list of responses people recently had to your content. However, getting back to that page, after you address the first response, is not so easy specifically on the phone browser. On the desktop version of the website, this is better and easier: you just click on "you" and go to "mentions" and then you can look at all your recent responses.ProtagoranSocratist

    I also experienced some struggle with using TPF on the phone. You are right that it is clearly easier to use it on the desktop version. I concluded that PlushForums are for PCs, not phones. However, I think the matter is actually a software owner's issue rather than Jamal's.

    i did not see it pop up on the front page after i posted it, and i could not find my most recent added comment in my "comment" section on my profile.So i had to conclude that Jamal erased my comment, and then unfortunately I later found this wasn't the case...ProtagoranSocratist

    Perhaps, there was a bug when you posted it. Check your drafts, is still the comment there or at least part of it?
  • unimportant
    130
    reddit seems to make big mistakesProtagoranSocratist

    I think that is very different. They get to a size where they are too big to fail and think that everything they do is right and people will keep coming no matter what.

    Lol why do you need him to ban you? I often just delete my saved credentials from forums, usually because people are rude and troll when I am being, what I feel is, nothing but civil. Don't rely on others, be self-sufficient.

    However, why don't you wait and see what the new forum will be like? which I know is a big topic around here at the moment. I personally doubt it will be any improvement to this, and don't like this one much either as I prefer older fashioned forums, but I have said my piece on that already in the dedicated thread.

    It is testament to the general quality of discussions that I stay despite my dislike of the user interface.
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