topic Re: UK Community Update in Community Platform Discussion

topic Re: UK Community Update in Community Platform Discussion https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Community-Platform-Discussion/UK-Community-Update/m-p/6888643#M216 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2999152">@i_failed_my_dna_test</a> wrote: Katie , the only possible improvement is a return to what was here before the alterations . Tell the team (if thats what he/she is called ) to stop playing around trying to improve the mess that they have made .<HR /></BLOCKQUOTE>Yes, yes, yes! We cnstantly see people sounding off on the boards about changes to the system that I find barely noticeable.  But here we have something else. In discussions of changes we would normally find a fair number of people saying they liked them, if they did. But they don't. We see quite a few people on the boards with problems they have encountered through using mobile phones, which I believe any sensible eBayer should regard as an occasional emergency measure, if that. But seeking greater parity between phones and computers by eliminating what it takes a computer to use, is an unwise and harmful step. The dissent could be much greater. I was told of this thread on a part of the site I never visit, and I don't doubt many more are in the same boat. Have you noticed how many fewer replies threads are getting, and how much more quickly they slip out of sight on that long, long page? Display in order of the last post is important too. Under the old system we could take a quick, easy look at which threads are enduring, because they matter. We could see at a glance which were still running, and who had kept it running. Do you remember the sustained and dirty campaigns to make people believe that the Money Back Guarantee didn't apply to collection items, or that sellers should refuse to accept Paypal for collection items, or that many Chinese sellers misdeclare their items as being in the UK as their standard business practice, or that it is acceptable for sellers to lie about the reason for cancelling a transaction? All of these are liable to slip out of signt unchallenged, leaving people deceived as to their  rights. Deceived as to their rights means someone gets money of theirs to which he isn't entitled. I shouldn't want to carry water to my own well unless it is to serve some serious purpose, and I actually disapprove of the kudos system. All too often it is for "helpful" in sometimes self-seeking discussion, and we shouldn't count their but weigh them. "Helpful" from the people who brought their problems to the board weigh heavier. But I have received 1971 "helpfuls", one ler less than six of my 11064 posts, and more in the last month than anyone else on the Buyer Central board. Some others, expressing similar views, have done much more for the community than that. I have always considered it a mark of success when someone says "Are you paid by eBay to post here?"  Well it is a fine idea, but we aren't. These boards aren't just social media, to be used the way so many do smartphones. They serve a serious purpose, which keeps people buying on eBay and makes life a little thinner for the fraudsters it could so easily attract. Surely our opinion must count for something? M eanwhile the Resolution Centre appears to be inoperable, and "Contact eBay" in "Help and Contact" has recently been restored. It isn't even as if eBay's IT experts, whom I'm prepared to believe are among the best, didn't have better things to do than this. Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:21:17 GMT gallovidian 2021-02-25T19:21:17Z