Don't your users matter? Dev replies; More replies please!

[Suppressive Person]

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I agree completely. I decided to stay away from that because of the people that will go nuts about it. Bringing up how much money Gaia really has creates a shitstorm.

I know. But someone had to do it, because the first thing the BAWWW'ing mod-fangirls will do is say Gaia needs money, which is ignorant.

I'll take the flames. This won't be the first time, and it won't be the last.

[Poetic Ruin]

Do I think they honestly go through each individual thread to look at what users have to say? No, I think they only go in if the title is so high in interest to what they particular do or has their name in it. Otherwise, I think they just glance at what lies most in site feedback by the titles rather than entering them. They are making mistakes but I don't think they have a crystal ball to know how we'll react to what they do because, let's face it, they truly have no idea what us users want because they do so little research on it. They don't know their own customers other than what lies in the petitions forum.

[[Emotional Hobocore]]

Bohemian Polka

[Emotional Hobocore]

If you want Gaia's policy's to change, don't just post on the message board, although that is a great way to drum up support.

You gotta hit Gaia where it hurts, boycott them, don't buy any MCs or Cash Shop Items. Gaia will notice something is wrong when they notice the donations dropping.

Do what you can and make your voice heard here.

I already haven't bought from Gaia in almost a year. I used to donate pretty regularly.

Yes, I stopped donating in 2006, when I felt the developers really no longer cared about the users and just started seeing us as just numbers who are good for donations only. Things only got worse from there on out.

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Darth Kaiba

YOU KNOW HOW IT ALL STARTED.

When at the end of 06 and then by December of 06.

Guess what? THEY CHANGED THE LAYOUT.

And it became a Teen Hangout.

I joined in Feb of 2006 by the way.

:O

HOLY s**t!

THAT'S IT! We told them changing the layout was a bad idea. But would they listen? HELL NO!

I don't think the layout caused it. It was just another instance of them ignoring their users.

[Prince Hi-chan]

Darth Kaiba

YOU KNOW HOW IT ALL STARTED.

When at the end of 06 and then by December of 06.

Guess what? THEY CHANGED THE LAYOUT.

And it became a Teen Hangout.

I joined in Feb of 2006 by the way.

Isn't that also when they got Craig Sherman/ really went corporate? :/

[Suppressive Person]

[Emotional Hobocore]

If you want Gaia's policy's to change, don't just post on the message board, although that is a great way to drum up support.

You gotta hit Gaia where it hurts, boycott them, don't buy any MCs or Cash Shop Items. Gaia will notice something is wrong when they notice the donations dropping.

Do what you can and make your voice heard here.

Way ahead of you. The cash items I'm wearing now were gifts.

[Zakiyama]

Poetic Ruin

Do I think they honestly go through each individual thread to look at what users have to say? No, I think they only go in if the title is so high in interest to what they particular do or has their name in it. Otherwise, I think they just glance at what lies most in site feedback by the titles rather than entering them. They are making mistakes but I don't think they have a crystal ball to know how we'll react to what they do because, let's face it, they truly have no idea what us users want because they do so little research on it. They don't know their own customers other than what lies in the petitions forum.

How the SF reacts is pretty well... predictable.

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Poetic Ruin

Do I think they honestly go through each individual thread to look at what users have to say? No, I think they only go in if the title is so high in interest to what they particular do or has their name in it. Otherwise, I think they just glance at what lies most in site feedback by the titles rather than entering them. They are making mistakes but I don't think they have a crystal ball to know how we'll react to what they do because, let's face it, they truly have no idea what us users want because they do so little research on it. They don't know their own customers other than what lies in the petitions forum.

I think they do look, and I'd say more likely, they're referred to certain threads. But do they look at all of them? Of course not. Didn't you know they're busy with zOMG?

I'll try to spruce up the title though, now that I think about it.

[Chaotic Vibe]

I love you.

[Darth Kaiba]

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Darth Kaiba

YOU KNOW HOW IT ALL STARTED.

When at the end of 06 and then by December of 06.

Guess what? THEY CHANGED THE LAYOUT.

And it became a Teen Hangout.

I joined in Feb of 2006 by the way.

:O

HOLY s**t!

THAT'S IT! We told them changing the layout was a bad idea. But would they listen? HELL NO!

I don't think the layout caused it. It was just another instance of them ignoring their users.

Yea we told them uh no thanks.

But they ******** YOU YOU DON'T HOW TO RUN A SITE".

That's when the fall of the entire site happened. They started to go to MTV's HSM's by at that time.

It was more whiter, they have stupid kids around...

[Zakiyama]

[ .NK. ]

Poetic Ruin

Do I think they honestly go through each individual thread to look at what users have to say? No, I think they only go in if the title is so high in interest to what they particular do or has their name in it. Otherwise, I think they just glance at what lies most in site feedback by the titles rather than entering them. They are making mistakes but I don't think they have a crystal ball to know how we'll react to what they do because, let's face it, they truly have no idea what us users want because they do so little research on it. They don't know their own customers other than what lies in the petitions forum.

I think they do look, and I'd say more likely, they're referred to certain threads. But do they look at all of them? Of course not. Didn't you know they're busy with zOMG?

I'll try to spruce up the title though, now that I think about it.

So much so that EI artists are getting yanked to work on it. rolleyes

[unknown ghost]

Prince Hi-chan

Isn't that also when they got Craig Sherman/ really went corporate? :/

Agree. I don't think Sherman has added anything to Gaia that reflects what Gaia was originally intended to be.

[Darth Kaiba]

Prince Hi-chan

Darth Kaiba

YOU KNOW HOW IT ALL STARTED.

When at the end of 06 and then by December of 06.

Guess what? THEY CHANGED THE LAYOUT.

And it became a Teen Hangout.

I joined in Feb of 2006 by the way.

Isn't that also when they got Craig Sherman/ really went corporate? :/

Yea they did...

And they also got rid of the wings of the Gaia Logo.

[[Emotional Hobocore]]

Suppressive Person

[Emotional Hobocore]

If you want Gaia's policy's to change, don't just post on the message board, although that is a great way to drum up support.

You gotta hit Gaia where it hurts, boycott them, don't buy any MCs or Cash Shop Items. Gaia will notice something is wrong when they notice the donations dropping.

Do what you can and make your voice heard here.

Way ahead of you. The cash items I'm wearing now were gifts.

Yeah, I think I have a cash shop item on me also. I bought it off the MP, so I'm not even sure. All I know is Gaia isn't getting any more of my money. The point is just stay strong, I'm sure if enough people take part in the boycott Gaia will notice.

Kaiba: and on that day an angel lost it's wings, so to speak.

[DJ Lune]

unknown ghost

Prince Hi-chan

Isn't that also when they got Craig Sherman/ really went corporate? :/

Agree. I don't think Sherman has added anything to Gaia that reflects what Gaia was originally intended to be.

» I agree also.