DocAndersen
The top three per the Virily community (sending this on Monday am EDT).
• 18 yes votes
• Update the dashboard more often
• 16 yes votes
• I want to edit my posts
• 15 yes votes
• I want to edit my comments• The next tier of votes was nine votes
• I would like the 20 character limit for comments changed to 10
• There were a number tied with eight votes
• Eight votes
• I would like to understand how posts are approved
• I want to be able to delete my posts
• I want to be able to resize the thumbnail in my posts
• If I report a comment on my post, I would like it to remain off my postThe remainder got 6 or fewer votes.As a long-time IT person, who has run sites similar to Virily, I want to caution everyone. The dashboard updated more often three years ago. But at that time there were less than 200 users. We are well past 2000 users, and doing that update or change may be very expensive. The other side of the poll from Friday is that most people are not willing to commit their Virils to fix the site. Based on that, the admin team. I won’t rerun the poll the link to the post with the overall community polls is here. https://virily.com/virily_poll/the-13-questions-that-were-9-and-then-10-for-the-virily-admin-team-from-the-virily-community/.
I will ask the will you trade the value of one viril for the cost to fix the site one more time today.
It is important to remember (Rex reminded me of this in a recent comment) advertising online revenue has decreased over the past eight years by a lot. Virily is operating on a small budget (IMHO). I don’t think that Virily has been moving towards becoming a publically traded company (listed on the stock exchange, selling shares in the site to buyers) but I don’t live in the country where Virily is hosted, so I don’t know if they are doing that in reality.
I am packaging all of this up and sending it to the Admin team tomorrow!
For this poll, please only pick one of question 2, 3 or 4!
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Question of
What is more important to you?
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I want the list of changes but I am not willing to pay for it
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I understand it costs money to make changes to the site I am willing to contribute by reducing the value of a Viril
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Question of
More frequent dashboard updates is the most important?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Being able to edit, delete or change my comments is most important
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Being able to edit my posts is the most important
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Yes
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No
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Very useful inputs I have to say ?
we shall see, sent on to the admin team!
These are all good ideas. I think editing and deleting post should be permitted. It will definitely be easier for the staff as well.
Thanks Ellie. I sent the list from the post to the admin team.
I hope they will take notice. I have been away for a while, how’s everything going?
Things are pretty good overall. Building a positive community, although we do need more dessert pictures 🙂
How are you?
I am working on the desserts then! 😀
whoo hooo now it is officially a great day
Sometimes I feel like we get stuck in “we all want what we don’t have”. I think it’s a good idea to give feedback and share ideas. Ultimately it is a business that is trying to make a profit. While I wish every thing could be all about “us”, it’s not our business.
On the other hand Doc, if you have an interest in running a site ………
I somehow know I am going to get a scolding for this one. I am simply grateful for the people and the site, come what may.
why a scolding? I suspect the reality of where we are is that we are moving past negative comments in our community!
I do not wish to run a site again, thank yOU!!!!~!!
Reducing the cost in order to accommodate suggestions made is possible. Messaging and compliments where we get paid could be done away with This could be misused by users. Just a thought
Good thoughts all!!! I suspect the only way they would be able to undertake the changes is to reduce the value of a viril.
but the community seems against that.
I guess the truth is you need to pay for something you get. I think we need to make Virily work but combining our strengths to create something good.
I hope that we all get paid but we really need to make an effort to help this site make a profit to work better.
that is a very positive attitude Pam!!!!! Thank you!!!
Glad you are trying so hard for all of us. So many issue to think about, and I for one thank you for trying to help.
aww, blushing!
Thank you, now I am blushing!
I am sending the list and link this morning!
You should ask if you could help manage the site. Actually you are helping with the management of the site by messaging them, and keeping them informed.
I’ve managed sites like this in the past. There is not enough money on earth for me to do it again.
But as always thank you!!!!!
If Admin could find ways to reduce their cost in other ways without affecting the efficiency of the site there is no reason why the value of a virily should be decreased.
well after 3 years with the dashboard issue, my gut is it is partially a manual process. based on that and the reality of a complex software solution, I am not sure efficiency can solve the cost issue. But as the first is your opinion, the second is my opinion. I could be wrong!
