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New Events and Meets pages - official feedback thread
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
We've replaced the old events system with a new Events + Meets pages.
The current Events pages suffered from events that weren't events, no ability to filter them based on where you are or who you're interested in. Plus, because we kept trying to remove the (100s) of events posted that were actually "looking for" ads, it was frustrating for those folks and there was an obvious demand for a "future meets" type setup.
The new pages allows you to add a future meet and specify what type of meet it is and who you want to meet. Once that date arrives your meet today flag will be set.
The new page also allows "organised events" to be listed (so club nights, organised socials and the like). You can only add an organised event if you've been on the site for over 6 weeks and if you've had 3 or more verified meets (we still count users who have verified you but left the site for this). We hope/expect that "Organised Events" will now be proper events and of a decent quality and meets will be listed in the correct place... but we shall see 
To add a listing we require that the user has some form of verification (verified by others or photo-verified) and that they've been on the site for over 72hrs. We do this to try and stop spam and improve quality of meet posts.
You can view meets or organised events and filter based on your preferences e.g. if you're not interested in posts by tvs/single guys you can unselect those checkboxes and they're no longer shown.
Meets and events that you post will now also be shown on your profile page.
(Shortly they will show on the local/friends feeds pages too)
We've NOT imported existing events from the current system so if you have an event you might want to re-list it. The old events are still available to view through a link on the new pages.
You can still set and view meet today on the new pages too. To set a meet today just goto the Add a Meet page. It works same as at the moment.
Any and all feedback welcome! We'll be tweaking over the next few days.
Admin x
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"So if we decide we want to meet a coouple say a week on saturday,we can put it in the meets/events section?"
Yes. It's an alternative to updating your status/putting in your profile text (which you might do at the moment).
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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what about re vamping the search options, as there are couples who are looking for single guys but when you see their profile it stayes not looking for single guys, what about a section esp for couples looking for single guys as i would think that alot of people would find this usefull. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"what about re vamping the search options, as there are couples who are looking for single guys but when you see their profile it stayes not looking for single guys, what about a section esp for couples looking for single guys as i would think that alot of people would find this usefull."
You can do that already,all have to do is browse and where is says looking for,do it that way. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just having a quick nosey at it on my phone... All looks good except that it only seems to list the next few weeks.. This is not ideal for many social events.
For example the Scotland area has a social planned for December and names are already down for it, mainly so people can plan hotels/fancy dress in plenty of time.
If the time in advance is a problem, and you don't want to risk too many fake events on there, how about extending the date range to 9 months but any even that's planned between 2 and 9 months ahead has to be approved by a mod?
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"Its saying 209 couples are on Meet Today but when you go to the bottom of the page to look at any of the other 7 pages of entries it keeps only on page 1  "
This is a bug, well spotted. We'll get it fixed shortly.
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One other bug ... if you in forums then post a message (i.e. the page i'm writing this post out on) the blue banner across the top still has [Meet Today and [Events] boxes to choose from .. not the new [Meets & Events] |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"One other bug ... if you in forums then post a message (i.e. the page i'm writing this post out on) the blue banner across the top still has [Meet Today and [Events] boxes to choose from .. not the new [Meets & Events]"
Noted, we'll sort this.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Just having a quick nosey at it on my phone... All looks good except that it only seems to list the next few weeks.. This is not ideal for many social events.
For example the Scotland area has a social planned for December and names are already down for it, mainly so people can plan hotels/fancy dress in plenty of time.
If the time in advance is a problem, and you don't want to risk too many fake events on there, how about extending the date range to 9 months but any even that's planned between 2 and 9 months ahead has to be approved by a mod?
Steve"
Have to agree with this, we want to re post our social on the 19th of june which was on the old events page but cant as the dates dont go that far ahead, this is a real problem for people who organise socials.  |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"For example the Scotland area has a social planned for December and names are already down for it, mainly so people can plan hotels/fancy dress in plenty of time.
If the time in advance is a problem, and you don't want to risk too many fake events on there, how about extending the date range to 9 months but any even that's planned between 2 and 9 months ahead has to be approved by a mod?
Steve
Have to agree with this, we want to re post our social on the 19th of june which was on the old events page but cant as the dates dont go that far ahead, this is a real problem for people who organise socials. "
Both these comments are noted. We've restricted meets to a couple of weeks ahead and Organised Events (like both of these socials) to 50 days ahead. We'll look at increasing that by a bit. We have to strike a compromise between what is realistic/relevant and allowing organised event organisers (!) time to rustle up interest etc.
We'll make the change tomorrow. Maybe 3 months would be reasonable?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"For example the Scotland area has a social planned for December and names are already down for it, mainly so people can plan hotels/fancy dress in plenty of time.
If the time in advance is a problem, and you don't want to risk too many fake events on there, how about extending the date range to 9 months but any even that's planned between 2 and 9 months ahead has to be approved by a mod?
