Hi all,
You may have seen my posts about the benefits of our forum format versus the deluge of social media feeds. We learn and connect better with the ability to post longer posts that are archived and we can go back to in order to continue conversations. The constant stream of social media feeds makes this mostly impossible.
However, there are times when scrolling the never-ending social media feed is welcomed. For example, you're standing in the grocery checkout line and it's taking forever. You take out your phone to entertain yourself and you just want to scroll and see what's been posted to see if anything interesting catches your eye.
In this situation, a social media feed is better than the archival structure of a forum because there is less back and forth that you need to do. Simply use your thumb to scroll and pause on what is interesting to you.
I'm happy to announce that we now have a way to do both on ScapeCrunch. On your mobile device, if you click on the sandwich navigation icon at the bottom left, you will now find Social Feed towards the top. Click on it and it will take you to a feed of the newest posts made to the site. Simply scroll to see the list and click on whatever interests you.
If you do not like social feeds, forget about this post and that the option is there. Just don't use it and nothing changes for you. Our site structure remains as the homepage and you can use it like you've always done. The Social Feed is just an option for those that want to use it from time to time.
I hope this improves the ScapeCrunch experience for some of you, especially when you're bored in the grocery checkout line.
Thanks for being a valuable member of our growing community.
All the best,
Art
P.S., the Social Feed is only available on mobile devices.
You may have seen my posts about the benefits of our forum format versus the deluge of social media feeds. We learn and connect better with the ability to post longer posts that are archived and we can go back to in order to continue conversations. The constant stream of social media feeds makes this mostly impossible.
However, there are times when scrolling the never-ending social media feed is welcomed. For example, you're standing in the grocery checkout line and it's taking forever. You take out your phone to entertain yourself and you just want to scroll and see what's been posted to see if anything interesting catches your eye.
In this situation, a social media feed is better than the archival structure of a forum because there is less back and forth that you need to do. Simply use your thumb to scroll and pause on what is interesting to you.
I'm happy to announce that we now have a way to do both on ScapeCrunch. On your mobile device, if you click on the sandwich navigation icon at the bottom left, you will now find Social Feed towards the top. Click on it and it will take you to a feed of the newest posts made to the site. Simply scroll to see the list and click on whatever interests you.
If you do not like social feeds, forget about this post and that the option is there. Just don't use it and nothing changes for you. Our site structure remains as the homepage and you can use it like you've always done. The Social Feed is just an option for those that want to use it from time to time.
I hope this improves the ScapeCrunch experience for some of you, especially when you're bored in the grocery checkout line.
Thanks for being a valuable member of our growing community.
All the best,
Art
P.S., the Social Feed is only available on mobile devices.
