Thanks for the heads up!
1) Should be fixed now, might have to clear your browser cache.
2, 3) The main activity log issues are fixed, we're still working on it though.
4) Most people tend to be looking for a guide for a specific champion, so we're trying to focus the homepage more on that. Get people to the champion they are interested in quicker. We're definitely open to feedback though! If people are missing the extra guide listings we can discuss it :)
1) Should be fixed now, might have to clear your browser cache.
2, 3) The main activity log issues are fixed, we're still working on it though.
4) Most people tend to be looking for a guide for a specific champion, so we're trying to focus the homepage more on that. Get people to the champion they are interested in quicker. We're definitely open to feedback though! If people are missing the extra guide listings we can discuss it :)
New MobaFire header looks great, Matt :) Nice work. I love the changes (just the news articles still scroll on forever though :P).
Janitsu wrote:
4. I miss the old 4 tab guide thing on the front page
Scouted, New, High Elo and Rising
Scouted, New, High Elo and Rising
I looked around the Builds & Guides section but I couldn't find something similar to the old Rising tab. Perhaps this tab could be added to the Builds & Guides section?
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Well for some champions, the list of S4 full guides is not very long, and the fresh indicators also help there to highlight more active authors. Even for busy champions, there's around one page of actual guides. So for the most popular champions you do have a bit of a mountain to conquer, but not so for the others.
Don't forget also that the browse page, which is still a hugely popular method of finding guides, defaults to listing guides by most recently updated. So with that plus freshness indicators, right now the best way to get exposure is just to keep updating your guide.
One idea we've tossed around is for a guide review exchange. It's still just an idea, but I'd love to hear feedback on it.
We've always wished we could find a way to get more voting and constructive feedback on guides, that is really what we need, more people voting on more guides. The trick is, how do you encourage people to vote, but have them give meaningful votes? For example, say we offer 5 free rep per day for voting. Certain users will just run through and spam votes, they still have no reason to take the time to properly review the guide and give a meaningful vote, let alone feedback.
So the idea is, when you're all finished your guide, and you are sitting there waiting for readers and feedback, you could submit your guide to the review exchange system. You are given say three guides, with author info and score stripped away, and you have to review the guide and post a constructive comment + vote (we wouldn't reveal your vote - I don't like doing that). Once you've done this on three guides, your own guide is entered into the exchange to receive three similar such reviews from other authors. You can continue to review more guides to buy more "entries" back into the system for your own guide. Maybe to further avoid issues we intentionally skip guides for the same champion you're submitting for, not sure yet.
This gives authors an active means to promote their guide, while also spreading some attention around to the guides that need it most. With all the other voting system features, it only really takes 5 or so votes before your guide can start competing even with established guides.
Anyway, feel free to comment on that idea, or if you have your own ideas we'd love to hear them.
Don't forget also that the browse page, which is still a hugely popular method of finding guides, defaults to listing guides by most recently updated. So with that plus freshness indicators, right now the best way to get exposure is just to keep updating your guide.
One idea we've tossed around is for a guide review exchange. It's still just an idea, but I'd love to hear feedback on it.
We've always wished we could find a way to get more voting and constructive feedback on guides, that is really what we need, more people voting on more guides. The trick is, how do you encourage people to vote, but have them give meaningful votes? For example, say we offer 5 free rep per day for voting. Certain users will just run through and spam votes, they still have no reason to take the time to properly review the guide and give a meaningful vote, let alone feedback.
So the idea is, when you're all finished your guide, and you are sitting there waiting for readers and feedback, you could submit your guide to the review exchange system. You are given say three guides, with author info and score stripped away, and you have to review the guide and post a constructive comment + vote (we wouldn't reveal your vote - I don't like doing that). Once you've done this on three guides, your own guide is entered into the exchange to receive three similar such reviews from other authors. You can continue to review more guides to buy more "entries" back into the system for your own guide. Maybe to further avoid issues we intentionally skip guides for the same champion you're submitting for, not sure yet.
This gives authors an active means to promote their guide, while also spreading some attention around to the guides that need it most. With all the other voting system features, it only really takes 5 or so votes before your guide can start competing even with established guides.
Anyway, feel free to comment on that idea, or if you have your own ideas we'd love to hear them.
^Love the review exchange idea, Matt! Especially the idea of stripping the author info and score away (but most people have an introduction stating who they are and some writing/coding styles are pretty unique to the author) to help newer or more established users.
Maybe have a word count attached as well? So your review has to be over 100 words? People may spam junk, but those sorts of reviews would be easily identifiable, and as a consequence, those who are abusing the system are removed from the review exchange?
What about people who enjoy reviewing but don't have a guide? Can they be included somehow?
Will come back with more comments about your proposed system, but at the moment, I REALLY like the idea.
Maybe have a word count attached as well? So your review has to be over 100 words? People may spam junk, but those sorts of reviews would be easily identifiable, and as a consequence, those who are abusing the system are removed from the review exchange?
What about people who enjoy reviewing but don't have a guide? Can they be included somehow?
Will come back with more comments about your proposed system, but at the moment, I REALLY like the idea.
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1. The logo
It looks "distorted"
2. Only half of the names of the sources showing in the recent discussion
3. Guest published a build
4. I miss the old 4 tab guide thing on the front page
Scouted, New, High Elo and Rising