Profile page redesign: now with a feed! page 5

Originally posted by MyDreamName:

During the update process, are the updates given out randomly or to select people first?

Randomly. The only people purposely put on one half or the other are admins.

I dunno bout yall.
Buuttt, I think this update is amazing!
Woohoo, I Love it!

Will people who’ve been here longer have a greater chance of being on the 50% side that are getting the update process?

This is sad. Why is Kongregate making a crappy merge with Facebook? Can I go back to the way my old profile looks?

God no
please no more
dear god no
stop it

I’m indifferent towards the update, except for the whole following thing.

What the fuck, no. Never mind what I said.
Please don’t do that to out profiles.
Change it back.

The only thing I like is the box in the upper-right that shows the stats.

I was actually really not-so-pleasantly surprised with the excessive positive feedback until now…

Edit: Since it is not mandatory for users not to have these updates, why not have a new special options tab called “Kongregate preferences” for logged-in users, which gives them options to enable and disable certain things, such as this new profile and hover profiles?

Originally posted by MyDreamName:

I was actually really not-so-pleasantly surprised with the excessive positive feedback until now…

Edit: Since it is not mandatory for users not to have these updates, why not have a new special options tab called “Kongregate preferences” for logged-in users, which gives them options to enable and disable certain things, such as this new profile and hover profiles?

This is what Youtube does (though you have to look extensively for the link to do it) and it works great! Kong, you are already using facebook ideas, why not just use that too.

Do Not Like.

Just to test my hover-over profile thingy :P

Not to be a party pooper, but I’m just not liking this update. Something about it feels odd, but eh, I’ll get used to it. The administration team puts a lot of work into Kongregate, and I appreciate all of it, regardless of my personal preferences. Thank you for proving your awesomeness once again, admins <3

YE OLDE EDITE: Textile doesn’t work in the hover profiles.

You know… honestly, I prefer the terms “friends” and “fans” to “following”. “Following” sounds like stalking, “friends” sounds like… you had a reason to add them.

Also, the level and all that just seem to take up way more space than they need to. I get that Kong is a game site… and sure, I don’t use it for games, so I’m biased, but is having such a huge space for things like level and forum posts necessary when they could be smaller perfectly visible links? Adding more space for the about me would make it easier to format and read I think… which seems to have more benefits.

I mean, it probably doesn’t matter, but those are the two things I don’t like about the new system. Overall I think it’s pretty good though.

I don’t have the new profile yet, but the hover profiles work for me.

Where abouts does it work for you?

Agreed with Stiltonchees, “Friending” and “Following” mean two completely different things, they should not be interchangeable.
Unless the meaning of one has changed over the last few years.

Just logged in and… I FUCKING HATE IT, Do Not Want, Rage, etc.

TL;DR

You can’t change kongregate, you’re trying to make it more like facebook. Kongregate is good as it is, we don’t need no goddamn social network to ruin us.

I haven’t formed my opinion yet. So far it sorta feels like making the switch to a different type of underwear. Initially unsettling and uncomfortable, but as time goes on and I start to get used to it, I’m sure it will all be for the better.

The only thing I definitely liked better in the old version is that a developer’s games were shown in chronological order. Now I’ve noticed that they are in order of high to low rating. The reason why I liked the old way better was because people tend to be more inclined to look at the first game listed before the others. This way whenever I released a game, I could let it simmer at the front for as long as I felt necessary before I retired it to the sidelines and replaced it. Now it seems that no matter how proud I am of my newest release, if I happen to catch the wrong crowd at the wrong time when I upload it could be very quickly pushed into the depths of obscurity.

Someone deleted my post so…

Time for F16 to chime in yet again, PG rated.
The new profiles suck. They suck hard.
How could Kongregate fall so far, so fast?
This would not have happened if I was a mod.
No sir, not on my watch.

Originally posted by HappyAlcoholic:

Are the hover profiles currently only available to the select few that the new profile is also available for?
Because it doesn’t work at all for me, regardless of where I try to do it.

Hey Happy, the hover over does not work in Google Chrome. I believe you use Google Chrome?

Also, I like this update. Thanks. ♥

Originally posted by Johanna_T:

Originally posted by HappyAlcoholic:

Are the hover profiles currently only available to the select few that the new profile is also available for?
Because it doesn’t work at all for me, regardless of where I try to do it.

Hey Happy, the hover over does not work in Google Chrome. I believe you use Google Chrome?

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Also, I like this update. Thanks. ♥

I use Google Chrome and it’s working perfectly.

Why kong?? Why did it need to change??? IT WAS PERFECT BEFORE
NOBODY CARES ABOUT HOW MANY BADGES OR COMMENTS OR FAVORITE GAMES SOMEBODY HAS!! I DIDNT EVEN CARE WHAT LEVEL SOMEBODY WAS BUT NOW YOUVE PUT IT IN LIKE FONT SIZE 9001

I don’t care if somebody just favorited a game, I dont want to kept up-to-date with EVERY TINY THING IVE EVER DONE

It’s changing into facebook no o
i dont
i dont wnat it to change
no
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It works with Chrome perfectly.

>Profile feed
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OH GOD PLEASE NO
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Just no.
That is horrible.
Stop making the site worse.