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    Brd709Brd709 Posts: 2,185 Member
    edited July 15
    Where do we find the migrated threads? Apologies if that sounds like a daft question.
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    InsaniTinyInsaniTiny Posts: 7 New Member
    Oh I absolutely hate the new forums! I will give it some time, maybe it will grow on me. But it does not look like a forum! It looks like a company-owned Q&A-site, and that makes me sad.

    I went to look for the Sims 3 part and... Where are the subforums? Why is everything all mixed up? How am I supposed to keep tabs on a Sims 3 story I love, that updates once every few months, if it gets buried beneath technical questions and pretty builds? Why are replies auto-sorted by amount of likes? It is a Forum! The fact that replies are sorted by date is Essential to its basic function! Why is the color scheme bright blue mixed with bright green? Okay that last one is just personal but I really dislike that shade of blue lol!


    I am sure these suggestions for improvement have been given a thousand times already, but anyway... Please add subforums (tags are not gonna cut it, it is gonna look like a straight up mess), or at the very least allow us to make custom tags so the forum users can create a system within the unorganized pile of threads, please add custom avatars (and signatures) so we can actually recognize eachother (and so users can feel like more than an anonymous blob), don't add a "likes"-system if it doesn't even do anything, if you want a reaction system you need multiple possible reactions (like, dislike, confused, sad, heart, lol), and for the love of sims, please auto-sort replies by date :s

    You know, perhaps I am getting old. But I really miss the times where forums were clearly made for the users. There used to be so much personality in those old forums! Spaces and subspaces for likeminded people, with plenty of room for personal customization... I look at this and I am just not sure who this is even meant for...

    *insert old (wo)man yells at cloud meme*
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    manicobsessivemanicobsessive Posts: 1,141 Member
    InsaniTiny wrote: »
    Oh I absolutely hate the new forums! I will give it some time, maybe it will grow on me. But it does not look like a forum! It looks like a company-owned Q&A-site, and that makes me sad.

    I went to look for the Sims 3 part and... Where are the subforums? Why is everything all mixed up? How am I supposed to keep tabs on a Sims 3 story I love, that updates once every few months, if it gets buried beneath technical questions and pretty builds? Why are replies auto-sorted by amount of likes? It is a Forum! The fact that replies are sorted by date is Essential to its basic function! Why is the color scheme bright blue mixed with bright green? Okay that last one is just personal but I really dislike that shade of blue lol!


    I am sure these suggestions for improvement have been given a thousand times already, but anyway... Please add subforums (tags are not gonna cut it, it is gonna look like a straight up mess), or at the very least allow us to make custom tags so the forum users can create a system within the unorganized pile of threads, please add custom avatars (and signatures) so we can actually recognize eachother (and so users can feel like more than an anonymous blob), don't add a "likes"-system if it doesn't even do anything, if you want a reaction system you need multiple possible reactions (like, dislike, confused, sad, heart, lol), and for the love of sims, please auto-sort replies by date :s

    You know, perhaps I am getting old. But I really miss the times where forums were clearly made for the users. There used to be so much personality in those old forums! Spaces and subspaces for likeminded people, with plenty of room for personal customization... I look at this and I am just not sure who this is even meant for...

    *insert old (wo)man yells at cloud meme*

    ALL of this! :'(
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    InsaniTinyInsaniTiny Posts: 7 New Member
    > @manicobsessive said:
    > ALL of this! :'(

    I do now realize that I sounded very unkind. You know, I might not post myself, but I visit these forums daily. I care a lot about them as one of the final spaces where sims 3 stories, screenshots and discussions can really thrive. (I know there are discord servers but discord is not made for storytelling or slow discussions as things get buried way too easily)

    I don't mean to hate on anyone working on the new forums, I am sure you are doing your best. This is not the final version of the new forums and that is what I am holding onto right now!
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    Brd709Brd709 Posts: 2,185 Member
    edited July 15
    One suggestion would be to restore the links to page numbers in threads so you can read posts in their proper order. The current style has the most recent posts at the top of a thread and posts from 9 years ago on the second half of the page. I'm using the What Happened In Your Game Today thread for The Sims 4 as an example here and i already got confused by that layout.
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    cheesetruckcheesetruck Posts: 2,523 Member
    Brd709 wrote: »
    Where do we find the migrated threads? Apologies if that sounds like a daft question.

    search the thread title in the search bar and it should pop up.
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    simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 36,556 Member
    Brd709 wrote: »
    Where do we find the migrated threads? Apologies if that sounds like a daft question.

    The migrated nominated threads are all still in the Sims Franchise forum.
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    EgonVMEgonVM Posts: 5,028 Member
    Is editing working for others? I can't edit my posts. I put in the edits and it does nothing...
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    alanmichael1alanmichael1 Posts: 5,490 Member
    edited July 15
    Brd709 wrote: »
    One suggestion would be to restore the links to page numbers in threads so you can read posts in their proper order. The current style has the most recent posts at the top of a thread and posts from 9 years ago on the second half of the page. I'm using the What Happened In Your Game Today thread for The Sims 4 as an example here and i already got confused by that layout.

