I do not like this new format. Our Ex was so personal and comforting to so many. When quitting smoking or even long after sometimes you feel kind of lonely. We could always come here and feel a part of the community. This feels horrible. Progress? It does not feel that way to me.
Giving you a big hug. I hope you have a nice day today.
Hopefully we will be able to figure this new format out soon and hopefully be able to personalize it somehow so we can all hook up and brighten up each other's day and be there for each other to lift someone up if that's what they need but most of all to be able to help each other stay smoke free especially new people thinking about quitting smoking, I really don't know what I'm doing yet either!
Hi Barbara145 -- I'm sorry to hear your experience on the new Community platform isn't going well so far. Our whole EX Team is here to help! We'd love you to feel comfortable and like EX is working for you.
Could you share with me some of the things you're missing from the old platform? How did you used to connect with others? That would help us guide you toward ways to do that now.
~Megan, EX Team
Hi there, yes, before you just signed on and hit blogs...everything was there. I could just scroll thru and catch up very quickly. My friends activity was on the same screen, to the left. I am not a person with a lot of time between work and family....I miss it all being in one spot. It was just so easy to find blogs, whether it be a question or a comment, they were all there, right there in front of you.
You guys did a great job, obviously very educated in the computer programming world....but in my opinion, simple is better for a site like this....the laid back friendliness of the old site was one of its attractions....I'm feeling like this is too clinical for me, if that makes any sense.
I will have to give it time, and like I mentioned above....great job doing what you guys do, I'm impressed with your talent.
Hope I'm not hurting anyone's feelings, but it would be pointless not to be honest here.....My quit is coming soon
Thanks for your insightful response, cheyenne7. We've been hearing that a lot today -- that it's unclear where to "just go." And that's normal -- we've just moved into a "new house," so to speak, and even though we're mostly unpacked, it's maybe hard to know.
You're not hurting anyone's feelings! We appreciate your honest feedback, and encourage you to continue to give it in Community Help.
You can leverage the My EX Feed to set up "Streams" to quickly see all your friends' activity in one place. I recommend reading Creating a New Stream for My EX Feed to learn more. Hopefully this will help!
You can also set up My EX Feed to be your "homepage." To do so:
Thank you, making my preference "news" helped a lot!
Anyone else requesting bigger avatars??
Don't mean to make your job any tougher, but it doesn't hurt to ask : )
I think I read some place that we'll be able to change the background eventually, making it more homey, personal....instead of sky blue...
Not sure what we can do to make avatars bigger but will look into it!
As for the main site background -- we can explore a change here. I recommend making suggestions in Community Help!
Bigger Avatars would be awesome......
EXProductManager wrote:
Thanks for your insightful response, cheyenne7. We've been hearing that a lot today -- that it's unclear where to "just go." And that's normal -- we've just moved into a "new house," so to speak, and even though we're mostly unpacked, it's maybe hard to know.
You're not hurting anyone's feelings! We appreciate your honest feedback, and encourage you to continue to give it in Community Help.
You can leverage the My EX Feed to set up "Streams" to quickly see all your friends' activity in one place. I recommend reading Creating a New Stream for My EX Feed to learn more. Hopefully this will help!
You can also set up My EX Feed to be your "homepage." To do so:
- Click on your avatar dropdown and select Preferences
- Select "News" as your homepage preference from the dropdown
- Click Save!
Following this suggestion from EXProductManager will help solve some of the frustrations some of you are experiencing with the new site.
Let me know if you have any additional questions about this.
Mark
EX Community Manager
I know sometimes change is hard, especially when it's something completely different than what we were used to. I do see alot of benefits. We just have to try each day. There are some tutorials. So far, i have been reading from my inbox of notifications this morning. Just hang in there, it will get better.
At least give it a chance. I think there are lots of positives to consider. Spend some time just clicking on things - that is the best way to learn.
We all had to figure things out when we first arrived at the old site, too. I hate change as much as the next guy, but I'm giving it a go. I hope you will just keep fumbling around with the rest of us!
I hear what your saying Barbara. I am not feeling as connected and alone. Like I can't see you guys. Hard to explain. It's probably because its new and I don't really know where "the hang out" place is yet like in the old site, we all hung out in the blogs section.
Hang in there! Keep clicking around! Practice sending messages. Change is always scary and uncomfortable.
Our EX Team appreciates your spirit! As many have said, change can be hard and there will be a learning curve for all of us.
That's how I feel too.....you worded it perfectly
Barbara145 I'm here too with EXProductManager and scha to assist in any way we can.
Mark
EX Community Manager
Let us not get all wanked out.
Anything unknown is strange at first.
I think the apparent simplicity of the old site was apparent to us who were used to it.
If they make a video of how to do the old functions on the new platform, it can still be simple.
I'll try to pin down some pertinent questions in this area.
This is what happens when a bunch of computer techies decide to improve on a website! From what I can see it takkes 7 steps to do diddly squat! The other site was get on, get it done, and feel the Love!
This takes a whole course in computer science.
When I first came to BecomeanEX I didn't even know what a Blog was! But I was able to make enough of a splash that I could be found and led by the hand into the Community.
Grrrrr!
