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14 years ago
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Ok, here is my take on this whole thing, posted well before we get any actual information of course. ust like the other 10,000 journal posts on it. :)
So... "merging" is a bad word for what is happening. The sites are to stay seperate. But the staff are merging.
First look at Furocity makes me think... TINY. FA gets more submissions in a week than their entire gallery. But the real hint is clicking the "Last 10 Blog Posts" link. Before the flood of "I'm from FA!" posts, it showed one blog post a DAY. That's from the entire SITE. Compare that with how many journal entries FA gets every day.
So clearly the reason for merging is not anything to do with the content or user base of Furcity. I am guessing that Dragoneer is tired of year-long updates that never get finished and even small issues never getting fixed, or only getting a partial fix (damn colors in links is still broken!). So he is handing over maintenance to a group that at least showed they can create and run a site. Lets hope they don't get the CEO attitude of needing to change stuff simply to put their 'mark' on it. FIx broken things, add features but please, don't re-do the entire site in some new crazy setup.
I don't see anything major on Furocity feature wise that FA lacks, but the converse is certainly true. Can't text search submission titles and descriptions, only tags. No way to view submission views, so who knows if anyone even looks at stuff you post. Lots of missing features.
They do have a tag system, but even that is kinda broken. Minimum 3 characters and no symbols. What? Isn't the MOST useful tag things like M/M, M/F, M/M/F, ect? My idea for tags is no freakin limit on length, searching on plurals finds singles, and have some standard tags suggested for each submission. The FF,MM,FM stuff and some other common ones that all images should have.
Anyway... that's my ramble!
UPDATE: Just saw that the admin notice changed from "Fur Affinity and Furocity are merging!" to "Fur Affinity and Furocity are joining forces!"
Hahaha. Yeah. I doubt he read my post but someone must have told him that "merging" was a very alarming way of putting it.
So... "merging" is a bad word for what is happening. The sites are to stay seperate. But the staff are merging.
First look at Furocity makes me think... TINY. FA gets more submissions in a week than their entire gallery. But the real hint is clicking the "Last 10 Blog Posts" link. Before the flood of "I'm from FA!" posts, it showed one blog post a DAY. That's from the entire SITE. Compare that with how many journal entries FA gets every day.
So clearly the reason for merging is not anything to do with the content or user base of Furcity. I am guessing that Dragoneer is tired of year-long updates that never get finished and even small issues never getting fixed, or only getting a partial fix (damn colors in links is still broken!). So he is handing over maintenance to a group that at least showed they can create and run a site. Lets hope they don't get the CEO attitude of needing to change stuff simply to put their 'mark' on it. FIx broken things, add features but please, don't re-do the entire site in some new crazy setup.
I don't see anything major on Furocity feature wise that FA lacks, but the converse is certainly true. Can't text search submission titles and descriptions, only tags. No way to view submission views, so who knows if anyone even looks at stuff you post. Lots of missing features.
They do have a tag system, but even that is kinda broken. Minimum 3 characters and no symbols. What? Isn't the MOST useful tag things like M/M, M/F, M/M/F, ect? My idea for tags is no freakin limit on length, searching on plurals finds singles, and have some standard tags suggested for each submission. The FF,MM,FM stuff and some other common ones that all images should have.
Anyway... that's my ramble!
UPDATE: Just saw that the admin notice changed from "Fur Affinity and Furocity are merging!" to "Fur Affinity and Furocity are joining forces!"
Hahaha. Yeah. I doubt he read my post but someone must have told him that "merging" was a very alarming way of putting it.
I support
This would be a first.
and here's hoping things finally get worked on around here...
That saves a lot of confusion, but not in time.
But yeah, it says one of the most biggest announcements in FA history, but it just sounds like hey are "hiring" more people...lol