Arthmoor Posted November 14 Posted November 14 So the "Prepare for v5" feature said to post here if we have questions. I don't recall seeing anywhere that it was mentioned the status updates feature was going to be removed. While our community doesn't use them a lot, they're still something people want. Are there plans for something to replace it or is it just going away forever? If this was mentioned somewhere else I'd appreciate a link to the topic. asifzkhan and simonle 1 1
Gary Posted November 14 Posted November 14 Hi @Arthmoor, The team have mentioned that status updates will be removed and once you upgrade, the status section simply won't exist anymore. There is a topic open in the Beta Testing club though to discuss what happens to published status updates though.
Randy Calvert Posted November 15 Posted November 15 This has been posted for a year and a half... in fact back in April of 2023. https://invisioncommunity.com/search/?&q="status updates"&search_and_or=or&updated_after=1680307200&updated_before=1682812800
Andreas Grace Posted November 16 Posted November 16 This warning appears for me even though I disabled status updates as a setting. Can I get rid of it? If yes, how?
teraßyte Posted November 16 Posted November 16 Most likely you have some old status updates in the database from before you disabled it. If you're not using it you can ignore the warning. Any existing status updates will simply be deleted when upgrading to v5.
Andreas Grace Posted November 16 Posted November 16 Turns out there were 3 of them. They're now gone and so is the warning.
simonle Posted November 17 Posted November 17 On 11/15/2024 at 12:19 AM, Arthmoor said: So the "Prepare for v5" feature said to post here if we have questions. I don't recall seeing anywhere that it was mentioned the status updates feature was going to be removed. While our community doesn't use them a lot, they're still something people want. Are there plans for something to replace it or is it just going away forever? If this was mentioned somewhere else I'd appreciate a link to the topic. Yes, I also noticed this when I checked out that ACP-page. This is a real shame, and I don't understand why they would remove this feature from a "social" platform. 😞
coolnet560 Posted November 17 Posted November 17 Sad to see this going. I hope someone makes a third party for it. I know my community loves the status updates. simonle 1
Daniel F Posted November 17 Posted November 17 2 minutes ago, coolnet560 said: I hope someone makes a third party for it https://www.ic-essentials.com/forums/topic/97-status-posts/ coolnet560 1
Elektra911 Posted November 18 Posted November 18 Removing status updates is a horrible idea. One of THE WORST. Status updates can help keep the community active. Afrodude and simonle 2
Marc Posted November 19 Posted November 19 13 hours ago, Elektra911 said: Removing status updates is a horrible idea. One of THE WORST. Status updates can help keep the community active. Sorry to hear you believe this to be the case. In our experience, it can actually do quite the opposite, as it moves conversation away from your core community
simonle Posted November 20 Posted November 20 On 11/19/2024 at 9:36 AM, Marc said: Sorry to hear you believe this to be the case. In our experience, it can actually do quite the opposite, as it moves conversation away from your core community So you've just gone ahead and decided for us what our "core community" is supposed to be? 🤨 Why remove a feature that's available in one way or another in most other forum software? Will you also be removing PM's in a future update?
Jim M Posted November 20 Posted November 20 29 minutes ago, simonle said: So you've just gone ahead and decided for us what our "core community" is supposed to be? 🤨 Why remove a feature that's available in one way or another in most other forum software? Will you also be removing PM's in a future update? Get that something like this is quite frustrating to those who use it but we simply do not just remove a feature because we feel like it. We do extensive research on our clients' usage, how the feature is being used, and trends in the space. Simply because other software has it doesn't mean it makes sense for our software to have it. We also have finite resources to spend on a development feature so at some point something has to give. Many third party authors have expressed interest in filling the void we are leaving so you may be able to keep the feature. You will want to research that to see if any have committed to it for version 5. 29 minutes ago, simonle said: Will you also be removing PM's in a future update? Status updates are different than private messages.
David.. Posted November 20 Posted November 20 On 11/17/2024 at 2:05 PM, Daniel F said: https://www.ic-essentials.com/forums/topic/97-status-posts/ How do you plan on handling this if the status updates are removed from the database during the upgrade process?
Fast Lane! Posted December 5 Posted December 5 (edited) On 11/20/2024 at 10:44 AM, David.. said: How do you plan on handling this if the status updates are removed from the database during the upgrade process? The upgrade will delete this user generated content...? We have "a few" status updates that would get removed.... terrible :(. Edited December 5 by Fast Lane!
Management Matt Posted December 5 Management Posted December 5 The upgrader does not remove this data.
Fast Lane! Posted December 6 Posted December 6 8 hours ago, Matt said: The upgrader does not remove this data. Thanks Matt for setting the record straight :). I was seeing some confusion. Hopefully a 3rd party solution will come along. Matt 1
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