Wish list for Neuron Geek's fantastic team! (Shopping and reviewers!)

Contributor: Adriana Ravenlust Adriana Ravenlust
Dates for reviews on profiles.
12/31/2009
Contributor: Rockin' Rockin'
Page numbers at the top of the page on the forum, on contributor lists, on pretty much anywhere there are page numbers at the bottom of the page and not at the top.

I also second Adriana's "Dates for reviews on profiles." I liked how the reviews were listed on the old profile pages without the followups mixed in and with the dates of the original reviews displayed.
01/01/2010
Contributor: Alan & Michele Alan & Michele
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Originally posted by removedacnt
And the ability to delete messages in our outboxes. Unless I'm mistaken we can only delete the ones in the inboxes.
I second this one!
01/01/2010
Contributor: sarahbear sarahbear
A distinction for one-size lingerie. One-size generally runs pretty small it shows up if you click S/M/L/XL when you're browsing. It just kind of helps to weed out the stuff I am not interested in.
01/01/2010
Contributor: Dragon Dragon
The ability to write one linked review for items that are almost identical - different size for example. Or just strongly linked reviews when the products cover a lot of similarity.
01/02/2010
Contributor: Dragon Dragon
Reminders to think about reviews for products purchased that weren't necessarily purchased just for a review!

I couldn't believe I never wrote a review for one book that I bought.
01/02/2010
Contributor: Dragon Dragon
Set of links/buttons on EVERY page that you visit on Eden

Shop Reviews Community News Forum Interviews Sexis Eden Link


on EVERY page...
01/06/2010
Contributor: Tuesday Tuesday
I second the edit/delete post option.

I also wish there were buttons on each post to let you click agree, disagree, interesting, educational, etc like I've seen on other forums. This would save the 'I agree' replies, like my first sentence.

Most of all, I wish the product search section would show which items are really available to request for a review. I would like to see a column that appears for advanced reviewers indicating this. The process now only seems to work well for the manufacturer-sponsored products.
01/06/2010
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
I'm not sure if I'm going to explain this correctly but, I think it would be great to have the ability to do a search within a category.
01/06/2010
Contributor: Victoria Victoria
Ok, peeps – we had a meeting about many of these suggestions yesterday, and I have news! (Yes, Neuron Geek was there!)

To make it easier to understand, I’ll just go area by area, with the ‘status’ news.

Review Program:

• Save draft reviews - The Standard template for reviews will soon be able to save drafts – just like we already have with the Extended templates.

• Product Search - changes continue to happen; however, the request to only show the products that are available for request is not entirely possible, because there are many products that have multiple limitations / statuses. It is not always obvious to the public how each product is involved in many processes at once, on many levels – yet this is necessary on our end. That being said, we’ll keep thinking about ways to make Product Search better.

Review details – public view:

• Voting results – We will start showing the voting results on your own reviews, as long as you are logged in.

• Review publication dates - On the public profile, these dates will be added to be viewable on mouse over.

EF Messaging system:

We’re going to make it possible for users to delete the messages in their outbox -
as well as multiple/batch deleting of messages.

Chat room:

Not happening. We have considered this a few times, but with the forums and the messaging system, it seems a bit excessive and would be to the detriment of the forums. However, the forums can easily be used to have back and forth conversations with a group of people, and it will be less exclusive to those who want to see the conversation and learn from it. Private conversations happen in the messaging system. Both needs are met.

Forum:

• Editing - We will make it possible to edit your last post, as long as no one has posted after you. The reason being that if someone has already responded to it, then by you changing your post, you change the conversation that has already begun. If someone has posted below you, you can always reply in order to clarify or correct something you posted – which is what is often already happening.

• Spell check - We cannot turn spell-check on for the forums – it owould make you miserable. None of the toy manufacturers’ names, as well as most anatomy, slang and colloquial terms are not recognized by spell check. We suggest simply turning on the spell check in your browser.

• Signed by notice – We will add a notice to the forum posts “Your post will be signed by ##ScreenName##” so you can see before you submit. This is already the case with Review Comments

• Images on the forum – Guess what! We’re going to make it possible to easily add images to your forum posts! Even from your own folders – not just online images. We are creating a little uploader as part of the post box.

• Formatting – we’re going to add more instruction for how to format on the forums. We already have ‘How to add links’, but we will also soon list things like how to use italics, bold, and underline.

Public Profile:

Stats - As far as listing the ‘total discussion counter’ and ‘total post counter’ on the public profile, we’ve decided not to do that. It really does not tell you about that person – about how useful or meaningful those posts are – those are just stats, and not really needed.

Other:

We will add a pop-up layer to each contributor avatar. When you mouse over an avatar, you will see a snapshot of the ‘About Me’ page for that person – unless they do not have a published profile yet, in which case you’d see a message that says their profile is not yet published.

So, there ya have it – lots going on! You will start to see these changes happening in staggered fashion over the next 3 – 4 weeks.

Excited?

Yeah, me too!

Thanks for all of the suggestions, everyone!
01/08/2010
Contributor: Carrie Ann Carrie Ann
Man, I sure hope people realize just how hard our tech teams works doing stuff *just* to make us happies.

You guys are the awesome in the awesomesauce.
01/08/2010
Contributor: Victoria Victoria
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Originally posted by Carrie Ann
Man, I sure hope people realize just how hard our tech teams works doing stuff *just* to make us happies.

