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I just looked and noticed the homepages are back to normal!!!! ? ?

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Thanks - Me too I did the same The other page can be there but by selection. We need our homepages back!? ? ? ? ?

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The point is not the visiting of the web page. ? All of my groups are email based groups BUT?I send out the homepage link in Ads letters that?go?out for perspective members to read about the group and possible join. The ad in the ads letter is a teaser and says For More Information Go to the Homepage. ? In groups I own, I often refer my members to go to the homepage to view what can be shared in the group. ? They don't care about the most Active Topics, Upcoming Events, Hashtags They need to be able to view the entire BLURB on the homepage. ? ? ? ?

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 04:36 PM, Chris Jones wrote:

A case, perhaps, of fixing something that wasn't broken. I hope this doesn't become a trend.

Or, perhaps, of continuous improvement.

Accidents will happen, and when they do, it's how they're handled after they've been identified that counts.

It's not that I think this situation is a great thing, but the amount of hyperventilating (and, yes, that's how it does come across to me) about this is astounding.? It's just not that important.? The world, and the groups, continue to function.? It's a small bump that will be rectified.
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You can figure out by the names of a very great many groups what they're basically about.? Even with the paragraph or two description, those are hardly comprehensive, and there are many "join to try" folks who then unsubscribe.? 'Twas ever thus.
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On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 09:06 PM, Samuel Murray wrote:

This change was really, really not thought through.

A case, perhaps, of fixing something that wasn't broken. I hope this doesn't become a trend.

Chris

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 03:35 PM, Duane wrote:

I wonder how many bug reports/complaints Mark (support) has received so far? ;>)

I'll bet it's far fewer than those of us who actually use the web interface with some frequency would suspect.

Most of the e-mail participants I know have never, ever visited the web pages for the groups of which they're members.? I very seldom visit the Home pages of the groups of which I'm a member.? Many of the +help addresses do not include much of any group description information in that reply, and it should be just as important there as it is on a group's home page.
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On 2019/06/13 08:46 PM, Linda King via Groups.Io wrote:

Ugh, just went to check mine....same thing.

Same thing. Someone didn't think this through.

And... the list of most recent threads are labelled "Active Topics", which implies that these are the most active topics. And the most recent threads are not very "active", so this creates the impression that my group is just about dead (if the "active" threads are mostly very short threads).

And... there is now a list of "Top hashtags", too. My group doesn't use hashtags, so the only hashtag is "#test", and now the group homepage proclaims that "#test" is the group's top hashtag. Can you imagine what that says about my group?

Oh, and yes, the description is truncated, and there is no way to read the entire description.

Also the position of the hashtags' "View all" link is far away from the hashtags and directly beneath the dates of the most recent posts, so if anyone were to click "View all", they'd get not "all messages" but a page with one hashtag saying "test", and a link to four test messages.

This change was really, really not thought through.

Samuel

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 01:16 PM, Leeni wrote:

the bug lies in that the description of the group cannot be read.

In addition, it has disabled the link I have in the description of a couple of my groups.? Hopefully all of this will get sorted out.? I wonder how many bug reports/complaints Mark (support) has received so far? ;>)

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Yep, me too. I prefer the previous display also.

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 07:11 PM, Shal Farley wrote:

One thing that does strike me as a bug is the truncation of the Description text - that is definitely a problem.

Arghh; what it has done to the group I moderate is truly horrible.

And furthermore I see no purpose in listing the top hashtags, particularly those that are for Moderator Use Only.

I don't recall anyone requesting that any of these "improvements" be made.

Chris

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Okay, so the way the homepage looks now isn't a bug. It was intentional. ? So the bug lies in that the description of the group cannot be read. I would agree that it is a problem. Perspective members need to know what the group is all about before applying to join. ? So what is the next step? Are you going to write to Mark about it or should I? ? Leeni ? ? ? ?

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I was mistaken. The view all page just brings you to?all of the messages. There isn't any way now for a perspective member to read what your group is about. The rules etc as it isn't showing now. All that shows is 2 lines of the group's description. ? The?news feed seemed to now be combined with the home pages of the group. ? If your group is set to private archives, all a non member?will see is the Banner for the group and a 2 line description. No explanation of what the group is about. They DO NOT see the news feed. They will only see the news feed if your group was set to public archives. ? Leeni ? ? ? ? ?

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I just discovered that when you click the View All expecting to see the entire Home Page of the group it automatically brings you to the messages??and not to the home page of the group so a perspective member can read what the group is about. ? ?