New GAG Community Updates For October 2022

[GirlsAskGuys]

Hello GAG Community!!!!

We are making the first of a few changes to tidy some things up with the layout of GAG on both mobile and desktop.

New Changes for Mobile Devices:

You will now be able to see the "Post Opinion" and "Ask Question Boxes" at the top of your screen on mobile. When you click on "post opinion", it will scroll to the opinion box and after clicking the ask question box, you will be redirected to the ask question page.

New Changes for Desktop Devices:

You will notice a "Post Opinion Box" near the top of your screen. If you click on it, it will take you to the "Opinion Box," down below.

We will continue making updates down the road to help improve your experience on site and updating you in GAG Community when we do. For now, please let us know down below in the comments, what you think. Your feedback is appreciated.

[meetkitty123]

OMG THIS IS WRETCHED I'M ABOUT TO VOMIT 🤮

AT first I thought something was wrong with my eyes.

THIS WEBSITE IS LITERALLY MAKING ME SICK LIKE ACTUALLY SICK IT'S GIVING ME A MIGRAINE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK YOU GUYS DID TO IT BUT YOU SHRUNK EVERYTHING THE PRINT IS SO EFFING SMALL AND YOU UNALIGNED IT. ITS CRAZY TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE PRINT!

I hate how everything is box in grey and then our replies are moved to the side so when I'M scrolling up and down it's literally giving ME MOTION SICKNESS. The fact that it's tabbed over and not lined up just makes everything feel like I'm on a boat it's playing tricks with the eyes it's like swirling back and forth.

At first I wasn't bothered but after 4 to 5 mins I began to feel this terrible ache in my left eye and it's moved down to my cheekbone as I've scrolled up and down reading the comments and now the way THE wording is positioned its actually is giving me one hell of a headache.

I don't understand. I don't get it if it wasn't broken why change it?

give us the option to use the old method. Or for bigger print or an even left alignment.

Honestly it was tolerable for about 4 minutes but it really isn't anymore.

I guess the "follow" thing is useful but even that is confusing as it should read Following not Follow... Since follow actually implies we are not "following" while adding the "ing" seems grammatically correct.

Look all this site really needed was the ability for us to edit our grammatical errors in our questions or my takes (opinions too) and we would benefit with the ability to add pictures to our replies. other than that the site was GREAT 👍.

It Would be cool if we could "not like" a question 👎or if we could have a "sorry" or "Sad" 😔 react to a persons comments... but thats minor.

Sorry These cosmetic changes to the website weren't needed. As I said there were other things that we actually do need. oh and when rhe changed causes such a headache literally a REAL MIGRAINE the

Bottom line the new changes are actually nauseating. Literally giving me motion sickness.

PRINT TOO TOO SMALL

GRAY BOXED AREAS COMBINED WITH

UNALIGNED paragraphs cause too much eye motion changes. (Though I have a feeling the gray box area might have been helpful if the alignment was all on one side)

Hey Im sorry at first (the 1st 4 mins) I really didn't mind the changes but crazy small print with unaligned gray boxes causing odd eye jumping movements as I scroll along the page leading to nausea a migraine and motion sickness doesn't seem like a very good change.

[meetkitty123]

@GirlsAskGuys
Please take note of how physically sicking these changes are. Other people are reporting the same thing. The SMALL print and the layout is not easy on the eyes. Its actually causing physical pain! Give us an option to revert to the older website in our settings.

[Fuentes]

Yes it hurts my eyes lol I thought it was just me

[meetkitty123]

@girsaskguys
And why is the @ option now gone? Why do we now have to type the entire name out?
👎🤦

[AmandaYVR]

What's Worse:

Overall you've made the page look bland, with too much white, and nothing but purple accents. Was better before.

The "What's your opinion" box is too small now.

Remove the "Post Opinion" button in the upper right. It makes more sense having "What's your opinion" once, directly under the question.

The "106 opinions shared on Sexuality topic" is too transparent. It should be removed.

The "Influencer" badge is too prominent in purple now.

We can no longer see who Liked the question/topic. Bring back the transparency. It makes zero sense to show one name, the latest, but not all the others.

What's Improved:

No forced hard returns between paragraphs. This is good you reverted to the way it was.

Giving header options in comments is a good idea. I've been wondering if that should exist.

Grey bkgd behind comments. It sets them off well aesthetically.

You finally put a word count in comments! Hooray.

What You Should Add:

The ability to post pictures in a comment at any time, not just with one's first comment.

Dark Mode.

Ability to block anon askers.

Unhide the Reactions. They're slow and finicky to access. Was better before.

