About Followers!? Help Group

About followers!?

cuzpat 13 years ago

When we click on Subscribe to My Recipes, is it the same as the old way like when adding a "friend" before it got changes to Followers!?
and do others have to click Subscribe to My Recipes to add me too even tho i already click to subscribe to theirs!?
thanks

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keni 13 years ago said:

Yup...there is no more "friend request", it's all following, which is done through the subscribe option...we can UNsubscribe to ones we've chosen, but we can't unsubscribe anyone who has chosen us.

BUT, we do have the option, now, to delete any comments or photos on our own recipes, now, as well as the option to "ignore" any member we choose to ignore. I think these changes make the "friend request/accept" option obsolete. :)

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cuzpat 13 years ago said:

The Subscribe to My Recipes is not good at making friends the way the old way did!, and since we now have the options to delete bad posts, and ban troublemaker from giving a person a bad day on their post and etc.
the new way will only make a person mad at some others, if one subscribe to someone and that someone do not subscibe to the other one and miss many of the recipes that not showing up in Your Feed (where a person will most likely look) then that one person will feel like no one is looking at their recipes, that not making a friend, but a enemy. and i would rather have a friend than foe
so i rather have the old way instead of this way

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cuzpat 13 years ago said:

Let me correct (edit) the old way i refer to is the Foodie Friends we could ask to be friends with, not the whole old site we had before, i like the options of ignore and being able to delete bad post! if i needed too!

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kristopher 13 years ago said:

@cuzpat,

Subscribing to another user (following) is much more natural. Just think, for a person that posts wildly popular recipes, they will get thousands of friend requests. This is too much of a burden.

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kristopher 13 years ago said:

Furthermore, you may want to receive recipes from somebody but don't want to be their "friend". This more casual connection is more fitting for a recipe site.

In the future we might add some sort of special designation for "mutual followers". This could be called "friends".

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cuzpat 13 years ago said:

Since we now have the options to block anyone that make trouble to us now,the old way would been better, at least we don't have to worry about it, and since we now can delete bad posts from such people (and spammer) the invite would been greater now! i have pretended to not see some invitre i didn't want in the past myself
the Subscribe to My Recipes don't give me a ideas if anyone added me or not, and i can't keep up with the count of new one if i get any, or if i don't want them to subscribe

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cuzpat 13 years ago said:

But the ideas of "mutual followers" sound okay, if it a lot like the old way!???

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sparow64 13 years ago said:

Pat, if you click on "My Home" at the bottom left of any screen, then look at the box to the right underneath "my uploads" you will see a box that shows your newest followers. There is no reason that you can't go comment on their page and start a conversation and friendship with them just as we did in the past. No one will know if you don't subscribe to their recipes. If someone is monitoring it so closely as to know whether or not you have subscribed to them in turn, well, you probably aren't missing much, and I don't think you will have to worry about "enemies" with the new site.

You can also see new comments on your recipes in the "my uploads" box. AND on your profile page. It also gives the name of the recipe beside the comment on your profile page, so you know if they commented on one of your older posts.

We still have the same opportunities to create new friendships, the paths may be a little different, but that doesn't mean they are bad or unnecessary. Kris has been working on the new site since I joined over 2 1/2 years ago, and I trust that a massive amount of research went into how to best make everything work together. I wasn't too sure I was going to like the changes, but I find that I like them all. I still can't read the font very well, but I realize that cosmetic issues are not the most important...Krist said he will address it, so I'm cool with it.

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keni 13 years ago said:

Also, you can still get a head count of who is "following" you, if that's important to you... and, you can also see how many you follow... a mutual follower list is okay, I guess, but I'd put it below the ability to edit, and a folder in your box for recipes you've rated, personally. ;) hehehe

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elgourmand 13 years ago said:

Hay Pat: Why would you feel the need to follow everyone who is following you? Follow the folks you want to follow and let others choose. This is one of the new features I do like. RJ

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ttaaccoo 13 years ago said:

I do not like "12 recipes from people you follow". Since when have I followed any one? And I don't want to join "groups" either. Hopefully it is not compulsory.

I think the way cuzpat does. I enjoy my gr friends. Group Recipes is multi-cultural and I do hope this concept can be accepted. Respect and honor one another's differences.

I do not appreciate "being bombarded" by "# of followers" and the same ol' 3 recipes I posted awhile ago.

Who is the author of this version 2.0 software? Why are you holding "all the cards," Kristopher?

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kristopher 13 years ago said:

As mentioned before, followers is a much more natural approach. It works like a subscription service. You like someone's recipes? Follow them and you'll get notified of new posts. Don't want to get notified, don't follow anybody. Pretty simple. Friends were converted to followers for the new site. As mentioned, you can unfollow (unsubscribe) to anyone's recipes at any time by using the "unsubscribe" link on their profile.

If you don't like seeing those recipes, add new ones.

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windy1950 13 years ago said:

I agree, Kristopher... What if under the previous system you had sent someone a "friend request", and for whatever reason they didn't respond? It might not have even meant that the person didn't like you, but still if the imagination reigns, quite often you perhaps would allow your feelings to be hurt.

I don't see it as you "holding all the cards" at all... quite the opposite, I see it as you giving us more options and control over our own space here.

Good work!!

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keni 13 years ago said:

I agree, also... I'm confused about the negative issues regarding "followers", as I see it as a good all around solution.

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