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Re: Full Profile Pages

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 05:45:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/12/2013 09:45

albummaster wrote:

The next update should be released before the end of August & it will contain far more changes than normal.

This excites me. Great work!

Re: Full Profile Pages

albummaster — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 05:30:05 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 07/12/2013 09:30

JMan, we could add an 'about' box or something to your profile where you could write a short bio or whatever you want. I think there's already enough fields to capture your interests etc and I'd like to keep the site focused on music. I'm not entirely convinced about shout boxes as they might end up being another area of the site that needs to be monitored because of the potential for abuse. I quite like The Poe's idea of a blog or journal, but I wish I had ten pairs of hands to do all of the work!

19loveless91 is right that the main issue with running BEA is having enough time to do everything that everybody has suggested. The things that tend to be done the quickest on BEA are issues that directly relate to the operation of the main site, which usually means fixing bugs, making performance/scalability improvements, improving the admin aspects of the site, and enhancing the functionality that relate to the charts (the forums represent only about 5% of the whole site in terms of code but tend to be the area that people are focused on because that is where we mainly interact).

Pretty much everything suggested on the forum is given proper consideration. Some ideas die in the thread after they've been debated, others evolve into something else, but pretty much every valid idea is captured on a 'list' for implementation at a later date, and every idea then gets re-prioritised when each new release is planned.

I felt that I wasn't accomplishing enough in a monthly release cycle to justify all of the testing that needs to happen to get each release out of the door (the test cycle has been getting longer and longer as the site has grown which was severely limiting the amount of time that I could spend on development). The next update should be released before the end of August & it will contain far more changes than normal.

Re: Full Profile Pages

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:54:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/11/2013 23:54

I was not trying to come up with any kind of popularity contest, I just thought the profile pages could look a little less... gray. I'd like to add some color to mine, figuratively and literally.

Re: Full Profile Pages

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:19:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/11/2013 19:19

I also don't see why we should hold back on ideas either. If AlbumMaster finds the idea agreeable, AM will add it to the "list" anyway, and deal with it whenever AM feels like it. I don't think there should be a rush just because the idea has been presented, and AM proves to bring a steady level of improvement to the website so I'm also not worried about AM ever getting to it.

Basically, I think it's a decent idea worth exploring, let's not worry about albummaster. AM could add it in 3 years as far as I'm concerned.

Re: Full Profile Pages

mickilennial — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:11:45 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/11/2013 19:11

I never imagined it as a pressing issue, to be fair. 😜

Re: Full Profile Pages

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:05:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/11/2013 19:05

I don't think it's a pressing issue either.

Re: Full Profile Pages

mickilennial — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:03:17 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/11/2013 19:03

19loveless91 wrote:

@Gowi
First off, you have to realize this site is pretty much a one-man job. So with all the things already planned, people are always gonna be hesitant to add more work-load on top of that. I guess the question here is, will this really mean added value to the site? I mean, outside of forums users still either chat on each other's charts or they take it to the PMs. Is a shoutbox really gonna add that much to what's already in place?

Personally I could agree on the option to expand your profile a bit, maybe add some more space where you could write whatever you want about yourself that you can't right now. But I wouldn't introduce an entirely new feature.

A pretty damn excellent website for a one-man job. I would say holy shit if I felt it represented my surprise correctly.

As for PM vs Shoutbox point you made: I don't know if I'm in the majority or the minority on RYM or last.fm for this but... I don't use PMs unless I have to. However I have posted a shit ton on shoutboxes and at least personally add a bit of wealth to the experience. Also, I do believe "chatting on charts" back and forth does seem to throw the stream of consciousness of the chart discussion off the track.

But yeah, you're probably right; it's work the admin shouldn't need to do.

Re: Full Profile Pages

19loveless91 — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:58:42 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 07/11/2013 18:58

@Gowi
First off, you have to realize this site is pretty much a one-man job. So with all the things already planned, people are always gonna be hesitant to add more work-load on top of that. I guess the question here is, will this really mean added value to the site? I mean, outside of forums users still either chat on each other's charts or they take it to the PMs. Is a shoutbox really gonna add that much to what's already in place?

