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Posted by: tdrapeau 1 year, 8 months agoI wanted to apologize for the poor stretches in performance on Propeller.com that our loyal members have had to endure over the past months. I have seen a number of members mention bad performance when submitting stories, comments, etc in comment threads for other stories, and I wanted to mention that we are grateful for the feedback, and...
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Tom Drapeau is the Director of Propeller social news. He enjoys all manner of geekery and internet foolishness. He has seen every episode of Battlestar ...
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rdy2rckComment has been removed: Hard Banned
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aceofspades1
April 5, 2008, 8:13 p.m.Tom - thanks for the response, any improvements would be none too soon. Given the thousands of people who are signed on to this site there are very few who actually post comments.
I think any performance upgrade will make it more inviting for more people to post, thereby expanding the influx of ideas & making the Propeller experience more fulfilling
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gamahuche
April 5, 2008, 8:21 p.m.Good to hear.
I haven't had, nor read of anybody's particulatr problems in the recent past.
About a month ago it was abysmal.
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TheRealizer
April 5, 2008, 8:21 p.m.It has gotten discouraging at times, post a comment and it does not appear, I hope the new system will be an improvment. However even with the shortcomings it is still a super good site......
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ETproductions
April 5, 2008, 8:29 p.m.Thanks for acknowledging the hiccups, Tom. I'm delighted to hear that you're working on both better performance and a new, improved user interface. Looking forward to the V2 rollout.
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pagey
April 5, 2008, 8:43 p.m.The new Propeller is amazing guys, all this frustration will be well worth it. Like I said in the past, it's like renovations, for things to look better they sometimes have to look worse first.
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1-2-Oscar
April 5, 2008, 9:06 p.m.The promise of an "improved site" has been made so often, with absolutely no discernible performance, that it is no longer credible.
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Bkumm
April 5, 2008, 9:06 p.m.I must say I've gotten quite good at solitaire while waiting for Propeller to do its thing, but that's okay. If this new Propeller is as good as people I trust tell me it is it's going to be worth it.
I would also like to note that while it has been frustrating at times, I know that the ladies and gentlemen involved in making Propeller a place where we all can play, are doing the very best they can to correct any problems.
I am confident that Propeller will continue to be at the cutting edge of social media and with the coming upgrades will be even better than before.
Thanks for the update, Tom. It's nice to know somebody is paying attention (although most of us know you do!).
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catstevensComment has been removed: Retracted by user
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flyonthewallzz
April 5, 2008, 9:38 p.m.Oscar the Grouch!
Does have good stuff to say at times though!
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MichaelRhodenteComment has been removed: Retracted by user
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flyonthewallzz
April 5, 2008, 9:55 p.m.As long as I am asking questions.
I wonder what happened to the number of times a profile has been peeked at?
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Francisca
April 5, 2008, 10:42 p.m.I am very glad to know that I am not the only one!!Since a few weeks, I didn't understand why I couldn't see anymore if there were friends of mine on line...It was frustrating!
I thought that I broke something...LOL, or I made something wrong and I was punished...LOL. Courage to the organizer: we love Propeller!!
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flyonthewallzz
April 5, 2008, 10:51 p.m.It may sound strange, but I don't really mind when the Propeller spins slowly.
I actualy get some work done.
I am usually alone in my woodshop with a really slow computer and Propeller is not the only thing I let it grind away at while I go about my grind.
I do wonder though: if it is more expediant to restart or just wait patiently.
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ningyo
April 5, 2008, 10:52 p.m.somehow populist and others dont seem to have any problem juicing their propaganda right through to the top
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ningyo
April 5, 2008, 11 p.m.somehow populist and the hard left loonies here dont seem to have much trouble getting their propaganda pushed into the headline..liberal media bias??..nahhh.....no such thing..except for abc,cbs,nb...
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TOD396
April 5, 2008, 11:06 p.m."I wanted to apologize for the poor stretches in performance on Propeller.com that our loyal members have had to endure over the past months. I have seen a number of members mention bad performance when submitting stories, comments, etc in comment threads for other stories, and I wanted to mention that we are grateful for the feedback,"
"Poor stretches in performance" to describe propeller is sugarcoating the situation. Poor performance means that the right thing will happen, sooner or later. With Propeller, it is a crap shoot as to whether your post will appear, and if it does, it is a minor miracle if it shows up where you want it to. These are not descriptions of "poor performance", but of a website that doesn't function. Another user suggested the removal of all associated with running Propeller and replacing them with new staff. Why, that might just be the cure.
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Dicax_Maximus
April 6, 2008, 7:18 a.m.Tom - Thanks for the courtesy of informing us as to your aims at rectifying the problems. Always nice to know our "moans" are NOT being ignored.......
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quackpot
April 6, 2008, 9:18 a.m.Thanks for your hard work. The improvements in performance will be greatly appreciated.
Although, the current long connect times do help the performance of my other projects by allowing me to actually work on them rather than Propeller!!
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THOMNH62
April 6, 2008, 10:20 a.m.would it possible to get the pro democrat posts to stay up on the front page a little longer, the normal 2 days is not enough for me. Also any of the bad press you can dig up on McCain should stay out front for a min 3 days that would be most helpful, like complaining that his wife is a millionaire or he has a bad temper because we never really knew this.
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KvilleTXComment has been removed: Hard Banned
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bonaroo
April 6, 2008, 11:19 a.m.I like improvements, especially if they're free, although I spend a bajillion dollars a month to my cable provider to go Fast. Now that I know that it's not an insidious plot to limit my participation, I can switch to a more pleasant scenario like waiting in a bread line in the old Soviet Union. I usually associate construction with sound effects, like the beeping of a dump truck in reverse or hammers and saws. Maybe you could put up some of those flourescent orange cones to indicate when we're going to be stuck in traffic.
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mamasan
April 6, 2008, 2:46 p.m.read my bio,,,that is why I dont hang out here anymore. Way to much time wasted just to post comments!!!!
and Hello.... I miss you guys....yes even you and you know who you are!
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mamasan
April 6, 2008, 2:48 p.m.just to let you technecks know: the last comment I posted took 15 seconds to load.
way to long.
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