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Your feedback on Just About

We’ve got loads of exciting features coming to Just About, along with new communities as we start making plans beyond our Alpha stage.

While we’re bringing our own ideas to life, we know how important it is to go on this journey together with you, our earliest community members. We’d love to use this thread as a space where we can all talk about the ways that Just About can be improved.

Is there a better way that members can be recognised for creating great content? Perhaps you think we could tweak the look and feel of the community spaces on Just About. Or it could be something completely different that we haven’t thought of!

We can’t commit to bringing all of your ideas to life, but our members' voices are right at the heart of what we’re building. If it’s on your mind, we want to hear it.

Created at 9:52am, 5th June, 2023. Page last updated at 6:58am, 9th November, 2024.

chrisfarms 6/13/2023, 9:19:18 PM

All looking good! 👏 ... header area takes up a fair chunk of my screen on desktop though... be nice to reclaim some screen space once I'm viewing a feed/article

damor 6/15/2023, 11:55:54 AM

chrisfarms

I set zoom level to 80% in Chrome because everything's a bit big.

RupertStaff6/15/2023, 3:55:34 PM

damor

That's suboptimal! I understand and concur with the header height on desktop (and the "Welcome" notice will soon only be shown to first-time visitors)... but where else would you optimise? (Purely out of interest!)

damor 6/21/2023, 12:13:16 PM

Rupert

I only ever use a 13" laptop. If I'm reading the middle section then it can only fit a few paragraphs because the font size is higher than I would expect and the nav takes a lot of real estate. I just did a test and Reddit fits about 250 words vs Just About's 150 words. 10.5 point font vs 13.5.

RupertStaff6/21/2023, 12:23:47 PM

damor

Thx! It's always difficult to find the right balance of what should be on the screen or hidden, and thinking about all devices/screen sizes too. As a starting point we felt community nav and the live feed were both really important things to show off to new users. Two things:

Reddit's small font / hardcore interface is a turn off for some people (but the reason other people love it!)! We've deliberately aimed for more accessibility in terms of our own interface. But this is very much v1 and there'll be plenty of optimisations to be found in due course...
I think there's some best practice in terms of line length for readability which we've tried to adhere to, but again isn't for everyone. Ultimately, I think we'll need to give a few customisation options so everybody can have the interface they prefer ie. show or hide nav, show or hide live feed, forum/pro mode, hide images, etc.

... Or maybe it'd be simpler to engage some third-party/community devs to create different interfaces/apps... (too soon??)

Mark 6/15/2023, 3:57:20 PM

chrisfarms

Thanks for this @chrisfarms.

We've made a note of that. As more members are invited to join the platform we'll keep gathering feedback and identifying ways to improve.

If there's anything else that you think will improve UX, let us know!

Flo 8/18/2023, 10:32:14 AM

chrisfarms

Agree, it does feel a little too big :)

LukewarmGravity 6/16/2023, 7:51:41 AM

A 'post preview' feature would be really nice! 😊

Michael 6/20/2023, 4:54:39 PM

Big one for me, and possibly relevant for taking on Reddit, is having a text onlyview of discussions within a community.

If I just want to find something interesting, I only want to read post titles and don't need a lot of the UI elements or previews.

Example from the Reddit is Fun app☝️

RupertStaff6/20/2023, 4:45:11 PM

Michael

A setting to switch off images - in the feed but also in posts? - is a good idea - and shouldn't be too tricky! We'll get it on the list. (Also on the list is "Forum view" which would be not too dissimilar to what you're suggesting and more suited to power users)

(With or without images, the actual content in your screenshot is... not quite my cup of tea!)

Michael 6/20/2023, 4:53:32 PM

Rupert

Aha, frontpage is a doozy. Let me edit that

AssembledAdam 6/20/2023, 4:57:42 PM

Design critique here: I think more significantly more content above the fold on the landing page of the community would be great.

Right now, the Just About community has a pinned post and a curated post which always appears at the top - so could look stale quickly.

I expect this would do more to encourage repeat visits and power users.

Alexander Thompson 6/29/2023, 12:31:08 PM

I've just joined (got the invite the other week but have been away) so have been catching up on posts.

