marct wrote:I tend to see them this way:
1. An announcement of new features and Content (would you prefer none?)
Yes, I'd prefer none until some kind of balance was given. As was it was like booting people while they were down. Again, something that should have been foreseen.
Given the uproar, fuss and cancellations some contrasting announcement would have, could have, should have alleviated the problem somewhat.
marct wrote:2. Not censorship, but awareness. You still have your protest, just spend a little time and consider the moniker you choose. Your protest has just as much power as it did before, maybe more.
Oh, don't get me wrong, they have every right to do so. I just think it was a very, very, very stupid thing to do in the situation - particularly in the way it was done. Again, making the situation worse - in a fashion that was entirely predictable.
Asking people might have worked, rather than forcibly changing their settings AND it makes it look like the staff are wasting their time on that rather than answering queries and concerns.
marct wrote:And lastly, you know better than to think that responses to a crowd as unruly as you lot should be quick and hastily sent when referring to details which you will undoubtedly nit-pick apart and ***** about each piece induvidually and just as loud as currently. The decision about your symbol was not one that required nearly as much crafting of response. I should think you and the others would realize this as well.
This has been going on for nigh a week now, more than enough time for SOMETHING placatory to come out. They seem to have failed to predict community reaction at every turn here, something that leaves me somewhat concerned - perhaps more than the changes themselves!