Thanks for sharing this. I would prefer to be able to edit my posts if I can only choose one. I am actually fine with the rest, though I am also okay not to edit my posts, it’s good if we can make some changes to the posts if it’ll make them better or more relevant in future. 🙂
that is a good attitude! Thanks for that! I agree with you we do what we can do!
I want you to succeed at least in some points
So do I, thanks for the support!
the dashboard updates at the end of the month, and if it is too much of a burden to update on demand then what about giving each user three or four updates a month?
interesting question, I have no idea.
it seems like a decent compromise, but we can’t really make that call on any level
Based on the crickets I am resending the ask. But, I am not holding out a lot of hope.
I am sorry, you put a lot of work into this
we are building a positive community – that is a win.
past that everything else is extra gravy!
that’s a good way to look at it
Very useful poll. Thanks DocAndersen for sharing the results. I hope to have the ability to edit my posts.
Thanks – hopefully it is a worthy cause.
Good luck Doc. I hope we will be able to edit our posts.
We have to have our fingers crossed.
I’m sorry, my dear friend ….. I have to agree with Indexeter … Where is the tacho of 2,400 members … it works for us, maybe 50 … sorry this is pure truth
I understand that – the site lists more than 2400 members. Active is always the question there are many fewer active writers now than there have been in the past. But more now in 2019 (July) than there was in 2019 (Feb)
I will not argue this because I’m not keeping a record …. I know only that with no new there is nothing … except perhaps 2.3 … you know money that nobody will give up … some people think they will be earned here I do not know what kind of money … that’s utopia
i know. I am just going to report what the community wants. You are right. What happens, happens!
You are really admirable that you are doing so much … again all the greeting cards and all respect, dear friend
hey you just got me back on track – you are pretty cool yourself!
This looks like a guest wants to change the rules in the host’s house! Good luck! ?
I agree. I am going hat in hand with the goals of a community not even willing to reduce the value of a Vriil to get the changes.
My chances are slipping away fast.
Yes to all of your questions. So glad to see the dashboard issue on top. Thanks and good luck with this Doc.
8 to 2 against helping defray the costs. I suspect I shall be introduced to the exit quickly.
Wonder why I can’t see the poll results here.
I haven’t posted them yet – I was going to hold off until tomorrow! But, because you asked they are here.
Q: What is more important to you?
I want the list of changes but I am not willing to pay for it (8 votes) – 80%
I understand it costs money to make changes to the site I am willing to contribute by reducing the value of a Viril (2 votes) – 20%
Q: More frequent dashboard updates is the most important?
Yes (5 votes) – 50%
No (5 votes) – 50%
Q: Being able to edit, delete or change my comments is most important
Yes (7 votes) – 70%
No (3 votes) – 30%
Q: Being able to edit my posts is the most important
Yes (8 votes) – 80%
No (2 votes) – 20%
Yikes I am a little surprised.
looks like edit my post, edit my comment are ahead right now. With only one vote per person, the hopefully real goals of the overall community come out.
I wouldn’t be surprised, the firsy two are going to be something they will either reject out of hand or say sorry change or virils.
The others are more evenly distributed because people can only select 1.
Everyone wants a better dashboard, but edit comments and edits posts were the two things that came out of my original ask of the community.
One more comment and I will be done. Regarding the 1st question….
What is more important to you?
I want the list of changes but I am not willing to pay for it (8 votes) – 80%
I wonder how many went quickly though the answer without reading it carefully. The word NOT could easily be missed. Just sayin’.
I suspect the word not was missed by a couple. but 11 to 3, let’s assume 4 people read it wrong it is still 7 to 7.
Thanks though, you are right I should have been more careful.
I agree with your all question , Thank you for sharing
Thanks. Hopefully this will make a difference.
I think many of Virily users are readers. The majority of them left Virily. I checked on many of the users, some left as long as two years ago.
I will only stick with editing post and comment.
I suspect it is true.
I was simply conveying the user count, i seriously doubt there are anywhere near 100 active users most days.
That is an interesting set of results.
Also of interest is your statement that there are now 2000+ Virily users. One has to ask – if this is the case, where are they? There must be a huge number of “sleepers”, judging by the relatively small number of people who contribute posts and comments.
There are on average 300 new posts a day (many from 5 or so authors).
But I do agree with you there are many sleepers here.
2400 give or take is the published number by the admin team. Active I would tend towards agreeing with you.
But active reading and active posting are two different things.