Lately, many of us JoeUser bloggers have been the victims of additional "bugs" on the site. Having to log in multiple times. I, myself seem to have to "refresh" the home page every time I land on it. The 1st time, my "ID" section says "unknown." I then click "refresh" and it brings up my stats and allows me to "create a new article" or actually go to my blog to do whatever.
The new "bugs" are a nuisance, but I really don't give em that much thought. But the other day it occurred to me that this "refresh" I have to do only boosts the points of the articles on the front page.
I'm not big on the point system to begin with. If I wanted to, I could manipulate it to make myself #1 if I had any desire to do that. But I don't. I get plenty of responses and emails to know that my stuff gets read. I see terms and phrases I come up with used on other blogs and even on other media outlets after I use them which lets me know that my message gets out when I need it to. My ego isn't all that inflated that I need any reassurance of what I already know from some flawed point structure.
But I guess it kind of bugs me that this new wave of flaws on the site only serve to boost points where they aren't deserved. In fact, any front page article now gets twice as many points as the placement got it before. And I guess it kind of surprises me that a site run by a software company essentially is that inept and flawed. Isn't it about time that the point system was upgraded and a system that accurately reflects the usage and reads?
I'd hate to be so cynical as to think someone is doing this on purpose to boost certain people's points. But egos can make people do strange things. In any case, I hope not, as it would be pretty childish.
I would like to see JoeUser.com fix these silly lil bugs and make the site a little less tedious to navagate. Some help with the speed of the site would be nice as well. This site is consistantly amongst the slowest I use on the net. And i've tried all the advice given in the past as far as clearing caches and such...mostly with little or no result. I've used other blog sites and websites on a regular basis and have never had the problems I have here. And a bunch of "computer experts" run this place?
Again, I hate to be cynical. But these bugs seem to be getting worse. The site gets slower. And no one @ Stardock seems to care.