When I've scrolled down the feed, clicked on a discussion, maybe replied then click the back to the feed I was looking at, it would be nice if the site could remember where I was in the feed for that session. At the moment it takes me back to the top of the feed and I have to go back down to find where I was.

Philip 7/3/2023, 6:10:45 AM

I've noticed that there must be a character limit for what is displayed in the feed for discussion titles and the body text. It seems to be approx 30 characters in the title and 80 characters of body text. At least this is how it appears on my mobile.

It feels like this may be a bit limiting for some users who may be used to using more words to get their main idea across.

How about 50 and 100?

Philip 9/21/2023, 2:42:59 AM

On mobile, adding images for longer posts is problematic. If you want to post an image near the bottom of the post you need to scroll up to press the + button and it loses your place where you want to insert the image.

Damien Mason 12/4/2023, 1:09:44 PM

A couple of bugs here:

My level has seemingly reset on most screens, but shows the true level whenever I've clicked on someone's profile for some reason.
Sometimes the level doesn't load and instead displays the Join icon. This has only happened once, so could be a simple caching or load time issue that's an anomaly.
When on light mode, it switches to dark mode when clicking on someone's profile.
Adding multiple images to a post results in a paragraph space between them by default. Trying to delete these spaces deletes the picture.

Browsers affected:

Firefox Version 120.0
Microsoft Edge Version 119.0.2151.97

BoomerMod12/4/2023, 1:13:50 PM

Damien Mason

Thanks Damien, I'll pass these to the tech team to have a look at.

Damien Mason 12/4/2023, 1:12:54 PM

Apologies for the above bug report. I didn't realise this wasn't the proper channel. As for some feedback, perhaps link the bug report section in the hamburger menu under general, right next to feedback.

BoomerMod12/4/2023, 2:24:01 PM

Damien Mason

No worries! We're just looking at a more public-facing way to submit bugs now, and we'll share the link in an upcoming update soon. Thanks for the suggestion 🙂

Dave 2/19/2024, 10:56:35 AM

Any news on the posts that go missing like this one? (it tells you to go to this post to feed back about it in the error). Have seen on 2 x video game posts and 1 staff film post in the last week.

Just About ◢◢

BoomerMod2/19/2024, 11:52:07 AM

Dave

Hi Dave, can I just clarify what you are (or aren't) seeing with the missing posts?

Is it this page you're seeing or something else?

Dave 2/19/2024, 12:01:39 PM

Boomer

Sorry, yeah that's the one.

BoomerMod2/19/2024, 4:03:14 PM

Dave

No need to apologise 🙂I just wanted to make sure we were looking at the same thing.

The discussion seems to be available when I click the link. Does that page appear for you every time? I've asked for more info so I'll see what we can find out.

Dave 2/19/2024, 4:10:26 PM

Boomer

Yeah it comes up with the error page every time I visit it no matter how many times I refresh or visit later. It's the same issue we all had with the one reported here the the other week Lara's Post? | JAJA (justabout.com) . I also had it with the one about viewing figures for the super bowl in sport The Super Bowl was the most-watched US broadcast ever | Just About Sport

although both of those examples seem to be working now.

dmugirl2008 3/23/2024, 7:48:40 PM

Can't read your copyright policy the link is erroring out.

RichStaff3/23/2024, 7:54:49 PM

dmugirl2008

Hey dmugirl2008, which link in particular are you clicking from? The one in the 'more' menu (the three dots next to 'Roadmap' in the top nav) is working for me:

https://about.justabout.com/copyright-policy

FrostySomething 5/16/2024, 7:40:20 AM

Hey JA team, can’t seem to unsave/delete saved posts. Possible bug? Also, it would be good to have the discussion headline in your saved posts for reference. And to be able to see the whole post without having to open the page. Many thanks ☺️

Horror and Cats 5/16/2024, 7:43:24 AM

FrostySomething

Actually same here and I forgot to say something. I've tried on Android, iOS and PC.

BoomerMod5/16/2024, 8:52:16 AM

FrostySomething

Hey FrostySomething and Horror and Cats, thanks for flagging this up. I've just had a look and can see the delete button to the right of the saved post, but it seems to be broken.

