To counteract the self-congratulatory tone of the article a little bit, here are some low points, in my observation:
The site is often unbearably slow and occasionally times out. I suppose this is a side effect of its popularity combined with a shoe-string budget.
The site upgrades are basically useless for me. Specifically, the front page needlessly duplicates the only useful link on it (discussion/new) and does not have the other useful ones (comments and recentposts) except on the sidebar. I played with the “Best” sorting and ended up reverting to “New”. I played with the “show parents” setting, but it ends up cluttered with duplicate comments, so I had to turn that off, too. Maybe others find these setting more useful.
The anti-troll measure often hides controversial but clearly non-trolling comments from respected regulars (the proposal to exempt those with a respectable 30-day karma from being labeled as trolls was declined by EY).
I’m also wondering if maybe it would be a good idea to have top-10 all time/last year/last month posts and comments featured on the front page.
The site is often unbearably slow and occasionally times out. I suppose this is a side effect of its popularity combined with a shoe-string budget.
I don’t think I’ve ever noticed that. Maybe it’s slower when lots of people use it at once, and I live in a time zone different from that of most LWers.
To counteract the self-congratulatory tone of the article a little bit, here are some low points, in my observation:
The site is often unbearably slow and occasionally times out. I suppose this is a side effect of its popularity combined with a shoe-string budget.
The site upgrades are basically useless for me. Specifically, the front page needlessly duplicates the only useful link on it (discussion/new) and does not have the other useful ones (comments and recentposts) except on the sidebar. I played with the “Best” sorting and ended up reverting to “New”. I played with the “show parents” setting, but it ends up cluttered with duplicate comments, so I had to turn that off, too. Maybe others find these setting more useful.
The anti-troll measure often hides controversial but clearly non-trolling comments from respected regulars (the proposal to exempt those with a respectable 30-day karma from being labeled as trolls was declined by EY).
I’m also wondering if maybe it would be a good idea to have top-10 all time/last year/last month posts and comments featured on the front page.
I don’t think I’ve ever noticed that. Maybe it’s slower when lots of people use it at once, and I live in a time zone different from that of most LWers.