New Poetry is Missing From Front Page

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Perhaps there should be three buttons on the front page: New (Stories and poems, like the old-style front page), Poems (New poems only) Stories (New stories only).

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Perhaps there should be three buttons on the front page: New (Stories and poems, like the old-style front page), Poems (New poems only) Stories (New stories only).

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Perhaps there should be three buttons on the front page: New (Stories and poems, like the old-style front page), Poems (New poems only) Stories (New stories only).

I think that is a good idea.

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Perhaps there should be three buttons on the front page: New (Stories and poems, like the old-style front page), Poems (New poems only) Stories (New stories only).

Damn it, I didn't notice there's a second button for poetry.



I'm sick with the flu, have been since Monday, so that's to blame for my missing that second button.

Personally I liked the old front page, stories & poems mixed, better.

Thanks Andrew.

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I have mixed feeling about the buttons. Why? Because when stories and poems where together poems would come in more and I would loss track of the sorties. So now they are separated I can keep track again. But at the same time I don't like the separation because I forget to look at the poem button. I don't know maybe I need to get use to it or something.

Anyways did that make sense?

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If there was a third button for everything at once and it was the default setting, it would start the way it was and give the option to look at poems or stories separately.

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I have mixed feeling about the buttons. Why? Because when stories and poems where together poems would come in more and I would loss track of the sorties. So now they are separated I can keep track again. But at the same time I don't like the separation because I forget to look at the poem button. I don't know maybe I need to get use to it or something.

Anyways did that make sense?

Don't worry, it made sense.

To me, though, it seems redundant to have the second button for poetry. Because right there, in the side bar, is the button for poetry, and it takes you to the same place the other button does. Except the poems are then excluded by default from the front page, because the stories button is the default front page.

We, the active members, are going to catch on, but what about the people who cruise the web just to read, and stumble upon the site? Maybe they will completely miss the new poems because they won't venture beyond the default front page. And maybe some of them will have brains addled by being sick for five days like me, and not catch on that there is a second front page.

I know what you mean about the combined stories & poems, and maybe losing track of the stories. But personally, I've always scrolled down the front page to see at a glance what the new texts are, who from, categories, length, etc, before opening any of them. That way I get a handle on the number of new works and can juggle my reading time.

At the risk of repeating myself, it just seems unfair to the poets to be bumped aside of the default front page exposure, and to me that is wrong.

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I agree with you. Poems are important too.

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I have mixed feeling about the buttons. Why? Because when stories and poems where together poems would come in more and I would loss track of the sorties. So now they are separated I can keep track again. But at the same time I don't like the separation because I forget to look at the poem button. I don't know maybe I need to get use to it or something.

Anyways did that make sense?

Don't worry, it made sense.

To me, though, it seems redundant to have the second button for poetry. Because right there, in the side bar, is the button for poetry, and it takes you to the same place the other button does. Except the poems are then excluded by default from the front page, because the stories button is the default front page.

We, the active members, are going to catch on, but what about the people who cruise the web just to read, and stumble upon the site? Maybe they will completely miss the new poems because they won't venture beyond the default front page. And maybe some of them will have brains addled by being sick for five days like me, and not catch on that there is a second front page.

I know what you mean about the combined stories & poems, and maybe losing track of the stories. But personally, I've always scrolled down the front page to see at a glance what the new texts are, who from, categories, length, etc, before opening any of them. That way I get a handle on the number of new works and can juggle my reading time.

At the risk of repeating myself, it just seems unfair to the poets to be bumped aside of the default front page exposure, and to me that is wrong.

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So I already know my initial opinion is going to be dreadfully overruled and cause a whole commotion that nobody wants. So I might to provide a possible solution. Not everyone likes stories, not everyone like poetry and those short micro fiction pieces, which is understandable for both sides, not everyone's tastes are the same.

So how about we have everything on the main page, and then we have the second and third tabs to choose either stories or poetry or whatever. Or if your one of those extremists you can go into settings and just block whatever genre you don't wish to read or write and it clears the page of those certain genres.

I can personally say that I really don't fancy poetry that much, and seeing the front page is almost always filled with poems everyday, it gets difficult to find stories till eventually I just don't feel like reading anything because all I can find is poems, but that is more so that most people don't write stories anyways. It isn't really anyone's fault that half the people here are poets and even the people who write stories shove out a poem or two every once in a while.

Everyone's work is important, and deserves a place on the front page, so maybe we use the old front page and and keep the new front page as a secondary and third tab for those few oddballs like me.

Does that make sense?

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Perhaps there should be three buttons on the front page: New (Stories and poems, like the old-style front page), Poems (New poems only) Stories (New stories only).

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Personally, I like the option of toggling between poetry and stories, but this is your site, so we have to listen to what is more convenient for everyone. We will see what can be done about adding a third button, which I think is a good idea.

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It seems to me that the 'traditionalists' here do not like change.

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I disagree, Paul.

Having the poetry submissions accessible through its own button makes far more sense. The two genres are entirely different so why not separate them? Neither category is being "hidden" or given preference as both buttons are equally and freely accessible.

It seems to me that the 'traditionalists' here do not like change. It is not OUR site, anyway: it belongs to those who set it up and administer it. If they decide to make changes without consulting the members, that is their right.

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We are looking at getting a third button that will allow the member to click that to have both stories and poems visible like it used to be. That way, everyone wins. Please be patient in regards to this and we will see when it can get done.

Thank you.