[PrettyPriya]

Hi Amanda! You can block anon askers. As long as you have opined on the question (unless that just changed) you can click the 3 dots and select block from the overflow, even if asker is anon.

If you go to the settings and "blocks" there are users and then anonymous users list. You don't get to see who is in the anon and have to release them all if you want to remove someone.

[AmandaYVR]

@PrettyPriya I know that. I'm talking about being able to block a question asker, based not on their interaction with us, but with others, or their question asked.

[PrettyPriya]

Ah, got it.

[rachel776]

You can get Dark Mode with the Dark Reader extension for Edge, Firefox and Chrome.

[GirlsAskGuys]

Thanks for the feedback. You should be able to see who liked a question by clicking on the text there. Let us know if it doesn't work for you.

[AmandaYVR]

Yeah that's my point - we cannot see who liked a q by clicking the text there. It's lost that functionality.

And P. S. It's also lost the ability to tag a user in the comment section here. Now typing "@" brings up nothing, no user names.

[AmandaYVR]

Also, I would reaaaally like it if you guys could enable us users to re-notify ourselves, so that when we read a notification in our Inbox, we could re-notify it as new. This creates a lot of problems for me, managing time, because I quite often read a notification on my phone but don't write back then. I generally type only through the desktop version of the site, when I have my full keyboard. But it's difficult to remember to get back to some people, responding later. Having this feature would facilitate relationships so people don't feel forgotten or ignored.
Some other programs such as email have this feature and it's very handy and helpful.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

Its amazing! It looks even cleaner than before. Rounded cuts on the boxes are suitable for some elements only. Less cluttered to the eyes.

You also increased the defualt size of the opinion text box. It was much needed as in mobile the text box size is very difficult to modify. And right now, as I am typing this, the text does not get absorbed in the scroll bar in the text box! Thank you for that! Its really helpful!

Also, somewhat matt finish is noticable as you have removed specific borders from some of the elements. This change is amazing.

The sorting mechanism is also really good. I don't remember if it was there earlier, but right now, its really good.

Straight up words instead of symbols for follow, and reaction are less confusing now. For a new member, they might be confusing, but not for the seasoned members even earlier.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

Umm guys, if I can suggest one more thing?

Can you add 'Show more' and 'Show less' buttons for the description of the questions, polls or myTakes? Just like we see on the YouTube video's description?

There are many times, that people know the question and the description too. And I know that the internal linking also works really well. But that is only when the user does not interrupt the process for the website to automatically redirect to the highlighted comment.

If the user, even accidentally, taps the screen, or something happens, the internal linking does not work, because it takes a bit of time to finish processing. In such cases, the user needs to scroll through the whole description area. That is just very very mildly annoying, I believe.

Hence, I believe that the above-mentioned buttons can be a good addition to the website.

[meetkitty123]

I honestly would do anything if I could physically agree with you. I envy your perspective. I wish I could focus on some of the things you mentioned except the off tab to the right on replies causing a left right left right eye motion id actually find rather unappealing to my stomach. Its actually much like motion sickness. The small print doesn't help either. I'd probably do better with it had they kept the large print and gave us the option to keep everything aligned left. Or heck the option to opt out of the changes would have been best.

[MCheetah]

Imma be honest. You guys absolutely F*CKED UP this site for Desktop users! You have no idea how horrible and cluttered you made the site now. It's so much worse than it was before! You made the site damn near UNUSUABLE for computer/desktop users, all to appeal to mobile users. This layout is HORRENDOUSLY bad! So bad, I have to edit the actual code on my browser, to make the site somewhat usable again, as well as zooming in all the way to 130% view, just to SEE anything!

I'm not using hyperbole when I say this is the worst redesign you guys have ever done. 0/10.

[GirlsAskGuys]

Do you have any suggestions for improvement?

[MCheetah]

Yes. Give us the OPTION to use the old version of the site, or switch to the new one, instead of forcing the new one onto people where everything is in tiny narrow columns and you can't even find the opinion box anymore without having to use the "Your Opinion" button. If you give people OPTIONS, they'll be more receptive to it, rather than forcing it onto people. You can then also test which version people prefer, and if a strong side prefers one over the other, you can ditch the less popular version.

As much as I hate Reddit, they at least have old. reddit. com, as well as the "new mobile-friendly" version of the site (that no one likes and lacks customization to it). You guys are infinitely better than Reddit, so if they can offer choices in their layout, then so can you.

[meetkitty123]

This thing is horrible what did you guys do why did you box everything in Gray and then tab over the replies I hate the app with a passion I cannot use it I always use the desktop but this is actually causing some sort of motion sickness because our eyes now have to jump back and forth over the screen. And just reading this post alone I have developed a major migraine and as I scroll up or down I feel nausea from my eyes trying to focus on everything being left right left right instead of all lined up. @mcheetah is right. We need the option to switch to the older version.