You guys are the awesome in the awesomesauce.
Thankfully Neuron Geek never sleeps...
01/08/2010
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
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Originally posted by Victoria
Ok, peeps – we had a meeting about many of these suggestions yesterday, and I have news! (Yes, Neuron Geek was there!)To make it easier to understand, I’ll just go area by area, with the ‘status’ news.Review Program:• Save draft reviews - The ... more
YAY!

Not only did you update and give good news, you also posted the "Why"! It's so hard nowadays to get the "why" on ANYTHING!


EF RAWKS!

THANKS!
01/08/2010
Contributor: MuffysPinguLove MuffysPinguLove
So excited! Especially for being able to save in the standard review format! You guys are awesome!
01/08/2010
Contributor: Sir Sir
Wonderful updates, Victoria! And I agree with Carrie Ann, these are all so great!
01/08/2010
Contributor: Sammi Sammi
Wow - some great changes on the way!
01/08/2010
Contributor: Owl Identified Owl Identified
Wow. I was pretty happy with things as they were but this updates are really thoughtful. Thanks to all of you for taking the time to make these changes just for us. You guys are really lovely
01/08/2010
Contributor: Dragon Dragon
Thanks for letting us know! That's fantastic! Love the meeting and the results.
01/09/2010
Contributor: Dragon Dragon
Word Count in templates!
01/09/2010
Contributor: Two Scorpios Two Scorpios
Awesome list of updates! As a geek, I know that none of these changes are trivial.

But to throw out another "wish" - I was curious about any planned "mobile" enhancements? I'm lost without my iPhone, and my wife doesn't go far without her iPod touch. I keep a RSS feed of site wide updates in the forum which is good...but you only get the first 40 or so words in the RSS snippet and I'm regularly browsing on the small screen trying to read the entire post.

Has there been any consideration for a iPhone app? I know its not something Neuron Geek and team can just "whip out", but it would be awesome to follow and participate in the forums without having to spin up the laptop - especially in bed!!!

A more realistic change could be an expansion of the website's Mobile site to include the forums, reviews, and one of my favorites, the sexual fantasies section. The foundation is there. It could also be read-only on the mobile side. I'd continue to contribute using my desktop or laptop, but when you just want to follow along or get into the right frame of mind - the ease of the iPhone or iPod Touch in bed can't be beat.

Just some thoughts and ideas....
01/09/2010
Contributor: Dragon Dragon
Just wishing for the impossible.

Hotlinks for the posting on the wall, so I can instantly transport myself! I have no technical idea how that could happen automatically, so I'm going to assume it won't happen!
01/09/2010
Contributor: Rockin' Rockin'
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Originally posted by Dragon
Just wishing for the impossible.

Hotlinks for the posting on the wall, so I can instantly transport myself! I have no technical idea how that could happen automatically, so I'm going to assume it won't happen!
I think this is already in effect. When I look at my wall and there's a "discussion" area, I can click on the thread title and I'm taken to the beginning of the thread. Is that what you're asking for?
01/09/2010
Contributor: Luscious Lily Luscious Lily
Holy dildos, you guys rock! Thanks for explaining everything to us, too, Victoria! And, should we rig up an IV coffee drip for poor Neuron Geek and the team?! This is so much work for them, thanks for letting us help with the idea process. You guys are seriously made of win.
01/09/2010
Contributor: Tuesday Tuesday
I actually have one more suggestion - include multiple circumferences for toys without a uniform width. EF already excels in the amount of information given, but this detail would be quite useful. I'm thinking of the Tantus Revolution here. The head is bigger than the shaft.
01/09/2010
Contributor: Sir Sir
I'd like to see the fantasies section expanded. There are some improvements that could be done there that haven't really been.
01/09/2010
Contributor: Adriana Ravenlust Adriana Ravenlust
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Originally posted by Tuesday
I actually have one more suggestion - include multiple circumferences for toys without a uniform width. EF already excels in the amount of information given, but this detail would be quite useful. I'm thinking of the Tantus Revolution here. The ... more
Maybe a widest width and average?
01/09/2010
Contributor: Dragon Dragon
How about the ability to Follow reviewers from the review itself?
01/15/2010
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
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Originally posted by Victoria
Ok, peeps – we had a meeting about many of these suggestions yesterday, and I have news! (Yes, Neuron Geek was there!)To make it easier to understand, I’ll just go area by area, with the ‘status’ news.Review Program:• Save draft reviews - The ... more
Some of these changes rock! Even the one that wasn't going to happen

Would it be possible to have 1/2 stars added? Sometimes deciding between 3 and 4 stars is hard.
01/20/2010
Contributor: Victoria Victoria
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Originally posted by El-Jaro
Some of these changes rock! Even the one that wasn't going to happen

Would it be possible to have 1/2 stars added? Sometimes deciding between 3 and 4 stars is hard.
Mr. Sauce, I'mma give you a half spanking! No half stars! Actually, I think we have it this way for a good reason - specifically being able to sort by rating when looking at products in a search or on a category page. But...to be fair, I will tell Neuron Geek that you asked.
01/20/2010
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
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Originally posted by Victoria
Mr. Sauce, I'mma give you a half spanking! No half stars! Actually, I think we have it this way for a good reason - specifically being able to sort by rating when looking at products in a search or on a category page. But...to be fair, I will ... more
Thank you!

half-spanking...tsk tsk tsk...
01/20/2010