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Some points some clarifications

By: jasmine | Posted Jun 03, 2008 | General | 2026 Views

Hi everyone:

We have been receiving quite a few suggestions from members regarding the new redesign. Just thought of clarifying a few things.

  1. Navigation

Navigation is still simple. Instead of 50 more reviews, we have the tab of 'Recent Reviews' which are then put into five different pages.

  1. Search

The parameters have not changed.

  1. Hot Profiles

Here the idea is to highlight members who are active. If you post a review, diary post or pictures and if you have your Profile Picture on, then you would appear in Hot Profiles. We do not wish to exhibit pretty faces here. You have a profile picture and you are active, you step in here.

Folks, MouthShut was a review platform and will always remain so. We are not becoming a social networking site. Reviews were and are our priority always. Some tools have been used to bind the community members to each other as it was the MouthShut Community that made MouthShut what it is today.

And yes, Email Alerts are working fine. If you do not receive them, please do check your Bulk/Spam folders.

Regards,

Jasmine

You loved this blog. Thank you for your rating.

vasudevbehere

Jun 03, 2008 10:07 PM

Thanks for the info Jasmine.
Please read the mail that i have sent.

nidhi1

Jun 03, 2008 10:56 PM

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Alazne

Jun 03, 2008 11:09 PM

Good to know that the priority is still reviews...I hope it stays that way.

amrita

Jun 03, 2008 11:28 PM

i loVe mouthshut local. I hope you guys keep innovating like that. noW I can find top restaurants in different cities

good job. About hot profiles, how can it be hot if my pic is not there permeanenetly.

amrita
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patenik2

Jun 04, 2008 12:27 AM (Updated Jun 04, 2008 12:28 AM)

Jasmine, I have seen enough of MS in last three years and I must say, whether you guys accept it or not, its turning out into social community, blogging site.. I loved this place when there was only reviews. I felt I had a group of friends whom I bonded together.. With the photo album (I loved it), diaries (I hated it), and new look and feel with corportate reivews and ads (I hated it), I no longer feel that I am part of this community.. Its a strange feeling but I am stranger in my own land.. And, all because of Thanks to MS Management and its creative team..

Nik
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patenik2

Jun 04, 2008 12:37 AM (Updated Jun 04, 2008 12:38 AM)

yes, I tried to adapt this new design, new features in last 4-5 months but still its not addictive like previous ones.. may be I loved the simple GUI of yesteryear MS... Nik...Read More

Kweldebs

Jun 04, 2008 11:52 AM

it confusing as of now [though hardly logged-in for past 2 days]...
Thnx for the clarification.

jasmine

Jun 04, 2008 12:18 PM

I'm glad you liked MouthShut Local. Thanks for the kind words.

And yes, if you wish to be on the Hot Profiles forever, be active on MS. You seem to be walking in and out these days. Busy?
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flyingelephant

Jun 04, 2008 12:18 PM (Updated Jun 04, 2008 12:19 PM)

...did you remove Hall of Fame? I want to be there again with other hotties like Amrita etc. Cheers!
~fe*~

jasmine

Jun 04, 2008 12:18 PM

The priority will always be reviews. Be assured.

jasmine

Jun 04, 2008 12:20 PM

We respect your opinion. But give it some time. The new MS will probably grow on you. Trust me.

jasmine

Jun 04, 2008 12:20 PM

Hall of Fame is still there. Please do visit Community Centre

jasmine

Jun 04, 2008 12:21 PM

Log in more often. Log in more often.

flyingelephant

Jun 04, 2008 12:23 PM (Updated Jun 04, 2008 12:31 PM)

I am there in HOF. One more Q, do I need to pay commission to MS if any of my goodies get ‘sold’ through MS market ? Cheers! ~fe*~

paulose

Jun 04, 2008 01:02 PM

the member grievance about seeing excessive , unwanted updates in dashboard .. i mean its ok to see updates about someone posting a revu, post, or pics .. but why do i need to know abt what someone has gifted to someoneelse ? ;-)...Read More

coolcritic007

Jun 04, 2008 04:13 PM (Updated Jun 04, 2008 09:44 PM)

Though you guys have updated MS and have completely changed it from what it was in 2006, the MS team has IGNORED members’ opinions and suggestions. No one asked for diaries, virtual gifts, marketplace or photo albums. We need not know what’s there in our city through MS, we know it anyway. We are here for reviews on it. We had many other needs and expectations [posted in numerous reviews on General Thoughts during 2006] which have not been taken care of.

As a result, presently I find the site in a mess. Reading reviews with ads all over is very difficult, so I have hardly read 9 or 10 of them in as many months. The interface to me is very user-unfriendly. I found the old MS better, and it would have been great if you guys changed MS the way members wanted, and not the way you wanted. I posted a review of late to see how easy or otherwise it is writing one here again, but was horribly disappointed. I doubt whether I will visit the site more than a couple of times in a month, but you won't care anyway!

~Peace~
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Sonalirocks

Jun 04, 2008 06:08 PM (Updated Jun 04, 2008 06:09 PM)

commission to MS ... ?
Oh..
i think it’s a bad joke...

AmitBorkar

Jun 04, 2008 06:49 PM

hi dont think this new look is at all appealing to me.
the older look was the best..

and as someone has already commented ....MS is becoming more of a social community/blogging site....

to be frank...disappointed with the new change....
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JuleoJack

Jun 04, 2008 07:28 PM

1) I think the Local(or whatever that is called) has a big LOGO, which I had ignored initially.
2) There some errors in the application.
3) What is MS defination for HOT? sensual pictures???
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pri20

Jun 04, 2008 11:38 PM (Updated Jun 05, 2008 12:55 AM)

Hi Jasmine,

Most of your changes are indeed for the better. I just have a minor quiblle about the navigation of the reviews/diary pages. Instead of being able to view all reviews/posts at a glance, with all the information available - who wrote it, what it’s abt etc now we have to browse and read through 5 pages.

For those of us who come here sometimes just to browse, it is very diffucult to do so with the current layout. Also, it is more difficult since every single category is jumbled up in those pages. I would like to either have
1) the layout of the current pages improved (maybe columns like the earlier ones) so that we can get all the relevant info in a glance without haveing to look through all the text
2) the old review/diary pages with the simple links could be added as additional pages or
3) separate the reviews according to catgory. Browsing by category will not be as difficult as the current layout is.

Thanks for Reading.

Ps. I have daily summary alerts set and they are not in my bulk folders.
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