GAG, Don't Go Changing for Nobody!

[Maxemeister]

Okay, maybe change what's necessary.

But what I've been noticing is many users have been requesting so many things of GAG, like change formats, question limits, notifications, etc., etc., etc. People will always complain about the state of GAG whether it's good or not.

Ever since the return of the downvote, really I haven't seen any REAL problems with GAG. To add fancy new features and formats might just ruin the simplicity of GAG, and when somethings is changed too much and revised, the end product is so much different than the good idea we started with.

But don't let me forget...

This is not the only reason I silently oppose complaining users is because some tend to insult the admins and moderators of the site.

I actually love the work that the admins and the mods do to make sure our experience is as good as possible, and I don't think they're appreciated often enough, not even by me. I like the work you do, guys, and I hope you keep at it.

GAG isn't perfect, but I want to keep it as great as possible. So please, respect the site and its admins.

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

I honestly just want
1- to see who has blocked me so I, and pretty much everyone doesn't waste a long winded response to a another user and/or troll. Or having to view questions or interesting takes with kick-ass responses only to find out that you're left out of the party without even knowing it 😱

2- more of a personal request, but to have a better tagging system so that I don't gotta spend an hour looking up a user name. Kinda like how Facebook does it (ironic, I know)

3- a sports and travel section... Ok, that's just my personal request 😝

The only real gripe I have is that the site picks and chooses where it wants to report people. Like, of a question says "black people are annoying". It's fine. But if I say, "you're a racist jackass", my comment gets reported and deleted... And yes, that has happened to me on more than 1 occasion

[Maxemeister]

Lol put it into morse code they'll never know

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

-.-- .--. .-.-
-..- .--. ----
... --.- ..-.

[Maxemeister]

They'll never know

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

😈😈😈😈... I also got another language in my pocket. But I do like publicly shaming people on here for having stupid comments

[Maxemeister]

Can u share the language lol

[Luci92]

I agree, there's a lot of cool things going on here, and we don't want to lose GaG's individuality. There's a lot of hard work going on behind the scenes too.
One thing I'd like to see though is a user search or something, my friend just joined and it is impossible to find her profile!
And more settings for what people can see on your profile would be good. For example, I'm cool with anyone seeing my bio and all my details on my profile page, but I'd prefer it if only my followers could see a list of my takes, questions and opinions. This isn't a big deal though.
And, (sorry I'm getting annoying now) I think mods NEED to be able to see private opinions due to pedobears and inappropriate comments and stuff.
But these are just little things :)

[Maxemeister]

Yeah that's one of the things, a user search

Honestly if we have a pedo watch, so many problems = solved

[Luci92]

Yes, exactly!!
Did you just turn 16? If so, happy birthday! :)

[Maxemeister]

Wait what

what

I'M 15

NUUUUUU

[Luci92]

It says 16 on ya profile :P
is your birthday wrong on your account?

[Maxemeister]

Apparently 0_0

[Anonymous]

Agreed, there also seems to be a big censor movement going on. Everything from slurs to his and hers to healthy and unhealthy (seriously!).

As for the Admins and Mods, some are good, some aren't. Some have a propensity for removing anything they disagree with personally. Sometimes their pets starts an argument and only the other side is deleted, and yes they do have pets.

[Library]

I could write a whole essay about what changes GAG needs to make.

[Maxemeister]

And if we did everything on this list of yours it might make changes most users aren't happy with and might deplete the quality of the site

[Stacyzee]

I clicked this hoping it would be about South park... dRats!

[Maxemeister]

Lmao well I thought of the phrase "RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE" and it sorta just happened from there

[Mesonfielde]

I'm glad the downvotes are back, we are all now back on track :)

[Maxemeister]

A path to greatness

[Jager66]

My only gripe with the site is it's Feminist Bias, would be really nice if it was neutral instead.

[Maxemeister]

Where's the bias? Not disagreeing but just looking for something to point out in future debates lol

[Jager66]

You can only donate xper points to a DV charity that support Female victims of DV. The removal of the down vote is very much a Feminist/SJW mode of operation, most the editors have a PC slant in their thinking and now days PC = Feminism. Featured content is always neutral or pro Feminist in some way.

It's not a huge slant like say Twitter or Facebook, but it could be better.

[Maxemeister]

True. It should go both ways

[Mesonfielde]

Wasn't the option to donate to RAVEN been removed like a year ago?

[Jager66]

@Mesonfielde I dunno maybe, I haven't looked in a long time.

[YourFutureEx]

Follow feature for posts is still missing tho :/

[Maxemeister]

Ehh not perfect!

[ThisDudeHere]

There is always something to be improved.

[Maxemeister]

But the thing is that's how the internet works, there's always something to fix, hunger never being satiated.

[ThisDudeHere]

Exactly. So why fight against it?

[Maxemeister]

Because at some point this site will become something that is entirely different from the originally designed product?

[ThisDudeHere]

But what if it ends up superior to the original? Are you saying transport manufacturers should stop improving their products/ shouldn't have ever improved them at all? You'd want to fly around in a place from the 1930's?

This site evolves as they adapt to new ideas and concepts - I do not see anything wrong with that.

[Maxemeister]

And what if the original idea–a simple, small community-based advice site, was better than what it turns into?

[ThisDudeHere]

*plane
And what would it turn in to? It's always better to improve and assume it can be better, than to assume that the improvement will always end up worse and thus leave it stagnant. Again, would it be fine if plane manufacturers just assumed that you can't get any better from the original concept and thus not improve upon it?

[Maxemeister]

If they adhere too much to what the people demand, there is no stability. Sometimes the people don't know what's good for them

[ThisDudeHere]

You sound like a dictator. How else to know what should be brought in to a social site that is based on interraction between people if not from the people themselves?

[Maxemeister]

Alright, let's use the example of government. How well do you think full on democracy would work in a society?

[ThisDudeHere]

It would't and that's why we don't even have one here. Some gagers, mainly the admins, are more equal than the rest of us. They make the decisions around here, not us. If we had a full on democracy then everyone would be dictating policy.
So gag is pretty much a republic - you have the ruling elite that at least listens to the rest, but still makes their own choices.

[This_is_my_username]

dude speaks the truth.

[Fathoms77]

Thank you!

[Maxemeister]

👍👍 keep up the good work! 👍👍

[JohnMike999]

I agree. 👍

[Colton5]

Good speech!

[Anonymous]

I agree, good take.