Changes To ActiveRain. Who Knew? Not Me
Yesterday I logged in to ActiveRain. I visited one of my favorite bloggers,
Lenn Harley. That was when I "discovered" that AR had made some changes. Lenn re-posted a blog by Andrea Swiedler entitled "I managed to keep my secret under wraps..." She was lamenting the loss of Spell Check on the
blogging tool. While on Lenn's post I also realized that we had lost our points for logging
on.
A Really Big Deal
Now, this is really a big deal. I have grown accustomed to getting those
points. In fact, they have me hooked. I must log on EVERY DAY so as not to
lose position to someone else who does log on every day. I remember when we didn't get points for logging on. Some people only
showed up once in a blue moon. I think the idea to give points for showing
up was a good one. After all, a great part of success is merely showing up. So now what? Is ActiveRain going to
continue to make these stealth changes or are they going to let us know. I checked out the official AR blog and
Kerrie's blog, and Bob Stewart's blog. I couldn't find anything about these
changes. Maybe they don't know either. What do you think? And while we are on the subject of unwelcome changes,
what about the new
profiles? I don't particularly like them. I don't find them easy to navigate. How
do I find blog posts by the person from their profile. It used to be easy. If somebody "visits" my profile, I want them
to be able to read my posts. I
don't want to discourage them. Oh well. Change happens. I'm old enough to know that you can't stop
progress. But I ask you, is all change necessarily "progress?"
Just Ask
I have a suggestion for whoever is in charge of making changes to this platform, ask us first. I realize that it is your business, but you wouldn't have any business withoout us. We should count.
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