[musicbrain5]

I just noticed this, currently exploring it. So far it looks okay.

[PrettyPriya]

Unlike some other users, I very much like the new layout and format. I think it looks cleaner, at least to my eyes it does. It will take some getting used to how things are placed slightly different. I have habits and they are hard to break. One thing is the placement of the "Live Feed" on the Feed dropdown. I am so used to where it was. It is really a non issue. Just a little retraining is all.

I like how things are a lot bolder and more clean. Again, my opinion that they appear more tidy. I LOVE the way you can now filter opinions by gender to get to them quicker. Overall, I just think it is a more sleek design.

It will take some getting used to for sure, but I don't see any issues with it. One other thing I noticed that I very much like is how the opinion, once posted, appears in grey kind of offsetting it from the normal plain white background.

I also like how it says I am following a person (if I am) bold next to their name. The BIGGEST thing that I like is how it says how many opinions a user has given in the topic they are posting on. That is absolutely the coolest update in my opinion. I know that it shows when you are logged out, but that is a really neat thing to see now.

[PrettyPriya]

Oh, I hate my influencer badge now. Purple blob. Can you do something about the drab looking mod badges at any point? Just use the ones that are on the FAQs would be good.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

People get spooked by any moderator or admin. And the earlier badges highlight that part of you guys even more. The present symbols are more subtle in nature. They don't stand out. At least not as much as earlier ones did.

People will be more honest.

No matter in what way I think, I just think of the Google ads section on the top. That stood out very much earlier, then slowly the ads is just a small tab-like section on the side of the given advertised link. It is really difficult to differentiate between a sponsored site and a normally given search for the same site. People click on the sponsored site more, for sure.

But in the end, both are good.

[PrettyPriya]

@The_Shadow_Dweller No reason though for a user to be spooked by admin or mods, unless they are up to no good.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

That is something even I don't know. How people just change behavior when someone of a superior position is present there. People change their behavior when they know they are being watched.

But, I don't know.

[SecretsofKB]

I totally agree. This looks much better than the previous format.

[bingbongbangbung]

Unless the admins and mods of the site are corrupt and egotistical aka Reddit

[exitseven]

@PrettyPriya I am too old to learn all this new stuff.

[Hypermotard1916]

Why i am following you by default, I had to unfollow you manually, this is cheating...

[coachTanthony]

The layout is fine. Just have to get used to it like everything else. Two annoying things that I deal with are not knowing whether the photo on your post will fully show or just simply show half and you then need to choose what part of the photo others will see. It would be great to see that before hitting submit so we can then change the photo to something else that we don't need to adjust. Some photos fit great some don't fit at all but the problem is we don't know until it's too late after we hit submit.

Editing comments. We should at least have one chance to edit our comment within a certain time frame then it goes away. Most times it's caught right after we hit submit. Be good if we could fix that right away.

[nightdrot]

When I left this morning the old format was still working. I get home his afternoon and what I find - I use a desktop - is all but unrecognizable.

Sorry, but this is almost unusable. What you had was not broken but you fixed it anyhow and now all you have is a mess. Hard on the eye and difficult to follow individual opinions and exchanges, what I most loved about this site - its' simplicity of format - is now gone.

Please revert back to the old version. This is, I am sorry to say and with no offense intended, but in brutal honesty the new desktop format is gruesome. No other word fits so aptly.

[meetkitty123]

Honestly this is so unbearable for me it's giving me a headache it's making me nauseous is giving me motion sickness I just want the option to revert back they don't have to do it for everyone just put it in our settings and give us the option to have a larger print in our aligned set up back cuz this whole left and right and left and right on alignment setup is making me so sick

[nightdrot]

@meetkitty123 Thanks for the thumbs up and believe me, I sympathize. I like this site and I hold a generally favorable view of those who run it. However, in this case, they seemed to have had more time on their hands then is good for them.

Just in terms of the format, this site just got a whole lot harder to follow.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I like the color scheme better, the boxes are going to take some getting used to for me, it seems like a step in the right direction but it still feels unrefined.

I really miss having the country a person is from next to their name, it made it easier to have a conversation with someone who might use a different vanacular/ dialect. Or sometimes it provides important context in a conversation like a question about politics or cultural values.

Personally, I would try to make certain things slimmer. Like the bar where the "sort" drop-down is. It feels awkward to have it take up so much space so inefficiently.

I like the progress though.

[ElvenMr]

This is for the Desktop looks. It hurts my eyes, doesn't look clean atm. It looks like floating text bubbles with some names in between them.

