I would like to think that concerns about the actual website died with the acquisition of Messenger Plus by the new Yuna people.
It went from something that was almost a one man operation (hyperbole).
Of course a lot of us that are having issues with certain things are partially because we have a certain idea of what it should be looking like and what it shouldn't be like, most of us being part of the community for as long as we have, think we'd have tenure or at least some more experience in the
's and
's of the MP!L world.
The problem is Yuna is giving the impression (or lack there of) that we don't. Some people here have been here for 10 years (get a life,
, joking), and have disagreements with what is being done.
However the workers at Yuna, I doubt they are doing anything on purpose. They're thinking like a big company, little transparency and lack of communication where communication is needed.
We have Liasons and big fancy words for "connections to the big dog".
My only issue would be with Patchou and the terms of his agreement. Now I want to be clear that I know nothing about the business aspect of transferal of ownership or a company, but I'd like to think Patchou had some conditions of his own for the offer such as:
- Patchou himself have some control over the designing process (I'd like to think he didn't
, in the odd chance he did).
- Beta Testers regarded as people who do have tenure (as Patchou has stated in the past, he did mention to Yuna in the beginning that we did know what we were talking about and would respond in the best interests of the product).
- Consulting the current design and building a new design consulting either Patchou, the forum community, or even beta testers. By the time the design was presented to the testers, we had our own issues with the initial design, which in turn gave us this "v2" which we're all still having some issues (big or small) with.
Along with probably some other things, not to mention the extra 5% for his best friend Sam
.
The days where you could just Message Patchou directly with issues is gone, where you can consult the designers directly, gone, where you can communicate directly with the people who matter (I mean no disrespect at ALL to Sunshine, without you I'd be even more aggravated
).
It's going to take some time for the guys at Yuna to understand how things work, and I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they'll eventually realize what's going on.
I have no doubts the design will eventually change, some internal issues will be addressed and Yuna will give us some more lovin'
.
Design aside, for those concerning themselves with the crappy code of the site itself, I agree completely, however beyond voicing our opinion, I really don't think any of us should care anymore, especially since we're even less important than we were pre-Yuna.
It's a hassle making a design everyone likes, but even if it's a crappy design I'd like to think the code that makes it all is atleast nicely done (keeping in mind there is a difference between preference and actual nice code).
I think we're at a point where Yuna will either realize what's going on, or go full big-corporation, embrace the Microsoft, Apple, or any other big boy support system, with a near-complete barrier between consumer and meaningful support.
I for one, welcome our Yuna overlords.
Having said that I personally feel like another ant in the world of magnifying-glass-holding Yuna giants, just waiting to be exterminated from the loop
.
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[17:49] <SonicSam> fuck my forum post I just made makes no sense
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