    You can go to the menu at the top of each thread and select "Oldest" to read the posts in their chronologic order.
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    BlueSeaWavesBlueSeaWaves Posts: 4,682 Member
    edited July 15
    @alanmichael1 when you exit the thread it reverts back to 'most liked'. Someone there mentioned clicking 'x minutes ago' takes you straight to the recent post
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    luciusstormluciusstorm Posts: 1,832 Member
    @alanmichael1 when you exit the thread it reverts back to 'most liked'. Someone there mentioned clicking 'x minutes ago' takes you straight to the recent post

    The x minutes ago thing hasn't worked for me... though I might be doing it wrong.
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    alanmichael1alanmichael1 Posts: 5,490 Member
    @alanmichael1 when you exit the thread it reverts back to 'most liked'. Someone there mentioned clicking 'x minutes ago' takes you straight to the recent post

    Yes, I mentioned that :)o:)
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    SimmingalSimmingal Posts: 9,333 Member
    EA_Cade wrote: »
    Custom Avatars - Currently only available to specific ranks, we are exploring options for all users to eventually upload custom avatars via a system that would link your EA app and EA Forums avatars.

    I think avatars on this forum are better
    I really prefer the square here but if we are dead set on the circle could the circles at least not get pixelated?

    also yeah everyone should be able to use custom avatar after going through couple hoops to eliminate weird bots
    Sorting - This is currently by forum host design to default to Most Likes, we are exploring our options with them currently.

    Is it possible to add setting so you could choose the default yourself? if not I wish chronological as default setting as its least confusing

    also I would still very much like to have page numbers it makes it much easier to navigate the thread when you want to stay on track with it
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    alanmichael1alanmichael1 Posts: 5,490 Member
    edited July 15
    @alanmichael1 when you exit the thread it reverts back to 'most liked'. Someone there mentioned clicking 'x minutes ago' takes you straight to the recent post

    The x minutes ago thing hasn't worked for me... though I might be doing it wrong.

    Go to the thread list in General Discussions. Every thread indicates the time of the latest post, like "8 minutes ago" or "17 seconds ago". Click on this info and you will open the thread in the "newest" order.
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    rjssimrjssim Posts: 1,362 Member
    edited July 15
    Not bad, but I wish the posts were centered like they are here. I am using a computer, and the posts are too far to the left, and you have to turn your head to read which gets a bit uncomfortable.

    Also, we can't upload our own avatar anymore. Can this be something that could be added?
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    BlueSeaWavesBlueSeaWaves Posts: 4,682 Member
    @alanmichael1 when you exit the thread it reverts back to 'most liked'. Someone there mentioned clicking 'x minutes ago' takes you straight to the recent post

    The x minutes ago thing hasn't worked for me... though I might be doing it wrong.

    It might not be you, I clicked it on other threads and it jumps around from the original post to recent and jumps again, honestly the new forums is very off putting😣
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    SimmingalSimmingal Posts: 9,333 Member
    edited July 15
    Oh also its missing bookmark feature
    I don't want notifications from anything other than when I'm tagged or quoted but I'd really like to keep list on useful threads I visit often and see if theres new comments on them

    oh and it would be nice to be able to customize profile page more like put my more fun threads at the top for people to see or such

    aaaand I need more reaction buttons to comments maybe just emojis like heart and lighbulb cause the thing is sometimes things are sad but you want to send heart and then awesome or like sounds wrong
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    Brd709Brd709 Posts: 2,185 Member
    I prefer clicking on page numbers, scrolling down pages sends my browser in to overdrive causing my laptops fans to wake up for no reason.
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    Colton147147Colton147147 Posts: 10,455 Member
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    Body is 4 characters too short.
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    simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 36,556 Member
    Anyone figured out how to review before posting? Also composing and saving a draft?

    Still trying to figure out how to post a tweet.

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    alanmichael1alanmichael1 Posts: 5,490 Member
    nooo-gif-file-293kb-247c95jfe2edl9ms.gif

    Body is 4 characters too short.

    Time for Justine Keaton to enter the new forum.
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    rjssimrjssim Posts: 1,362 Member
    Brd709 wrote: »
    I prefer clicking on page numbers, scrolling down pages sends my browser in to overdrive causing my laptops fans to wake up for no reason.

    I agree. We need to have page numbers. It's too tedious without them.
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    CAPTAIN_NXR7CAPTAIN_NXR7 Posts: 4,576 Member
    edited July 15
    InsaniTiny wrote: »
    Oh I absolutely hate the new forums! I will give it some time, maybe it will grow on me. But it does not look like a forum! It looks like a company-owned Q&A-site, and that makes me sad.

    That's exactly what it is. It's a clone of AHQ, just as I feared it would be. This is going to sound harsh, but not one creative thought went into it. Not a single one.

    Here's the goal: to keep all the cattle in one barn -Hopefully some folks will leave because that'll be easier to manage. We can talk to the rest of 'em on discord, right? No frolicking around in the meadow now! Behave!

    Giving people the freedom to add their own avatars and signatures should have been a priority. Linking forum profiles to our EA accounts should have been a priority, but they're only considering that now. That's not good enough. I believe this forum should remain active until the new "forum" is updated. Right now it has zero personality. The sad thing is that we, simmers cannot give it any personality, since we're extremely limited with what's available right now. How can we possibly make it our new home when we're not even allowed put any furniture inside?
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    BlueSeaWavesBlueSeaWaves Posts: 4,682 Member
    @simgirl1010 It saved a draft for me just leaving the discussion and returning to it, there is no save draft button, but I guess it saves automatically without notice
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    simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 36,556 Member
    Thanks @BlueSeaWaves :)
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