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nonightowl · Dec 18, 2017, 01:39 PM

There's a couple of things I like about the new format. For one thing, all of the groups I created appear in a separate section, with a summary of each group with stuff like number of members, number of posts, etc. This is convenient, to see what I created in a different place.

I also like how it works like a forum now, as the social groups with new posts since my last post or view now appear in boldface. (This is just in my subscribed threads, those with new activity are in boldface) I, and other members, requested a way to get "notifications" of new activity in the groups. At that time, the software didn't support it. Now, it looks like you can "subscribe" to a group or create a new discussion and follow it, like a thread.

Hopefully, the activity in social groups will pick up now. Most of them haven't had activity in months, sometimes YEARS.

I miss how I used to be able to see the "main" (what I call it) list of social groups. You could sort by name of group, date created, number of members, etc. That's what I used to refer to to see if any of my groups had activity, as I could see the last post. But now that they seem to be in boldface, I don't need to do that now. Still, I miss seeing ALL groups, no matter how old or how long ago they got created.

I also miss how it used to say "Your social group host", which sounded friendlier than "Group maintained by _______".

New groups are shown at the right, but all the other ones in existence aren't visible unless you search I guess.

There are dozens and dozens of groups.

Folks, to get to the most recent posts, you have to scroll down to the bottom and click on "last page". The default is the oldest posts first, some almost 10 years old now...You do this after you click on the first "discussion" which is actually the group itself.

I've had too much turmoil in my life recently, and I'm reeling from sudden and traumatic changes.

At some point, I'll check out the new format but I need stability and familiarity now... even online.

I'm glad I don't see those question marks anymore. That freaked me out.

My black cat avatar is back again too.

That's my 2 cents folks.