My brain can't see a good reason.
My brain can't see a good reason.
Active Blogs/Newest Blogs grouped have been that way for over a week or two. If they fall in the same category they will be there more than once.
Thanks for reporting. I'm not sure why it is an identical list, It wasn't that way until recently(see: Difference between Newest Blogs and Recently Active Blogs? ). It shouldn't be. The "Newest Blogs" should be a list based on when the blog was posted. The "Recently Active Blogs" should be ones that recently have comments independent of when they were posted. So when someone comments on any blog old or new, it should bubbled back to the top. The Recently Active Blogs was added because of the issue with the "Newest Blogs" widget being blank on occasion while they figure out what is happening. (the "recent blogs" window is empty again and The recent blogs window has gone empty again as of last night. )
Dale, be sure to ask things like this in Community Help so it get's my attention and since it's related to the site and not quitting. That way I get notified. I've moved it. Thanks elvan and Giulia for mentioning me to bring to my attention.
Mark
EX Community Manager
I just took a screenshot. NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
Between 2 sets of the same posts and a column full of games the home page is confusing at best.
Couldn't you put the games up in one of the 5 hot buttons at the top of the page to clear the right column for actual discussions and make the two identical columns one so we see 10 different posts instead of the same 5 all day long?
The "Newest Blogs" widget will only change when someone creates a new blog. Then MarilynH' s D.E.B.S. blog will move down, like this. Something is happening with the "Recently Active Blogs" widget where it isn't re-ordering when someone comments on any blog and putting the blog with most recent activity at the top of the list, like this. The Recent Active Blogs widget is just a temporary fix until the Newest Blogs widget is fixed so it isn't going blank on occasion.
Unfortunately there is no way to exclude only the Games posts in the right column widget at this time. I'll see what other options we have to focus on posts from Conversations and other Non-Games groups.
Thanks for your feedback.
Mark
EX Community Manager
It wasn't two columns of the same identical posts until two weeks ago. Someone made the change and it wasn't me.
10 different posts would seem preferable to two sets of the same thing.
There are two different issues going on.
As the admin, I made the change and am doing the best under the current circumstances. The "Newest Blog" widget can only have 5 blog posts or else it will fail more frequently. The "Recent Active Blogs" was added as a temporary fix because of your frequent reports that the "Newest Blogs" widget was blank. Hopefully the "Recent Active Blogs" will be fixed and will be re-ordering as people comment. I'm submitting a ticket to have it looked at to hopefully not having it showing the exact same thing. It broke recently as it had been working for sure on 2/27/19 and probably after that. I didn't notice it being the same thing yesterday. I look at the homepage fairly frequently so I would have noticed. The "Newest Blogs" widget is working as expected.
Mark
EX Community Manager
JonesCarpeDiem They're not related , two separate issues. The blank widget issue is happening after a bug in the update that happened in late January and the Recent Active Blogs widget was put up as a workaround until the Newest Blogs widget is fixed. Now Recent Active Blogs widget is also having a different issue that is yet unknown at this point.
Mark
EX Community Manager
Dale, be sure to ask things like this in Community Help so it get's my attention and since it's related to the site and not quitting. That way I get notified. I've moved it. Thanks elvan and Giulia for mentioning me to bring to my attention.
Mark
EX Community Manager
Well you can click on "Read the Latest Updates" on the homepage and see everything - Be sure to click on "All Content" on the left near the top. You can sort by different ways - newest created or latest updated - other options too. You won't miss much by looking from there.
Barbscloud I apologize if I missed your question before. The "Newest Blogs" widget has an issue where it goes blank periodically. Since it is unreliable currently, I have put another blog there until the issue is fixed so that people can see blogs that were created or commented on recently so that new blogs don't get missed. I agree, it does seem redundant to some degree but I would rather have that in the interim so that we have new blogs showing because I cannot be awake 24 hours a day add and remove the "Recent Active Blogs" widget if the Newest Blogs widget goes blank. Once the "Newest Blogs" widget is fixed the "Recent Active Blogs" widget will be removed..
JonesCarpeDiem
Thanks for reporting. I'm not sure why it is an identical list, It wasn't that way until recently(see: Difference between Newest Blogs and Recently Active Blogs? ). It shouldn't be. The "Newest Blogs" should be a list based on when the blog was posted. The "Recently Active Blogs" should be ones that recently have comments independent of when they were posted. So when someone comments on any blog old or new, it should bubbled back to the top. The Recently Active Blogs was added because of the issue with the "Newest Blogs" widget being blank on occasion while they figure out what is happening. (the "recent blogs" window is empty again and The recent blogs window has gone empty again as of last night. )
Dale, be sure to ask things like this in Community Help so it get's my attention and since it's related to the site and not quitting. That way I get notified. I've moved it. Thanks elvan and Giulia for mentioning me to bring to my attention.
Mark
EX Community Manager