The Chamber Questions

devbyrd · November 16, 2019, 7:48pm

I’m not complaining, I’m loving the Chamber, but I’m possibly too stupid to understand some things. So here are a couple of questions I wanted to see if anyone else has or could answer.

Am I the only one that has no idea which comment a reply refers to? I know the difference when I’m the one replying, but even after my reply is posted I can’t seem to figure out which comment I replied to, let alone someone else’s reply.
Is there an app that is able to tap into the chamber? The only reason I want this is for notifications. It’s WAY easier to stay engaged when I get alerted to replies, etc. Just curious if this is something worth looking into.

orange_river · November 16, 2019, 8:29pm

Using desktop mode makes it clearer. Mobile view definitely doesn’t show replies very well.
If you download the Discourse app, I believe you can connect it to your account on here to get notifications.

devbyrd · November 16, 2019, 8:40pm

I’ll give discourse a try. Thanks!

devbyrd · November 16, 2019, 9:18pm

Can confirm that using the DiscourseHub app is a great way to “appify” this great forum. Notifications are paramount for my personal engagement. Thank you for the suggestion!

Alum_in_AZ · November 16, 2019, 10:28pm

I also struggle mapping replies to the original comment.

kyleporterCBS · November 16, 2019, 10:43pm

Does anybody have strong feelings here on including or suppressing our articles in the latest comments portion of The Chamber? Here’s what both versions look like …

devbyrd · November 16, 2019, 10:52pm

I think it looks much cleaner to suppress them and I’m not sure that any benefit you’ll get (from a clicks perspective) outweigh the look and feel (and the importance of look and feel can’t be understated. Source: A portion of my job is a UX manager). That said, I don’t feel strongly about it.

devbyrd · November 16, 2019, 10:53pm

Look and feel, regarding the amount of “clutter”… to clarify.

Stilly_Vanilly · November 16, 2019, 11:27pm

I would prefer the default option on threads to be the “latest” comments instead of categories. My 2 cents…

Dribble · November 17, 2019, 12:48am

Is there a way to have the old format where all of the threads are on one page?

Cyberpokes · November 17, 2019, 3:39am

How do we get rid of ads seeing as we are paying customers?

kyleporterCBS · November 17, 2019, 3:51am

You’re seeing ads?

Cyberpokes · November 17, 2019, 4:01am

They come and go, almost like the script checking to see if I am a subscriber or not takes a moment to remove the ad. Picture attached and only occurs in forum.

kyleporterCBS · November 17, 2019, 4:47am

I’ll check with our developer on this.

Cyberpokes · November 17, 2019, 5:18am

No worries, it isn’t constant and goes away on it’s own in about 5 - 15 seconds (if I had to guess). It does reappear when refreshing the page or going to another thread in the forum, but follows the same behavior described in the first sentence.

kyleporterCBS · November 17, 2019, 1:26pm

Phone only or desktop? I’m not getting it all on desktop.

Cyberpokes · November 17, 2019, 2:29pm

Phone only (android).

AlecM · November 18, 2019, 2:14am

Is PFB supposed to be as free for plus members?

kyleporterCBS · November 18, 2019, 2:22am

Not sure I understand this?

AlecM · November 18, 2019, 2:23am

Ad free* typo there. Wondering if the blog site should be ad free for members?

Edit: by this, I mean I am confused by the PFB+ offerings descriptions where it says “ad free experience” should that be for the Chamber site only or does also include the PFB blog site and the fact I am seeing ads there means I have it set up incorrectly. Hope this is clearer

Edit 2: terrible run on sentence but alas