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Improved Discussions / Zees

The following enhancement will be appearing in the next few hours on BZ…

As BUMPzee has grown in the past few months, the increasing set of features has caused some fragmention in functionality. The biggest issues have formed between “zees” and the discussions that happen on blog entries. We’ve recently converted zees into full-blown discussions and we’re excited that they’ve become quite active. This, however, has distracted and detracted from the blog entries and the comments that happen on those. There are just too many places to track the conversations.

So, in an effort to simplify this, we have combined the two. Now, when you post a new discussion, it is created as a new entry, just like the blog entries. So now, the core element is again ‘entries’, whether it is created from a blog post or from a local entry. They all appear together in the same lists, so the attention and discussion should be much more focused.

We’ve migrated all existing zees to entries and comments and removed the separate “zees” tab in the communities. Now all conversations can be tracked in the “discussions” tabs.

Discussions still happen in the context of communities. Non-community topics happen in the “BUMPzee” community.

Check out the top level “Discussions” page for a global view of all the discussion activity on BUMPzee. You can filter the list to see just what interests you.

Or, keep a close eye on one community by viewing a community’s discussions tab.

Local entries will have the picture of the member to the left. Blog entries are a different color and have a blog screenshot.

There will undoubtedly be some initial chaos from this significant change, but I hope that once things settle down and you feel your way around this will be much easier.

Please feel free to provide feedback and ask questions. I’ll start up a discussion on BUMPzee and keep track of comments on this blog post.

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 24th, 2007 at 11:44 am and is filed under bumpzee. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Vlad Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 1:52 pm

A bit confusing, but we’ll get use to it.

Vlad Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

Sorry Scott, I am taking the above comment back. I should have looked at the improvements before passing the judgment. I think it does simplifies things around and the thumbnails show clearly whether or not a discussion is taking place on BumpZee or on a particular blog. Great Job!

Andy Beard Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

I am hoping it will increase the activity in communities

Scott Says:
May 24th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

That’s part of the master plan, Andy, for sure.

Increase exposure to the discussions that are going on inside communities.

Caleb Says:
May 25th, 2007 at 10:36 am

I really liked the term “zees” because it makes us more unique. Is there still a way to use this term?

Also,I want to give “props” to whoever’s doing the thumbnails!

Stephen Says:
May 29th, 2007 at 11:32 pm

Looks good to me. I’m not old like the rest of you relics so change is no problem for me. LOL! Hey, I take my shots whenever I can. =)

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