In case you missed the announcement ...

Parents Forum
1

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/1608587-new-year-new-look-college-confidential.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/1608587-new-year-new-look-college-confidential.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>An Helen Keller moment in the making!</p>

2

<p>Number 1 & 2 I could do without.</p>

3

<p>Totally agree, Romani… but maybe it won’t be too obnoxious… :(</p>

4

<p>After my experience with the “new and improved” Common App this fall, I am feeling not very excited about any changes.</p>

5

<p>Anything to do with facebook is obnoxious. Not happy.</p>

6

<p>I had thought I was doing a good job of keeping up with the goings on here until I read “You’ve heard the rumors—”</p>

<p>Actually, no. I had not heard the rumors. Where does one go to get that sort of advance scoop?</p>

7

<p>

</p>

<p>Will new and improved result in fewer of the above? :rolleyes:</p>

8

<p>Probably–everyone who hates FB won’t sign in as often.</p>

9

<p>

</p>

<p>Yes! Finally I can have my dancing bear animated gif avatar! My post will have much more (57% more) gravitas when I use the dancing bear gif….who can argue with a dancing bear?!!</p>

10

<p>I don’t want to be any more integrated than I already am. It’s already creepy that I see my posts on my kid’s Naviance account.</p>

11

<p>I am hoping that the frequent ‘server too busy’ message today are a temporary problem related to behind-the-scenes work of updating the site, b/c some of these features sound as though they will consume more bandwidth and the site already struggles w/o these added features.</p>

12

<p>CT1417, it will be a new bulletin board provider altogether. The old software was clunky, and the new site should work better, or so we’re told! You’re right - the tech people were busy with the new site and couldn’t address the busy server messages.</p>

13

<p>I don’t recall being asked what changes are desired. Anyone else?</p>

<p>I don’t see any of these new changes as being all that appealing. I would like to see more than 50 saved private messages, and easier quoting of previous posts in a thread. Otherwise the site is pretty good as is. </p>

<p>One issue I have is using the forums on my android. I find just using a regular internet window is easier than the CC app. However, on my phone, each page needs to load twice. I click a thread, it loads, then reloads. Very annoying, though I’m not sure if this is an issue with CC or just my phone.</p>

14

<p>Thanks Maine. I really shouldn’t complain as it is free and I have learned an awful lot from the posters on this site.</p>

15

<p>I don’t like change! :frowning:
I’m sure I can handle it, but still…</p>

16

<p>I’ve been on many message boards, I actually like the simplicity of this one a lot. The only thing I sometimes would like is an easier way to link to pictures.</p>

17

<p>

</p>

<p>If the answer was that a deeper integration with Facebook and having access to an avatar were positives, chances are that the focus group had an average age well below mine. Considering that I have been a puppy among this older and more mature, I think that few if any above 18 years of age were polled. </p>

<p>Things do change. I, for one, needed months to get used to the new 2004 software. I missed the simplicity of the old forum. Now, I would hate to go back! So, perhaps, the new version will have the same effect. Hate it, despise it, get used to it, and like it a lot more than the new. </p>

<p>And, if all fails, hating the new software might finally give me the impetus to leave this addictive place. And, in fact, the success of a forum like CC should be based on having new blood, new ideas, and new people replacing the old(er) and stale contents and participants. </p>

<p>Whatever is coming is bound to make my blood boil. Hence, my comment about Helen Keller being punished by her parents through rearranging the furniture and not telling her. </p>

<p>We’ll see. Or perhaps, we won’t see many changes. :)</p>

18

<p>" chances are that the focus group had an average age well below mine"</p>

<p>Those 18 year olds who can’t buy a darn thing on their own seem to rule demographics war for all advertisements too.</p>

19

<p>

</p>

<p>Just in time for the demise of fb.</p>

<p>

</p>

<p>[Facebook</a> like an infectious disease, will lose 80 percent of users, says Princeton study - NBC News.com](<a href=“http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/facebook-infectious-disease-will-lose-80-percent-users-says-princeton-2D11972165]Facebook”>Facebook like an infectious disease, will lose 80 percent of users, says Princeton study)</p>

20

<p>^LOL, no the ads are all targeted from links I’ve clicked on. Can’t complain about that one!</p>