I'll write this one up and pass it to our Tech team. Thanks again 🙂

Horror and Cats 5/16/2024, 9:02:11 AM

Boomer

Thank you friiiiiiend

BoomerMod5/16/2024, 9:13:33 AM

Horror and Cats

Sturmer 5/17/2024, 7:11:41 PM

Something went wrong, with @Boomer's post

https://justabout.com/dragons-dogma/35592/dragons-dogma-becomes-one-of-capcoms-key-brands

i see it on a news feed as posted 4h ago, but i cant open it

BoomerMod5/17/2024, 8:07:07 PM

Sturmer

Hey Sturmer, thanks for flagging this. It seems to be working for me, but I've asked others in the team to test it out.

Paul 6/3/2024, 9:54:25 PM

Not sure if this is just me but I get an error message when trying to view todays member monday?

LDCG 6/12/2024, 1:05:58 AM

Adding paypal account cant be done it says there is an error when i click button on earnings tab and try and add my paypal

mastercesspit 8/16/2024, 2:14:40 AM

where's the combat vid section, it was mentioned in the frontier release, work in progress?

Alex SinclairMod8/16/2024, 10:11:30 AM

mastercesspit

Hey mastercesspit! If you have any cool combat videos to share, by all means share them in the Elite Dangerous feed and you may earn some organic rewards. I think what you're referring to though is combat video bounties. We're planning to trial a regular combat video bounty that launches every Monday, so if you've just got the weekend to wait until you see your first of those. o7

mastercesspit 8/17/2024, 9:22:58 AM

Alex Sinclair

cool thanks, i've got a few on my utube channel ready to go, :)

TheGreatestBanana12 8/18/2024, 10:02:43 PM

It might make it a bit clearer if the wording was changed from submit to submit to bounty on the submit bounty button

CMDR James Lauer 8/18/2024, 10:33:26 PM

Don't know if anyone has already pointed it. But when I created my account some days ago, the "choose your unique username" tab that appears when you first register, doesn't have extra info like what characters are accepted or not, or if spaces are permitted. I know that is common knowledge about creating a login, but i forgot that and tried like 3 times before noticing what was I doing wrong lol. So that little info about how creating your username within the tab is always nice :)

RichStaff8/19/2024, 9:56:47 AM

CMDR James Lauer

As someone with a hyphenated name, I know your pain. Thanks for this suggestion, it's registered and under discussion!

SIRCAM 8/19/2024, 9:36:06 PM

Love the platfom, i would like to see a sort of 2-Step Verification to protect our accounts as we grow.

TheGreatestBanana12 9/2/2024, 5:57:22 PM

I think the content creators community shouldn't come under video games because content creation can be a lot more than just video games.

Kane Carnifex 11/3/2024, 4:39:18 PM

Renamed my Youtube Account and now i ma not trusted anymore by just about.
Relinking it cause error.
Linking to another account and back to the original keeps the error.

Oops!
There's been a glitch…
We’re not quite sure what went wrong, but we now know there's an error and we're working to fix it.Please get in touch through our feedback page if you need a hand. We're here for you!

Revoked the Permisson un YT side and renewed via just about.
At least it is linked without error.

1. Rename your YT Account
2. Try to post Bounty with Video req
3. Bug - Social not linked

Solution:
1. Revoke just about Permisson on youtube
2. Renew Permission via just about for YT
3. Post Bounty
4. ???
5. Profit

BoomerMod11/3/2024, 3:42:48 PM

Kane Carnifex

I'm sorry to hear this has happened. Your bug report will go directly to our tech team and I've let the content team know about your bounty submission.

I'll ask for more information first thing tomorrow. Thanks for letting us know.

tiredeyebags 11/5/2024, 8:11:46 PM

Seems like a really cool site and i love the idea of it. Is there a place we can suggest games and other community topic ideas?

BoomerMod11/6/2024, 4:39:37 PM

tiredeyebags

Thanks tiredeyebags! Feel free to leave any feedback right here in this discussion 🙂

Alternatively you could leave a comment on the article below start a new discussion in one of our Spaces:

https://justabout.com/just-about/34802/here-are-all-of-our-spaces-and-communities

TheHermit 11/8/2024, 2:02:13 PM

Could we get the ability to click through our saved posts to bring us to the post's page? I'd like to save the posts I'm interested and circle back to them to reply when I have time.

Banned user 11/8/2024, 2:23:39 PM

TheHermit