Comments are hard to distinguish from each other. Who wrote what etc.
Don't like how the add opinion works now, it's just a white bar with no text on it, that i have to first click on to see the text input box.

The pink and blue horizontal bar was a nice feature in the comment section, that is now missing. With that it was easy to tell where the guys/girls opinions starts. The comment sorting feature is nice, but... the mentioned bar would be way nicer.

"Anonymous", "No Replies" text on the buttons in the text input box looks a bit small.

[meetkitty123]

I just literally said the same thing it's hurting the fuck out of my eyes what the hell I can't even use this thing without feeling nauseous now they need to do something and fast because this is crap we need the option to go back to the original way they don't have to change everything just give us the option in our settings to have the original look the print is way too small it's making me so sick to my stomach

[ElvenMr]

@meetkitty123 Yea, it is really not good for the eyes currently. It's not about getting used to it, cause i don't think that's possible lol

[meetkitty123]

@GirlsAskGuys
@ElvenMr is correct this is not a matter of getting use to change. This is a matter of change causing physical harm. Just to use this I have had to close my eyes every time I scroll with my thumb. Then with my eyes still closed I randomly stop the scrolling by placing my thumb back on the screen. Its guess and hoping I land where I want to be. Scrolling with my eyes open has me fighting waves of nausea. The print is too small and the odd unalignment is torturous.

[Kaneki05]

To put it simply everything is worse now. Now my screen just has boxes everywhere lol. Every's one's opinions look like long responses now until you realise that's just the way it's laid out which isn't a good thing for anyone who appreciates long responses and goes to look at them first.

[meetkitty123]

I 100% agree with you this is a nauseating setup

[TrueConfection]

I agree with just about all of what @AmandaYVR said (although I wouldn't use dark mode and I don't care about the word count).

I'm not a fan of the grey background, but I can live with it. I don't like the purple banner following me when I'm scrolling. If I want to leave an opinion, I know where to do that (although that box is now tiny).

[Anonymous]

"We will continue making updates down the road to help improve your experience on site and updating you in GAG Community when we do."

No, you won't. You'll continue to make changes, but they won't improve the experience of users. Like this one, virtually every change you've made in recent years has only forced everyone to get used to a new paradigm, and once we finally get used to it, our experience is no better than it was before the change, in fact it's usually worse.

These changes have nothing to do with improving our experience, and everything to do with you improving your bottom line.

[Summeroflove]

Cool. I support to raise the question limit that was it also prevents you having to use My Takes for questions for more curious people or at least when you reach higher levels. I understand people at lower levels many people are trolls but it also will make people have to create more accounts.

Thanks! @gagTake

[D_Bone_Steak]

I just really want to post pictures more than just the first response.

[es20490446e]

I do user experience for a living.

The spacing between messages is too wide.

I would remove any info between the user name, and the message.

Info about experience, quantity of messages shared, and level really mean nothing to the user. Maybe age does.

[Cynicaldreamer]

Has these changes taken affect yet, or are they coming?

I'm using the mobile app and I don't see that yet.
If it makes any difference, I'm using an android, and yes, running the latest version of the app.

[GirlsAskGuys]

We are currently still working on that one, but coming soon!

[Guanfei]

It's active on desktop.

[Cynicaldreamer]

Thank you for the reply 😊
No rush at all

[Valso]

I like the new design changes! It's a nice refresh on the whole look + the new "Post opinion" button makes things a lot easier than before.
I also like that you have finally made the site not to display posts from users you have blocked.

[MysteriousDarkness]

The new layout is ridiculous and hard on the eyes. This looks somewhat like it use to if you weren't signed in. I doubt most people care about how many options others gave on any topic. Before opinions with or without replies were easily seen to be separated and doesn't seem to be now. What made anyone think the wayit is now would be better?

[menina]

I didn't login yesterday, so I just noticed the changes today. It will take me time to get used to this new layout, but it seems good to me. It's more colorful and it seems organized. I'm curious to see what comes next. :)

[Amy10223]

I like it. It looked a bit confusing at first, for example--I dont know the purpose for the window below for "No replies". The font is smaller and much more material fits on the page, so that's a plus.

[TadCurious]

Please consider making the Live Feed available on the mobile app. It used to be available on the app. The Live Feed is how I prefer to surf GAG.

[msmissydc]

Yes this is a valid and good recomended post... /s

WTF its over1,5 years old and not relevant aftet the new update. Why is it recomended to me?

[Kayla45]

Not a fan of these changes, try actually implementing changes the community has been asking for years now. Edit comments, not show "user blocked" comments at all if someone blocks you, etc