Propeller. Fail. »
Posted By DiffeeOnline 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & TechnologyThe reviews are starting to roll in. There are only two possible conclusions so far: either the community will need some time to get used to the new changes over at Propeller, or the changes were a bad move. The initial feelings of the community can best be described when you look at the current (as of 12am PST 7-23-08) top front page story. Here is a screenshot:
Read Full Story at socialnewswatch.com »
4853 Views Share Story 152 Comments Report
Submitted By:
DiffeeOnline
Social media, politics, technology, news, marketing, and the environment. These are my passions. These are the things that I spend more time with than anything ...
RSS Join the Discussion
+ Add CommentShowing 133 of 270 Comments (view all)
-
53%
DiffeeOnline1 year, 3 months ago
-
-
92%
AlfredKo1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
OH MAN, I am totally disappointed with Propeller.
I understand that much effort is made for improving the site, but this actually is the worst thing that they have ever done!
I am BEGGING the AOL team to revert Propeller back to it's original state.
WHY?
1. Members' Benefits
It's very clear, the majority of the users hate it. Propeller is going to a significant amount of its current members if this continues on - including me.2. Search Engine Friendliness
I considered myself experienced in SEO (search engine optimization).
And the new Propeller are NOT search engine friendly at all.
Propeller will lose much traffic from Google and Yahoo, I am 210% sure about this.
Propeller doesn't stand a chance against Digg if this carries on. The previous ones are much more user-friendly compared to Digg.I can predict 2 things will happen if Propeller decides to carry on with it's current state:
1. At least 50% active users will leave and become inactive.
2. A lot of TRAFFIC LOST from Google, Yahoo.The outcome: Propeller Alexa ranking will drop from 863 to 10,000.
Reply -
capecoralMComment removed: Retracted by user1 Reply
-
wtaggComment removed: Spam
-
100%
nightcrawlerX1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Im still trying to figure whole thing out. I find it rather confusing and I had just gotten used to the old format. It kinda feels like I'm the person who had just finished cleaning up a big mess and all of a sudden drunken coke fueled monkeys are released in the room with a pile of mud.
Reply -
-
95%
DropkickaLib1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
It sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux, sux...did I mention that it sux?
Reply -
-
-
100%
Dicax_Maximus1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
OK, I give up.... I may come back when they make this pile of crap work......
Unlikely, as I have very little patience for eeejits...
This "new site" is FUBAR........
I tried, even created a "group", attempted to do things, SOD IT, I've had enough of wasting my time...
I'm off to trustserve.net At least that site works !!!!
Reply
-
-
ranchhandComment removed: Retracted by user10 Replies
-
-
100%
gamahuche1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Oh Shadow! You were really missed! I was afraid it was the itsy bitsy thread that finished you off...
Reply
What a day to come back!
This is a catastrophe!
I'll describe it in another post - its not fair to lay the whole trip on you just because you disappeared!
-
-
-
AlphaGnosisComment removed: Hard Banned2 Replies
-
-
-
100%
hyperbola1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
The "new" propeller represents a massive failure to understand why the majority of propeller users participated in the site. We were NEVER very interested in the "front page", but rather in the active back and forth discussion and comments. One could learn a lot from those debates.
The "new" design massively degrades capability and user friendliness for participation in active commentary.
POOR visual design: too much white space; much more scrolling, clicking and paging (often very slowly) required to see the same information; nested commentary threads where a majority of comments cannot be seen without endless clicking, .....
POOR choice of categories. The most popular ones have disappeared and/or been fragmented into numerous user groups, where the fragmentation is likely to make them become much less active than previously (the stellar example is politics).
ELIMINATION of some of the most useful tools. For example, elimination of "recent comments" from user pages. These were essential for discussions extended over multiple online sessions and a crucial tool (usihg recent comments of friends) for finding where the interesting discussions were happening.
etc, etc.
Propeller will not survive by showcasing 10 "interesting" (or not) front page stories and has just alienated a large part of its active user base by massively crippling the capabilities for back and forth commentary and discussion.
Reply
-
-
FormidableComment removed: Hard Banned6 Replies
-
95%
AntiNeoCon1 year, 3 months ago
-
FormidableComment removed: Hard Banned5 Replies
-
-
-
100%
canadianrancher571 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
I was busy yesterday and wasn't on the internet, but this comes as a real surprise and I have noticed that some of the negative stories have dissappeared. I was trying to read comments and when it prompted me for the next 25 I could not get any more comments. I was on propeller for the exchange of ideas and opinions which meant I liked to read all comments. After trying to navigate my way around this here this morning I have a feeling that someone has shot a hole in the bottom of the boat ,so to speak.
Reply -
-
-
AlphaGnosisComment removed: Hard Banned2 Replies
-
-
-
100%
1basque11 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
The look is so generic. They took away the personality that propeller once had. It is a pain to work your way through trying to find stories that your friends have submitted and any message that you send to a friend is public .