Steve
Have to agree with this, we want to re post our social on the 19th of june which was on the old events page but cant as the dates dont go that far ahead, this is a real problem for people who organise socials.
Both these comments are noted. We've restricted meets to a couple of weeks ahead and Organised Events (like both of these socials) to 50 days ahead. We'll look at increasing that by a bit. We have to strike a compromise between what is realistic/relevant and allowing organised event organisers (!) time to rustle up interest etc.
We'll make the change tomorrow. Maybe 3 months would be reasonable?
Admin x"
sounds good to me, socials are alot of the time adverised in the forums anyway so if they are planned longer than 3 months ahead they can be advertised there.
thanks admin x x |
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real nice makes it far easier for genuine meets and other events.
only a slight suggestion, you can have tick boxes for only seeing posts by various genders, can the same be done for seeing posts for different areas.
other than that a great enhancement to a nice website
keep up the good work
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
Thanks for all the feedback so far.
We'll be making some changes tomorrow morning.
To those who don't like it, it would be great if you could explain why not - helps us make it better 
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maybe finger trouble but 1 poss other bug .. we went to enter a future date; filled in all the fields and ticked Looking For [MF CPL] but when we clicked post a warning box came up saying "You need to tick at least one 'Looking To Meet' box" .. which we had |
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By *lue75Man
over a year ago
Carlton |
"sorry,prefer the old meet today button,much easier,simpler and quicker! "
Admin, i agree, that the meet today button was fast, and very effective, i do how ever like the now modifacation, having both would be great.. |
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"It is only two clicks of the mouse to get to the meet today section"
two clicks away Ruggers?? ... you know for many thats too complicated [like reading a profile 1st] ..or.. simply just too much effort   |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
We'll be moving "meet today" link so it's more obvious again. Lots of people are missing it. Our proposal is when you click "Meets and Events" is to show meets today button at top of the page, filter options for the meets list below and the add links also on that "meets homepage" - rather than going direct to the meets list.
If any of that made sense
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"sorry,prefer the old meet today button,much easier,simpler and quicker! "
ditto and agreed prefer the old set up, simple and easy.
Not good this new set up |
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By *icknDeeCouple
over a year ago
hartlepool |
Tried to add an even but it wouldn't let us. In the "Looking to meet:" section, we had MF Cpl ticked, but whenever we clicked on Add meet, it said we had to have at least one box ticked in the looking to meet section. |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
We've made changes so that the initial link gets you to a page where "meet today" is now more obvious (again). You can then click through to the meet listings if you choose.
We'll be making some more tweaks today based on the feedback we've received
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"Tried to add an even but it wouldn't let us. In the "Looking to meet:" section, we had MF Cpl ticked, but whenever we clicked on Add meet, it said we had to have at least one box ticked in the looking to meet section."
Doing the same for us again this morning |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"Tried to add an even but it wouldn't let us. In the "Looking to meet:" section, we had MF Cpl ticked, but whenever we clicked on Add meet, it said we had to have at least one box ticked in the looking to meet section.
Doing the same for us again this morning "
Sounds like a bug. What browser are you using?
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"Well spotted and thanks for the detailed info. We've fixed this now
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No problem, keep up the good work ... think the tweaks you've done overnight are a great improvement and it is much more user friendly now .. cheers |
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lol i have read the original post from admin about the changes and all the replys etc and now am totally confused lol we had a hotel meet advertised for next week which seems to totally have dissappeared and I dont have a clue how or where to relist it. I thought the other system was great and simple lol |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"lol i have read the original post from admin about the changes and all the replys etc and now am totally confused lol we had a hotel meet advertised for next week which seems to totally have dissappeared and I dont have a clue how or where to relist it. I thought the other system was great and simple lol "
To relist just goto the Meets and Events pages, click Add Meet
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod O o O oo |
http://www.fabswingers.com/forum/meets/24042
Here is your post sensual.....you had it in the forums ( unless you tried to add this to the events, in which case it probably would have been deleted ) |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"When will you be extending the dates for organised events pls admin
kat x x"
We've done this now. We've also made a change so users can't add an "Organised Event" that is 3 or less days away: These probably aren't organised and are best listed as a meet.
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By *habsMan
over a year ago
Fortress of Solitude, Middlesex |
I'm liking the overall layout - however the description needs more characters.. 160 is not enough (16 10-letter words?) as got something going that basically new format only allows say top 3 of 10 lines.
PS - And like the fact the current/old Meet Today system is still preserved. |
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"I'm liking the overall layout - however the description needs more characters.. 160 is not enough (16 10-letter words?) as got something going that basically new format only allows say top 3 of 10 lines."
