Tagged as: QoTW25.
See what I mean? I had no idea this was blog; I thought it was forum post
LOL Delete this, Vusys.
Wolfie doesn't deserve 8 dislikes.
I'm not really sure what to say.
Most sites with a two column layout have the smaller one on the right, ie
reddit or
digg. Just moving it to the left and merging what used to be in the right panel on 3 column pages into the left doesn't seem like a massive change to me.
As for mistaking this for a forum post, it's tagged as a QoTW answer, which implies to me you clicked the answer this question link on the QoTW page. QoTWs have always been answered as a blog post. The form on the dashboard for new blogs is different than the one for threads. The only slightly confusing thing I could possibly see is that the title of "new blog/thread/fragment" hides when you expand the form.
Having it on the right doesn't really bother me. But maybe there should just be an alternate style with the column on the left to satisfy everyone. But really, if you leave it there long enough everyone will eventually get used to it and there won't be anymore complaints. It's not like there's been any functional change, it's just visual.
Dislikes probably means that the blog contains content that is either useless/uncreative/harmful/not considered a blog.
Granted, I think people would leave regardless if they have 0 likes or negative likes. Mob mentality is also a factor, which is why you can't up/down vote comments. Lots of sites have up/down voting, Reddit does it, and it's one of the most popular news aggregators out there.
Just think of it as a way to improve. If people don't like that sort of content, then don't push out that type of content. Eventually you'll hit the right track.
VuTales is mostly forward thinking, so I doubt you'll have issues discussing any topic.
@ Tarheel91
Thanks for the advice. I didn't know Nass' first v3 blog was negative. I havent been on that much really. Thanks for telling me the -/+ thing applies to blogs and not the person. I know not to post continuous chapters of stories that go nowhere, so that problem's fixed. I just want to post short fics when i can think of them and rant about my life. i was somewhat afraid of a mob mentality like "o god another blog from Wolf..." .
And I'm still getting used to the new site