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Clarification on Group & Post Changes

Hello everyone! ๐Ÿ–๏ธ
[b]We'd like to quickly clarify the purpose of the recent changes many of you may have noticed.[/b]


The recent announcement regarding today's changes to Similar Worlds:
https://similarworlds.com/100-Admin-Announcements/3431898-Updates-to-Groups-Posts-Hello-Similar-Worlds-The



Directly relates to this old announcement of [b]"SW Group & Category Re-Structuring"[/b],
which we have also referred to numerous times as [b]"Group Consolidation"[/b]:
https://similarworlds.com/100-Admin-Announcements/2149687-SW-Group-Category-Re-Structuring-Feedback


Where we discussed proposed improvements to Similar Worlds, with regards to the Groups and Categories that have existed* on SW since its launch.

[b]The goal is to [c=#800000][u]move Away from[/u]:
โ€ข The disorganized collections of "Groups" that were originally imported from EP.

โ€ข Having Questions exist in separate "Categories", completely unrelated to other posts.[/c]


and instead, [c=#005E2F][u]move Towards a more organized, Topic-based structure[/u].[/c][/b]


Instead of having to create Stories in oddly named groups like:
[c=#004A59][big]โ€ข I Love Animals Also People That Loves Animal[/big][/c]


Users will soon be able to post in better categorized topic areas;
for example:

[quote][c=#004A59][big]Animals & Nature ยป Pets ยป Dogs[/big][/c]

[c=#009E4F][b]โ€ข [u]Isn't my new Puppy cute!?[/u] ๐Ÿถ

โ€ข [u]I have a funny story to share about my dog today![/u] ๐Ÿ˜†

โ€ข [u]What type of pet dog do you recommend for me?[/u][/b][/c][/quote]


Here we can see, that both Stories and Questions sit side by side, in a very natural, relevant format,
under the same Sub-Topic / Group, called "Dogs (Pets)"

This way, [b]Relevance on SW will be Greatly Improved[/b],
as users will be able to find topics they are interested in, much better grouped together than they currently are.

The same will benefit users who would like to [b][c=#800000]Block certain Topics[/c][/b] as well.

[sep]

The recent changes we have made to Similar Worlds, was done [b]in preparation for the full restructuring of Groups[/b], which is something most users have been requesting for a long time.

To facilitate a smoother transition into the newer coming groups structure, we figured it would be best to release the changes in stages.

You should expect to see further improvements to Similar Worlds over the coming weeks,
leading towards a full change, into the new, organized, topic-based format we have been discussing with members for a long time.


Thanks and best regards!
[i]-The SW Team[/i]
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DeWayfarer ยท 61-69, M
Off topic really.

Why does SW put PM messages in requests?

I have no filters at all specifically because I want something rather than nothing at ALL!

I just found one message from a month ago and really didn't know about it. Person is still here yet no longer active.

If people want their PMs filtered that's fine. Yet I can filter far better myself than ANY bot can.

I have no blocks either!!!


There really should be an option box at the bottom with all the other filters to turn that off.

You can leave it as a default. Yet at least let us turn it off!

I rarely get messages and therefore can filter them myself better! Not like I get more than 1 message a month! Heck sometimes every 3 months.
Peaches ยท F
@DeWayfarer I had a message a while back that was there for weeks and I never knew it?! ๐Ÿ˜” The person called me a "stupid bitch" for not replying.
DeWayfarer ยท 61-69, M
@Peaches

There really should be an option box to allow any kind of bot filtering. Yes I know a lot of PMs are done by questionable users and that's why it's filtered. Yet it still should be a users choice to receive catfish messages or not.

Sometimes I like to make like a real cat and play with the catfish then have them block me! ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿ˜ˆ
Peaches ยท F
@DeWayfarer [i][b]LMAO! ๐Ÿ˜ผ๐ŸŸ๏ธ[/b][/i]
DeWayfarer ยท 61-69, M
@Peaches the place needs a little more fun! ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

And catfish are so entertaining when flustered.
Virgo79 ยท 61-69, M
@Peaches it's surely won't get worse๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ
DeWayfarer ยท 61-69, M
@Virgo79 not if the option was set as a default.

I have had catfish message me before. And I actually have done what I said, play with them until they blocked me!

They want info about you first so I tease them and tell them all that is in my about me. Yet they don't believe that info.

It goes back and forth until they finally block me. The neat thing is you're taking up their time which flusters them in the process! ๐Ÿ˜ˆ
Virgo79 ยท 61-69, M
@DeWayfarer it's not that, it's the jumbled up mess this has become.
DeWayfarer ยท 61-69, M
@Virgo79 the new stuff? Got to live with it I guess. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Not happy about that either. Yet they have heard my voice on it, I'm certain.

Just as they have ignored this message, they will continue to ignore those as well. It's their site after all! ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Until you form a group to petition them that is. Then they cave in like butter!
Virgo79 ยท 61-69, M
@DeWayfarer yep it is, and I'm glad๐Ÿ˜‚
DeWayfarer ยท 61-69, M
@Virgo79 whatever! You replied while I was editing. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
Virgo79 ยท 61-69, M
@DeWayfarer all's good, they're not going to change anything for me.
And I don't expect them to.
DeWayfarer ยท 61-69, M
@Virgo79 oh they have a couple of minor things with me. See the new outlines on featured posts? That was probably because of me! ๐Ÿ˜‚
Virgo79 ยท 61-69, M
@DeWayfarer some people have pull๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘๏ธ
DeWayfarer ยท 61-69, M
@Virgo79 or complain a little too hard. I was a bit miffed that I couldn't find a certain post because the featured post symbol was too small. I thought the featured post was a regular post. Latest post on top.

So they outline it.
Virgo79 ยท 61-69, M
@DeWayfarer it would take several and most like it this way๐Ÿ˜’
I can't stay up with it.
DeWayfarer ยท 61-69, M
@Virgo79 I am not a petitioner either. In fact I am highly against it for whatever reasons large or small.

What I did was more of a personal rant with someone that few actually saw. The post was long out of the new post que. So I was surprised that the outline happened a couple of weeks later.