Personally I could agree on the option to expand your profile a bit, maybe add some more space where you could write whatever you want about yourself that you can't right now. But I wouldn't introduce an entirely new feature.

Re: Full Profile Pages

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:54:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/11/2013 18:54

How about have it as an option, like how one can privatize their chart.

What I like about it is that one can use it to write about what's currently going on for them musically (or in life if they wish). Like, what are their latest discoveries? Sort of like a blog in a sense. ...if I'm understanding this right. If I'm not, then what I'm saying is basically having your profile page be a place to make your own personal thread (or maybe multiple threads?).

So yea, different from chart page, and it can still be relevant to music.

Re: Full Profile Pages

mickilennial — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:48:08 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/11/2013 16:48

All I'm saying is a little more social connectivity (the forums are rather inactive at certain parts of the day) for activity could boost the sites traffic a lot. I know I've stuck around on Rateyourmusic as long as I have because of the social interaction through shoutboxes even if I joined the site for musical reasons. It adds a lot to the longevity of a site which can ultimately keep it running.

Re: Full Profile Pages

EyeKanFly — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:45:43 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 07/11/2013 16:45

Gowienczyk wrote:

Quote:

And this, there's already a BEA facebook page

A community, website, and group page for facebook so three. I also remind folks that the community page doesn't get a lot of traffic and the group is closed for new members to join. So why are you expecting or assuming the connectivity is accessible? :?:

I've never been to the BEA facebook page (don't use facebook much/would kinda prefer to be anonymous), so that's why I assumed it was "open for business". I suppose I wrongly assumed, so my bad.

EDIT: and now quote threads are automatic? Cool. Thanks albummaster (assuming that was you)

Re: Full Profile Pages

mickilennial — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:41:01 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/11/2013 16:41

Quote:

And this, there's already a BEA facebook page

Re: Full Profile Pages

EyeKanFly — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:32:44 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 07/11/2013 16:32

Romanelli wrote:

I'm really very much against this. BEA should be about albums, not about us. I think the last thing we need is more ways to make this a popularity contest.

I believe the forums are enough. And our charts basically ARE our profile pages already. Between the two...what else is really important to know about people here that you can't find out by simply asking?

I can see people battling for friends by leaving 5 star chart ratings everywhere. I can see people viewing user profiles as more important than charts.

No thanks.

Completely agree with this.

Patman360 wrote:

If you want to add other users as friends just go creeping on Facebook until you find them. :P

And this, there's already a BEA facebook page

Re: Full Profile Pages

Jasonconfused — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:29:16 GMT

Author: Jasonconfused

Posted: 07/11/2013 16:29

I'm against it.

Re: Full Profile Pages

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:46:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/11/2013 15:46

I agree with Romanelli, my first post was sarcasm if you couldn't tell. XD

Re: Full Profile Pages

Patman360 — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:27:50 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 07/11/2013 14:27

Romanelli wrote:

I believe the forums are enough. And our charts basically ARE our profile pages already. Between the two...what else is really important to know about people here that you can't find out by simply asking?

Yeah, I'm with this.

If you want to add other users as friends just go creeping on Facebook until you find them. 😜

Re: Full Profile Pages

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:02:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/11/2013 14:02

Yeah definitely against this. Albumaster is always doing so much work on the site and I would prefer if it was related to musical/album content. If you want friends list and status and such there are literally hundreds of websites that cater to that.

Re: Full Profile Pages

mickilennial — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:53:59 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/11/2013 13:53

How does integrating more social networking options in a website make it more "circlejerk" "clique" "popularity contest"? It isn't a circlejerk on film pages on RYM where they have a discussion quickbox and every user has a similar quickbox for public quick messages.

😕

Re: Full Profile Pages

meccalecca — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:50:17 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 07/11/2013 13:50

Romanelli wrote:

agreed.

Re: Full Profile Pages

Romanelli — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:20:43 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 07/11/2013 13:20

I'm really very much against this. BEA should be about albums, not about us. I think the last thing we need is more ways to make this a popularity contest.

I believe the forums are enough. And our charts basically ARE our profile pages already. Between the two...what else is really important to know about people here that you can't find out by simply asking?

I can see people battling for friends by leaving 5 star chart ratings everywhere. I can see people viewing user profiles as more important than charts.

No thanks.