How many characters were allowed to be entered under the old events section? only ask as majority we saw when ever looked were rarely more than a couple of lines? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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we used to have at least 4 paragraphs with the old events maybe more. have had to leave alot of info out and direct people to the forums or to mail us direct which isnt ideal. more space would be better. |
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By *adchickCouple
over a year ago
Cyprus |
I've put the Pussy Posse Charity Bash in twice.
Twice it hasn't appeared. Where is it?
AND it's only 320 letters. Especially for the Posse, that detracts massively from what we try to achieve.
To be honest, MY opinion is that it's useless and I hate it.
Also, I had a look at it tonight and it's still bringing up all the gangbangs and meets tonight as people seem unable to stick their "Oh I'm bored lets advertise for a bi female to come to our hotel" in the right place. |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"I've put the Pussy Posse Charity Bash in twice.
Twice it hasn't appeared. Where is it?
AND it's only 320 letters. Especially for the Posse, that detracts massively from what we try to achieve.
To be honest, MY opinion is that it's useless and I hate it.
Also, I had a look at it tonight and it's still bringing up all the gangbangs and meets tonight as people seem unable to stick their "Oh I'm bored lets advertise for a bi female to come to our hotel" in the right place."
We'll have a look at why those haven't listed. We'll give events more space. And we'll be improving moderation on events to move non-events to the meets section.
Thanks for the feedback
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You can still set and view meet today on the new pages too. To set a meet today just goto the Add a Meet page. It works same as at the moment.
Could be possible if only I could FIND the ADD A MEET PAGE. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Seems some don't like change.
I think its so much better and user friendly. The last events section was sore on the eyes trying to find anything in my area.
Keep up the good work. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Only ever use use ir for advertising organised club events, but you can only post 5 events, if a club is open 7 nights a week you can only advertise 5 nights |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Will it not be a good idea if you can edit your meet/events advert.
I have an ad just now and it looks as if i have to make a new one just to edit one part of it. |
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have noticed that alot of people are misstaking meet at your place for meet at our place thinking that meet at your place meens that thay accom themselves could you please put a notice on the post a meet page were you select what type of meet you want to post saying
meet at yours (you travel)
meet at ours (you accom)
just to help stoping the posters from geting confused
also maybe a daytime meets catagory in meets/events section would be apropreate seing as you have a nights out catagory it would be great for us and im sure a lot of users would love it too |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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only prob i have with it is that you have to scroll back to the top of the page to click the nxt page button...
put it at the bottom of the page please... |
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Also.... in Firefox at least, we are getting a second set of "Prev" "Next" "1" "2" etc buttons on the right hand edge of the panel, not causing any errors that we can see but a little out of place. There is also a set at the top of the scroll panel as expected. |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
Thanks for the continued feedback everyone. We'll be doing another update to the meets pages in the coming week.
If you hate the new setup please let us know *why* otherwise we can't improve things
Thanks
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It is on the bottom too x"
just double checked to see if its at the bottom, either im blind or summat, only see it at the top, other day it was at the top right hand side, now its top in the middle... |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"3 times now I've posted the Charity Night.
3 times it's not appeared.
Are you not allowing me to post the Charity Night social??
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This is a bug we'll have a look at it after the bank holiday.
There are other reports of meets not appearing either. We'll update here when it's fixed.
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"Can we make a suggestion?
If we create an event some time in the future, when the date comes around would it be possible to add the "Meet today" icon to our profile automatically?
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Yes this will happen shortly
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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How do you remove a future meet? I can't find how to delete one as I have an arrangement on one of the days I've enterered a meet for???
Sorry If the answer is obvious but I can't find it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Is there any chance the symbol/logo for a future event could be changed to be different to the Meet Today?
I had a future meet on and received loads of messages because I had a "Meet Today" on.
I didn't and received loads of grief because I took the time to explain it was a future meet - I know its the usual of people can't be bothered to read but may save confusion. |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
Forum Mod Totteridge/Whetstone |
"How do you remove a future meet? I can't find how to delete one as I have an arrangement on one of the days I've enterered a meet for???
Sorry If the answer is obvious but I can't find it."
Goto the meets page, click Manage Your Meets on left hand menu, your meet should have a delete link.
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I wanted to add a house party onto events which is where i have always posted it before however cause it was short notice only found out on the thursday that i could have one on the saturday i could not the first date it would allow me to post was for the sunday. Have you now got to post events at least 3 days prior. I have used the meet to date instead using the date but i feel people will miss out as most of the people coming to my parties look on events. |
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By *j_mark OP Couple
over a year ago
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"I wanted to add a house party onto events which is where i have always posted it before however cause it was short notice only found out on the thursday that i could have one on the saturday i could not the first date it would allow me to post was for the sunday. Have you now got to post events at least 3 days prior. I have used the meet to date instead using the date but i feel people will miss out as most of the people coming to my parties look on events."
We don't allow organised events to be listed that are within 3 days... because these are more likely to be meets than organised events (given organisation generally involves forward planning etc.).
If you know you're organising something just list early.
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