Reply
I hate to complain , but when you make things harder for people to understand they tend to go look for something that is easier for them. -
AlphaGnosisComment removed: Hard Banned3 Replies
-
-
AlphaGnosisComment removed: Hard Banned1 Reply
-
-
100%
canadianrancher571 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Who ever thought up these changes must have never read many of the comments posted by the members of propeller, the comments of we the people . What I noticed from both the right and left was the concern about how we the people felt on issues. In most cases it was through our comments that we tried to arrive a the truth and although sometimes the debates were heated usually sanity prevailed,. right now I feel that our community has been invaded and all my rights are gone.
Reply -
100%
gamahuche1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Well said, CR!
Reply
I just waded through all 34 pages of "new" propeller. Waded - I mean in thigh-boots, through the slop..
There was virtually NOTHING there apart from floating garbage. A LOT of the kind of stories that I never liked seeing on the front page of the REAL propeller - lots of sock-puppet votes, no content - and a lot of absolute total crap. And everyone of these stories had a rating of 9.6 or higher.. Out of what, a million?? Hardly a comment between them after page 6 or so.l
(Meanwhile a few poor friends are trying to continue as "normal" and have posted some good stories..and they barely show through this sludge and filth that surrounds them}.
Maybe a dozen - at MOST - stories that might have been interesting but multiple repetitions and many stories that shouldn't have emanated from any orifice, even a posterior one. And virtually NO comments.. maybe it just wasn't working??
I tried to post to one poor fellow, damnedviper's second attempt today - the first had apparently abused the TOU by criticising "new propeller" and been removed.. and failed to post, despite trying half a dozen times.
This all takes me back to the days when this was first being discussed and after some initial trepidation amongst many members on one thread, there was a second thread when we were promised that indeed an incredible amount of thought and effort and planning were going on and we would undoubtedly be delighted with the results - and that our concerns and opinions were being taken notice of.. It was used as a carrot during the worst technical failure period.. Just wait and see what's in store for you!!
I believed it!
And now we've REALLY been taken for a ride.
Like getting abused by a hohoho Father Christmas!
And the very WORST thing?
As far as I can see we've actually LOST access to OUR friends - the people that we individually chose to have little back-room discussions with or to share some personal part of our lives with. With no warning we can't access them unless we were close enough or careful enough to also get an e-mail address for them..
AAAARRRGGH!-
100%
amazed1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
I am also upset by the loos of access to friends, the duplicate and triplicate posting, absolutely NO improvement in loading times and, what I miss most -- the My Participation Link. I have had discussions that have continued for days as we go back and see if anyone else commented the next day, if they did you answer, and then they answer and so forth.
Oh well, I guess it will make my husband happy -- there's really no reason to bring the laptop to bed, anymore.
Reply -
TLovesTeddyComment removed: Retracted by user
-
100%
Mdiar1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Gama-
The PMing feature still exists as near as I can make out. I was recently communicating with Dandt 1612 in PMs at least. To PM go into the member's profile (the one you wish to PM) and select "Send Message". That SHOULD allow you to PM someone.
Reply
-
-
-
100%
alakazam1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
type your comment hereYeah I noticed the Forum Nazi's were out in full force over the issue.
Apparently all dissent must be crushed.
This IS identical to the NGE fiasco at Sony.
If this kind of censorship is what they have planned I will have no further use for Propeller, AOL nor any of their affiliates.
Reply -
-
-
-
100%
ChrisLang1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
You pay for things in some form or another, in our case yesterday it was our time wasted seeing error messages and being unable to submit articles that we all would have liked to have seen.
Also, any documentation on the bookmarklet? Is it going to work again soon?
Reply -
89%
bonaroo1 year, 3 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
This is my second attempt to make a comment. Yesterday I tried to post and the server was down.
I'm not inclined to complain too much. It's not like I'm paying for it. Adapting to change is a quality I cultivate as much as possible these days.
Reply
More News
Download Squad
Embed a (very) basic Twitter client in Google Chrome with the ChromedBird extension
Zoho rebrands as FakeOffice (not really, but it's catchy, no?)
Digg's homepage will display trending stories for user voting
Get a Firefox 3.7 feature early with Tab Progress Bar
Thumbs down! Firefox users can now "dislike" posts on Facebook
Science Daily
Gene Therapy Technique Slows Brain Disease ALD Featured In Movie 'Lorenzo's Oil'
Oral Contraceptives May Benefit Women With Asthma
Mimicking Nature, Scientists Can Now Extend Redox Potentials
New Class Of Molecules May Help Prevent Fatal Complication In Patients With Kidney Disease
Water-conserving Irrigation Strategies Minimize Overwatering, Runoff
Add a Comment
Sign In With Your Propeller Account
Please keep your comments relevant to this story.
To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.