We're not in Kansas any more Toto...
Posted 10 months ago 47 responses
Welcome to Kudocities!
Whilst you were off eating mince pies, opening pretty packages and being drunken buffoons – all in the name of Baby Jesus of course – we were busy taking the training wheels off Fridaycities. We’re all grown up now and ready to take on the world. Or at least a little bit more of it.
Kudocities works much the same way that Fridaycities did. It’s all about making the most of the city you live in and hopefully making some friends along the way. But, in our humble opinion, it’s a little slicker and a lot prettier as it goes about it.
One of the first things you’ll notice is that kudos play a much bigger part of the site. And in the coming weeks and months there will be lots of exciting ways to spend your hard earned karmic currency in the real world. From bars and restaurants to books and music to gigs and parties. Woohoo!
We’ve also made the site a lot smarter. From your tags it will suggest new questions for you every day. It will draw your attention to the team’s favourite conversations. And best of all, you don’t have to go through the moderation process anymore! (There are still a few failsafes so don’t be getting too froggy.) It does a lot of other stuff too, but we’ll let you get acquainted with it in your own time.
We’re treating these next few weeks as a soft launch. We think the site’s great but frankly it’s your opinion, yes yours, that counts. So share. Tell us what you like, what you hate and what, if anything, you don’t get. In return we’ll send you some kudos – natch.
All existing members’ profiles have been imported into the new site so all you need do is log in as normal. If you’ve just come across us now, or were a ‘lurker’ on fridaycities, sign up! It’s both big and clever. Do it. Do it now.
Whoever you are, we hope you like the new site. And we hope you had a very wonderful Christmas. We’re very much looking forward to the New Year…
Team KC x
47 responses
premium onlineHope it all works out. Looking forward to being part of it. See? I’ve checked my cynicism at the door.
Posted 10 months ago by BraveNewMalden
Hello. I was quite happy mostly lurking with the occasional log in to post. Are we always going to have to log in to view the site from now on? I don’t much like being tracked…. At least it doesn’t take 5 hours for every page to load now though.
Posted 10 months ago by Bobble
course you’re not in kansas, there are witches here
Posted 10 months ago by wickedlywitchy
premiumRight now, all I need you to do is move the premium online/online tagline away from the comments KCers are making. It’s annoying me just a little.
Thank you.
Posted 10 months ago by CarmenM
premiumI miss being able to see who is online or isn’t.
You are messing with my stalking observations.
And plllllllllleeeeeeeeeease bring back the preview for comments…
Posted 10 months ago by Beagleskin
onlineHmmm, I’m not wild about how my messages are now displayed. But I do really like the reply thingy.
Everything is rather large.
I’m pretty sure I like it.
Posted 10 months ago by Carla
Where did my watchlist go? Well, I can see where it is, but it says I’m not watching any thing. And I was. I just can’t remember what they were, which was why they were in my watchlist, so I wouldn’t have to remember….
Posted 10 months ago by Flib
premiumhoorays.
that is all
Posted 10 months ago by iAmJonny
onlineCan we stop the premium thing getting in the way? Awesome.
Posted 10 months ago by Babb
premiumblimey! Haven’t had a chance to check it all out yet but good on yer. Like the look. A new start for a new year. Hurrah and all good things to you xx
Posted 10 months ago by Tikki
onlineIs this where you want us to tell you what we like and what we don’t? I can’t change my picture – I’m only trying to change it to an image I used on the old site, so it can’t be the file. Can you check that this bit is working?
I also think it would be good if you could reply to specific replies on a thread and be notified if someone replies to your reply. You know, like on Facebook.
You also need to sort out the online payment thing. No one in their right mind sends a cheque to subscribe to something like this.
Otherwise, it all seems lovely.
Posted 10 months ago by Spammed
onlineThe premium banner is making me angry. Other than that, some instructions would be nice, i.e how do you change to other cities?
Posted 10 months ago by Babb
onlineOh, and the new site is very quick. Which is nice.
Posted 10 months ago by Babb
premium onlineWhat Tikki said.
Posted 10 months ago by BraveNewMalden
premiumBNM, can you say that again? BNM, can you say that again? I’ve just typed the same sentence twice, so you can see what I’m saying.
Posted 10 months ago by CarmenM
onlineOh, and I mourn the loss of my watch list. I can’t remember who I like. I need the computer to tell me these things.
Posted 10 months ago by Spammed
premiumI can’t change my profile pic. And I always change my profile pic.
I feel so used…
Posted 10 months ago by Beagleskin
premiumOn my computer, Mizz Beagle, your profile pic has changed from the bear’s footprints to the glass. (Plus my eye is still the multicoloured one I changed it to this morning.)
I only have one last gripe:
Can Kudocities please give back all the messages previously posted on my profile page?
And if not, why not?
Posted 10 months ago by CarmenM
premiumBetter. Slicker. More interesting at first glance… although, as Carla points out, everything is a bit large just now. Nice work though. HNY you lot. Onwards…..
Posted 10 months ago by stella
premium onlineIs it only IE7 with… Is it only IE7 with the problem with “premium” and “premium online” sitting off the side of everyone’s pics? If so I’d guess you’re finding a workaround for that.No-one else has mentioned it, so is it just me who things the typeface in all the normal copy is rendering oddly?
I don’t love a couple of minor things like “I think X is hot” instead of the fancy thing (which seemed tonally non-serious rather than slightly ick), but that’s pretty subjective so hey ho. I don’t love the fact that you have to click in 3 places to effectively see your whole profile now. And I don’t actually like my personal stuff (like my watchlist) appearing on my FCL homepage rather than in a profile area. No idea why, I just don’t. Maybe I’m weird. Can I not see messages I’ve whispered to people now by the way?
These are all pretty minor and I’m sure will be fine once we all get used to it.
I think it’s a big branding change as well and I’ll be interested to see how that goes – I can’t imagine all of us calling it anything other than “FCL” for a long while…
Otherwise – looks good, well done, nice work, Merry Christmas.
Posted 10 months ago by Fi
