Chris027

I just don’t see myself looking at the providers page, then going to their individual pages, then looking at apps. Most of the apps I use were found by browsing here, not even searching. 
 
I’m guessing I’ll gradually use the stock, less good, version of Invision Community. Kind of a bummer. 

I just don’t see myself looking at the providers page, then going to their individual pages, then looking at apps. Most of the apps I use were found by browsing here, not even searching. 
 
I’m guessing I’ll gradually use the stock, less good, version of Invision Community. Kind of a bummer. 

I just don’t see myself looking at the providers page, then going to their individual pages, then looking at apps. Most of the apps I use were found by browsing here, not even searching. 
 
I’m guessing I’ll gradually use the stock, less good, version of Invision Community. Kind of a bummer. 

Hi
Just discover this
sounds weird to me, App store, Google play store, Wordpress plugins depository, it makes sense to find all apps / plugins at the same place, rather than to have to check all devs websites...
i am not sure that's a good move

Very nice. 
 
One thing I’d love to see is the ability to restrict dark mode to specific user groups. This would be nice because we sell subscriptions that remove advertisements. Dark mode works great for subscribers, but for those who see the ads dark mode would make the ad images look really strange. 

Very nice. 
 
One thing I’d love to see is the ability to restrict dark mode to specific user groups. This would be nice because we sell subscriptions that remove advertisements. Dark mode works great for subscribers, but for those who see the ads dark mode would make the ad images look really strange. 

Very nice. 
 
One thing I’d love to see is the ability to restrict dark mode to specific user groups. This would be nice because we sell subscriptions that remove advertisements. Dark mode works great for subscribers, but for those who see the ads dark mode would make the ad images look really strange. 

Very nice. 
 
One thing I’d love to see is the ability to restrict dark mode to specific user groups. This would be nice because we sell subscriptions that remove advertisements. Dark mode works great for subscribers, but for those who see the ads dark mode would make the ad images look really strange. 

I’d love an option to disable public view counts for articles and even forum topics. 
 
We’ve become accustomed to seeing this because it has been around forever, but I think it’s detrimental to a community. Encouraging everyone to participate can be really tough for those whose topics or blog posts don’t get many views. People get discouraged easily. 
 
Plus, view counts play into the whole “more followers is the goal” ideology, rather than good content and community are the goal. 

Why would I want to send readers to another site to follow my own site?

Yes, we need this in V5 (without even seeing V5)!

Support is handled manually here via PM or through my site. For a support request, the purchase key should be added to the request. I have no plans of moving my products and their purchases to my site at the moment. I don’t really expect further sales or support issues to justify this. I will just deal with the few request that might come in manually. 
I might start offering 5.x products on my site if what I do is still possible with 5.x. We will see. 

Thank for the more reasonable reply. I hear you, but also am hesitant to buy into change when the only information available is sparse. There are some awesome communities full of information and interaction, still running terrible looking versions of software. For them, it's about getting and giving information fast and efficiently. This is the opposite of a site like YouTube where it's about dragging people along until you can show another commercial or sponsored segment or the site trying to get you to watch more videos until your eyes dry out. 
Perhaps I'm the only person without patience to weed through a mountain of garbage just to get the nugget of info I need. Much of the internet has become exhausting now days. 
I frequently think of this magazine cover compared to magazines of today and websites where there is so much going on it causes a headache. More isn't automatically better, and neither is less. There's a happy medium, and using technology to meet needs is always good.
 

It should be up to community managers to decide who sees the value in these numbers. I can’t think of a single reason this information should be broadcast to the world on all communities. 

I’d love an option to disable public view counts for articles and even forum topics. 
 
We’ve become accustomed to seeing this because it has been around forever, but I think it’s detrimental to a community. Encouraging everyone to participate can be really tough for those whose topics or blog posts don’t get many views. People get discouraged easily. 
 
Plus, view counts play into the whole “more followers is the goal” ideology, rather than good content and community are the goal. 

It should be up to community managers to decide who sees the value in these numbers. I can’t think of a single reason this information should be broadcast to the world on all communities. 

I’d love an option to disable public view counts for articles and even forum topics. 
 
We’ve become accustomed to seeing this because it has been around forever, but I think it’s detrimental to a community. Encouraging everyone to participate can be really tough for those whose topics or blog posts don’t get many views. People get discouraged easily. 
 
Plus, view counts play into the whole “more followers is the goal” ideology, rather than good content and community are the goal. 

I’d love an option to disable public view counts for articles and even forum topics. 
 
We’ve become accustomed to seeing this because it has been around forever, but I think it’s detrimental to a community. Encouraging everyone to participate can be really tough for those whose topics or blog posts don’t get many views. People get discouraged easily. 
 
Plus, view counts play into the whole “more followers is the goal” ideology, rather than good content and community are the goal. 

There are tons of browser extensions to "reload" the page a thousand times in one day and this is actually used very often. I can make any content you own the most viewed of all time. Does that mean that your content is valuable somehow? Not at all. It means it will be the most viewed and that's all. Most viewed is different the most valuable.

It only shows if you enable Community Hive on your own community.

I actually agree. I'm not sure everyone would though. But I think a lot of metrics we have scattered around just add clutter and do not add value in determining whether the topic should be read or not.

I’d love an option to disable public view counts for articles and even forum topics. 
 
We’ve become accustomed to seeing this because it has been around forever, but I think it’s detrimental to a community. Encouraging everyone to participate can be really tough for those whose topics or blog posts don’t get many views. People get discouraged easily. 
 
Plus, view counts play into the whole “more followers is the goal” ideology, rather than good content and community are the goal. 

Thank for the more reasonable reply. I hear you, but also am hesitant to buy into change when the only information available is sparse. There are some awesome communities full of information and interaction, still running terrible looking versions of software. For them, it's about getting and giving information fast and efficiently. This is the opposite of a site like YouTube where it's about dragging people along until you can show another commercial or sponsored segment or the site trying to get you to watch more videos until your eyes dry out. 
Perhaps I'm the only person without patience to weed through a mountain of garbage just to get the nugget of info I need. Much of the internet has become exhausting now days. 
I frequently think of this magazine cover compared to magazines of today and websites where there is so much going on it causes a headache. More isn't automatically better, and neither is less. There's a happy medium, and using technology to meet needs is always good.
 

When using an app for fun, this kind of thing got me excited.
I use IPS for my business, so this means nothing but problems and tons of work coming soon. My community likes stability and hates change just for change sake. V5 sounds like a bunch of change, even for everyone who wants to maintain the same experience for their communities. 

I don't suffer from FOMO and I understand my community far better than anyone else. I don't jump on bandwagons or follow the herd. Only dead fish swim with the current. 
It's about having vision and content, not the new shiny object.