đź“‹ Front/browse/search feedback thread

Posted 1 year, 6 months ago (Edited 1 year, 6 months ago) by admin

Feedback thread for the Front/Browse/Search page updates — the corresponding announcement and changelist is here!

🎯 Goals —

  • Reduce congestion in the character trade listings and search pages that was previously caused by a bunch of ads/non-characters being submitted to the site
  • Improve visibility on the top page for characters that are currently being pushed off by non-characters
  • Make it easier to find what you’re looking for when searching for characters/codes/resources/services/etc

📋 Seeking feedback for —

  • I wasn’t sure whether people would prefer having each character type separated out into a separate listing rather than everything just being types of character?
    • I opted to just add an optional filter since this seems more flexible in terms of search and customization (people seem to just be creating everything as a “Character” profile currently anyway, and a lot of the features are going to be the same), but let me know if this doesn’t feel good, or if anyone has suggestions regarding how to better structure the listings.
    • My original idea for the front page was to allow people to add an arbitrary number of blocks (eg. if you want to add a Popular Characters, Popular HTML/CSS, Popular Resources blocks separately), but the UI for the control panel started getting very long and confusing so I just scrapped the idea. I’ll probably be fiddling with this to see if there’s a way to do this that isn’t overwhelming for the average user.
  • Character categories:
    • These are currently “Character”, “HTML/CSS”, “Resource”, “Service/Ad” based on what we most commonly receive reports for, but this can be expanded or updated if we feel that this is missing anything or is too broad.
  • General UI/UX feedback:
    • If there’s anything confusing or if you have suggestions for how to improve any areas of the front/browse/search pages.
  • Extra features:
    • Are you someone who regularly uses the trade listings or front pages and feel like there are changes or extra features that could be added to make life easier for you?? Have ideas for how to help make the listings less frustrating and more accessible?? Let me know!!
  • Performance issues:
    • Is the site super laggy for you now??? If not site-wide, please do point out the specific pages that you’re having issues with.
  • Anything else related!! If you have any feedback for an unrelated feature, it may be better to submit a HelpDesk ticket rather than replying to this specific thread.

If you’re uncomfortable leaving feedback in public, please don’t hesitate to open a ticket via the HelpDesk. 

Thanks as always!

Saritsu

Aww, I love how you actually care about your users and look at every point of view to make decisions that are best for everyone!!

Thank you for your efforts, hope the TH community will just get better and better with proper feedback and updates like this!~ ♡

slinkydoodle9802

love this update sm!! I’m glad you found a workaround that’s good for everyone!

I think an “Other” option would be super useful, as I find things like art examples don’t really fit into any of the current categories!

FaerieShrooms

Haven't used it super in depth yet, but I love this! Being able to search by what I'm looking for is going to be so nice! Thank you for all your amazing work!

loutes

small thing, now on mobile, if you have favorites in folders, and fav someone, the favorites folder select screen only goes away when you select the folder and reload the page - when before it could be hiden by clicking anywere else on the screen 


i dont know if this intentional or not but its not as comfortable to use, as when u do fav spames, the fav screens block the nearby oc from being faved until you click the select folder


edited: looks like its no longer an issue(works as usual again)

Pinky

Can an option to change character listing type be added to the character mass manager?

Ranshii

When are you going to address my severe harassment report from months ago and hire staff so this site doesn't (badly) moderate itself?

Just wondering. 

AuviStorage

A few things I've noticed and would love to suggest with the character listings.

- First off, I love the idea of being able to bring back purges. I've had difficulty in the forums finding anyone interested in any of my characters, compared to on the sales listings. 

- I would also be greatful for bases and codes to come back onto the listings, and a separate category would help tremendously, not only to declog the page, but let users looking for those assets have an easier time.

Onto some suggestions:

- I realize this one is going to be difficult to moderate, but I've seen an increasing number of users who will mark their characters as having all human, anthro, feral forms, despite only having one.

- I would love to see a For Art option on the sales listings. Sometimes I browse through For Trade and they're all character trades only, so a For Art option would help those if us looking to do art for characters.

- I've seen someone else mention this too, but I often see characters way outside of the prices I put when searching the listings. I'll set a maximum of $45 and see a character listed for $100. Not even a range starting at below $45. 

- One other thing I would love is an extag feature. Sometimes I'll be looking for anything but say canines, but I either have to dig through all the listings, or tag specific species. It could also help reduce clogging the listings as people could extag resources and codes. But of course, that does rely on users correctly tagging their posts.

Bruhhh

so i think this update is absolutely amazing, however i think its lacking ONE thing that would totally make it all, i use the search feature so often for ocs, however theres an option i wish existed, considering this is a community based around... well... ART, obviously. its quite normal people would even want to receive art for the ocs they put up for trade, maybe even ONLY looking for art. thus i think adding a feature to search/put up ocs up for art would be an amazing option. 

Estellars

Love little small updates like these! I think these changes were needed for a good while, AND it's a great alternative and compromise for things like people using the trade listings as ways to advertise easier (it does seem to be the best way to advertise on the site, after all). The changes made to the front page though also add to the site experience as a whole!

swap

I wanted to suggest that Requests ("comment this and I'll draw your OC") and Raffles (any of the fav to enter stuff) be their own character categories. They're by far the most common non-characters that cover up the hot page, so adding two new categories will keep Ad/Service from being flooded by them. I would also add the option to make Resource more specific with sub-catagories such as only showing Bases, Other FTU Assets, Tutorials, etc.

I'm not sure if it would be practical to moderate this but sometimes resources on the hot page are only sharing website links or art they didn't make, that seems like farming favs off of someone else's work. Maybe put an Other or Repost category for those specifically, provided there's proof the original artist permits reposts.

protag

i haven't checked it out extensively yet but this is a great update!! thank you so much! :D