See Thomas, your getting the hang of it. You just replied to a "blog". Give it time buddy. You'll be able to navigate just as easily as you did on the old platform in due time
Yep, yep and yep! Xoxo Thomas!
And I hate the fact that my email is jammed!
Thomas. Go to the top right of the page just left of the pencil and open the avatar. you'get a drop down list. go to preferences and you can set your email preferences. As far as your email, just delete them
I don't understand what that would do. Would I lose all of that info or what? Geez.
I just want to be able to respond to folks in an orderly way without getting bombarded with emails.
On the old site you could opt out of email notifications....seems they should be able to offer that...I agree
I think everything you receive from the site would correspondingly remain on the site. You can turn off the email completely or just allow personal messages. You can still check things when you have time to check the site.
As Dale said let's not all get.....what was he word Dale?.......wanked out?? And let's not attack the techies....techies have feelings too! I realize that we all feel a bit lost but just play around a bit. And thanks everyone, for sharing the bits of wisdom you have gleaned already! A big collective DEEP BREATH everyone (sorry about the caps Mark!). In a month this will all be ancient history. Let's stay calm so any newbies to our site don't get the wrong impression of our community.
I wrote a blog and it says I have 2 comments but how do I get to see them ? This is awful !
BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15, click on your pic to go to your page. Its under overview, then your top content shows there.
ShawnP wrote:
BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15, click on your pic to go to your page. Its under overview, then your top content shows there.
Yes ShawnP Or you can click the Content Tab on your profile BonnieBee.quit.2.8.15
Mark
EX Community Manager
I am way behind on understanding any of these changes guess I am old school I like things the way they were, I will never get it. too much for this old gal. I don't blog often but I do come and read a lot, so if you don't see me anymore look for me in cyber space or a more simple site.
: ( So sad people are leaving.....hope to see you here
This has been my safe place for a long time I don't want too leave I need too understand what I am doing that's all
I have no clue what I'm doing.... just grateful I can make contact at this point.....but my gut tells me it will be ok. I think all of us are mourning the lost of the old site, and that's normal. Please don't leave.....you will be able to read and converse with your EX family and friends here.....keep hitting buttons, and blogging, conversing, discussing.....I'm doing this to see where it goes, believe me, I'm lost....the site may have changed, but the people are the same.....hope you stay, you belong here!
So good to see you here, Cheyenne. You have been missed.
Thanks Ellen......while away, I always thought of you all : )
I have a quit date planned for either Feb 1st or 3rd, but not the 2nd : ))
I think we have to try to give it some time, the old site really did have some issues and apparently it had to be upgraded. I had been out of town and came back and I really thought I was going to cry, I thought I would never be able to adapt and I am not sure I am going to be able to master everything but I do not want to lose even one person from this site, it is a family and we need each other. I NEED you, ALL of you. Hang in there Sister Nurse, we have been through harder things than this.
Big hugs and many blessings.
Ellen
My heart is so happy that you are staying.....it wouldn't be the same without you.....yes, this is a family <3
It was hard to see this new site at first, so shocking.....I can't imagine how mind blowing it had to be for you, being so active here, then being on vk, then this! If it had to be, then it had to be.....it will work out, it will be ok : )
xoxo
I tried to use this site a couple of months back, and I really didn't like it at all. It does seem very cold. I never had any trouble figuring out the old site, and this one is very intimidating. I will reach 800 days tomorrow, and I wanted to get here and figure it out so I can share that wonderful milestone with those I cherish on this site, but I'm not sure how to do that. Do we still have the Freedom Train? I also find that the notifications that come through email aren't always easy to decipher. So please forgive me for bitching -- I love being known as the happy quitter, and I suppose now I'll be known as the crabby Exer.
You are a happy quitter djmurray_12-31-14 and it's wonderful to see you, we've all been frustrated learning this new platform but we're getting it and so will you my friend and fellow Exer, just keep plugging away at in when you have a few moments here and there.
You can get on the Freedom Train by going to Celebrations & Events. I sure do want to wish you a very Special Day tomorrow! 800 Days is so Terrific!!!! Don't give up! If you recall I was pretty darn grumpy myself until I decided to learn bits and pieces at a time and to adjust to what is! I have really missed you and hope to see you around more!
Thank you so much, Thomas – it’s really good to hear from you. I suppose I’ll figure it out one of these days soon. I miss my EX community and can’t wait to go to VA Beach in the Old Lady’s Caravan. But I really do want to reconnect with all my fellow elders who were so instrumental in my being the Happy Quitter!!
I miss you terribly.....and you are GOOD with technology so you CAN figure this out. It really is not bad......just a bit different. You can just post a blog as you always did and read blogs just as you always did. I "SEE" you.....just as well as ever! So glad you are here.
CONGRATULATIONS on 800 DAYS!!! How fantastic! I will miss seeing you in VA Beach but I want you to have the most wonderful time x 2 (one for me!!)
Stay Strong
I agree that the old site was comfortable, and I don't understand why it had to change.....but the only choice outside of leaving is to give it a shot.....please hang in there, and hopefully we'll be able to get comfortable with the new site. I can say honestly as a new quitter, I will not be depending on the EX site like I would have.....bad timing for me.....I will include the site in my quit, but it won't play nearly the role that it would have before.....I've got to be ok with that.