We longtimers have had a year, plus to get accustomed to the changes with his website. Now that it has been up for more than a year now what do you like, not like?
For the new posters, there is an article (AC - Aging Care posted a reply earlier) that lists acronyms. It would be helpful if AC had that article link at the top of every page as this comes up frequently. The link is:
https://www.agingcare.com/articles/common-caregiving-abbreviations-and-acronyms-435589.htm
There is often complaints that newer users do not know the commonly used acronyms. When someone sets up a new profile, I would hope that AC (AgingCare) sends a welcome email containing the link to the acronym article. It would save plenty of frustration for the newcomers.
So I will post it here;
https://www.agingcare.com/articles/common-caregiving-abbreviations-and-acronyms-435589.htm
I find the reply function, still, very irritating, still. Unless one checks replies it is often difficult to follow a conversation. It also opens up an opportunity for undesirable arguing, correcting and rudeness.
2) And once again, the "REPLY" feature has hidden an important response by an OP. We needed that information to make any advice pertinent to the OP. We do not have time to read every previous answer ever given.
3) Older messages that should have been closed:
"This thread has been closed for further comment" "Open a new discussion" are popping up, and new posters, never before posting
find these and answer a thread that has been resolved prior. One was from 2011.
Makes me wonder if the website has been hacked?
Send when I can't find things in a post, that others are mentioning, and I couldn't see the OP said,, I always figured folks got on the profile of the OP, or a private message?? Some posts are so long and with so many responces I sort of figured I just missed it! But that is me,, I may be naïve.. I have noticed the message that threads are closed, but then they keep on going.. if they are "closed" how does this happen?
I wanted to touch base to let you know of a change we've made to the newsfeed. Based on feedback we received from many of you, the tech team has revised the newsfeed notifications to link directly to the specific post you are notified of. Hopefully this will minimize any confusion regarding where a new reply, answer, or comment can be found within a thread. The release will occur this afternoon, please let us know if there are any issues with functionality.
Additionally we have taken note of the issue mentioned here by some users regarding posts in the newsfeed occurring out of order. This bug is related to the volume of posts occurring at the time of the notification and has been logged by the tech team for a fix. Thanks for letting us know.
I will appreciate getting a notification, taking me directly to that particular post.
The REPLY feature:
Those posters who have never posted on a thread, for example:
"Had a hysterectomy 23 yrs. ago"
are not going to get a 'notification', and will not find the post hidden in 'reply' where the OP said she had cancer. The fact she had cancer would have changed all of the caregiver's answers, imo.
That post is only one example where things went awry.
The change made Feb 10 "newsfeed notifications to link directly to the specific post you are notified of" fails when the comments run onto a second or subsequent page. So on the long threads where we most need this functionality, it still doesn't work.
It is a really nice improvement so long as all the comments are still contained on a single page.
Then wait for the admins and tech to fix it back.
I tested the "edit a reply" feature just now on the 'addicted to chocolate' thread, and I was able to EDIT my reply.
However, I think that I still have an excessive NEED for chocolate.
We all know by your example in the past, that chocolate is on sale
after Valentine's Day. Worth getting out for. heh, heh, heh.
A good example is a thread that a hospital is trying to force family to bring loved one home has become so repetitive because the entire thread is so long, people don't take time to read it. Then add in the back conversations.
Also, I wish there was a way to block certain members. I value the support and encouragement I get here but am disheartened by responses that have snarky and mocking tones. The world is tough enough. I would like for AC to remain a place for compassion and encouragement. I understand the report option but am referring to members that don’t directly call someone stupid but choose to imply it with their patronizing words and condescending manner. Maybe that’s immature of me. Honestly some days I can just ignore this person but other days I would block her in a heartbeat...if it were an option.
Some forums have an "ignore" option; just click on "ignore" and you won't see that poster's posts any more. It's used for perpetually antagonistic or obnoxious posters.
AgingCare,
I am REALLY pleased with the colored link to the post, so I can go from the News Feed directly to the post in question. However, that didn't work earlier today, and I had to scroll through several posts and answers before just giving up as I couldn't find either the gold overlay or the specific poster.
If I can find that particular glitch, I'll repost.
I am having another problem with private and public posts, which occurs when editing. The cursor jumps to another section and I can't return to the edited portion w/o deleting and starting over.
For some reason, the shifting to another section and the inability to control where what I type is entered in the post seems to be the problem. It doesn't happen every time, just periodically.
It would take some tech work to create it.
Sorry if I wasn't more clear on that option.
Life on AC will be a bit more peaceful and we can get along better.
1) I sometimes hit post and there is a duplicate I would like to be able to delete one of them.
2)I would also like if old posts could be closed for comments. If it is relevant to someone new a new question can be asked and the old post that is archived could still be read.
I had more than two pages of new comments in my newsfeed last night. Overwhelming! I do not choose to follow the threads I am following that closely. But having the number of new posts to a thread was helpful. I never figured out exactly how that worked. Maybe it just took us to a random place within reason because it sure wasn't from the last time I posted.
I do not like, not one little bit, all new posts in my newsfeed. Anyone else?
I have to say I'm disappointed in the site beyond the forum, there are (almost) never any new articles addressing new information, just a constant update of the date stamp on old articles making them appear new or updated - the special covid 19 section is pretty lame. There are other caregiver sites out there that are doing much better in that department.
On the first page of my feed it would be helpful to see what has been said on other threads of interest. I will have to unfollow more new threads in order to access other followed thread.
There used to be data in the newsfeed that actually provided an idea how many additional posts had appeared since I last commented. If I was I interested then I could go read. Now I have to search multiple pages to find comments to other threads of interest.
Another thought on that is the other people thAt have posted to a thread see the same thing in their newsfeed encouraging additional posts and maybe even instigating disagreement and general nastiness between posters. Some just cannot walk away when someone says something they don't like or disagree with.