Yes I Know You All Hate the Newly Added User Bar...

The feature's totally fine, except that it doesn't let ppl opt out. Some people really need their privacy.

I mostly interact with SW on a laptop, so the waste of screen space doesn't bother me much. But I want to address what I'm guessing is the purpose of the user stripe. I think the admins want to get us finding other conversations to involve ourselves in. I think the admins are looking for higher engagement with the site.

And that, if true, tells me the feed isn't working the way they would like; the feed isn't finding interesting new conversations for us. So maybe that's another way to boost engagement.

Recently the admins actually removed my favorite method for finding other conversations. I used to go to https://similarworlds.com/new-posts/ and that would show me all new posts. Some I couldn't read because the person had blocked me, but it was my favorite way to find a random conversation. How about it andrew & nuno? Bring back https://similarworlds.com/new-posts/ maybe??

Yea, it's a bit like Stockholm Syndrome.

All I see is the goodie two shoes members - arse kissers 😁

I don't hate it. If SW was the kind of place where the people who show as online were actually people I interact with a lot, I'd be happy to see certain people and I'd probably pounce on them. But SW has never really developed for me that way. In fact, I'm not even sure it's designed that way.

It's just another feature for me that I'll mostly ignore. 🤷‍♂️

I don't mind, they could see my picture before the user stripe.

I wouldn't oppose it, if I could actually select the people I want to see there. Sort of like the "Top Friends" section on EP back in the day. It doesn't seem to work that way unfortunately though.

I kinda like it. Why am I not on it?

I think,, they harvest of your interactions and friend list to choose how to shw

I like it. You are on it

Could we edit this stripe / bar ??

I like it

I like it too, although it would be nice if all those who appear posted a picture of themselves.

Do they show up if they are online, or is it just your followers (some have green dots others not)

I don't know of him, therefore, I can't say whether I like him or hate him.

User stripe? What user stripe? 😳

Are you talking about me?

I think my mind has just blocked it out by now ☺️👍

What is this stripe?

I see a mix of men and women lol

Thats funny. All I see is women.

I think it’s the idea of more changes that don’t really add anything to the site. What was the point ?

Lookon the bright side... at least you aren't a lesbian...

It's really not a bad feature per se. Concept is decent enough, although I do feel it should have been an optional thing. The one thing I don't like is the inability to opt out from showing in other people's profile pic carousel. As it stands it kinda renders the whole "don't show me as online"/no-green-dot option moot.

It's also an unnecessary thing to build when there are so much broken stuff on this site.

I still don't know what it is meant for or how it determines who to show. Its different for everyone. My guess is that it shows people who have been recently active. If this is the case I can understand why people are upset because not everybody wants others to know that. It is why they choose to hide their online status, but that options becomes less useful in this way.

Excellent points

What and where is this? How do I find it please?

Why indeed