[SolarCat]

Originally Posted by Yeladim

Witchy, I think you have it wrong. Brint isn't looking for feedback about Uni6. He started that thread looking for feedback if the users wanted to move or not. It is all very passive/aggressive. There ARE some very good posts and ideas there though, none of which I would expect to be implemented.

I got my pink hair and I'm happy

Ultimately, it's an issue of business plans.

Brint believes he'll make a lot of money with Unifacetweet Factionbookr, by imitating them, and trying to mold UniFactions into some sort of superconglomerate social media site.

Good business policy states that once you have established yourself in a market (in this case,the UniFactions community), you maintain and build upon that market, adding features in the same vein, making changes to enhance the experience of THAT consumer base or else minor tweaks to add appeal to other markets while maintaining your original one.

He believes he can magically keep what he has now by drastically changing everything, but that would be like Wal-Mart suddenly deciding to compete with Saks 5th Avenue. It's a different market, and the people who want what's at one will not want what's in the other.

If he kept UniFaction's functionality as-is and just added one of his new ideas, like a twitter-esque feed or something, he probably would have gotten away with it. As must as the UniFactions community dislikes social media as a whole, I could see a single feature being adopted by the community, tentatively at first but more quickly as others grew to appreciate it, and pretty soon we'd have Ninja giveaways in the feed and probably a nice market going to buy and sell the box-of-the-month.

Slow changes, one at a time, and he may have succeeded in his plans while still maintaining the community. But this? It's probably a great social media site, but where'd UniFactions go?
And this is why his site is not as successful as it could be - because he doesn't value what he already has.

I don't want to harp on this though. That's my thoughts, and the things that he'll never see because he doesn't want to see anything other than his own decisions.
And with that, I will say no more about it.



This forum, on the other hand, looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.

[Pyrokat23]

Brint has this idea that everyone loves what he does and that he is god of everything amazing.

What he is is a Narcissist, first and foremost.

[Yeladim]

Originally Posted by AutobotDen

The whole situation with UF is very upsetting to me. I've made really good friends there, I've gotten my avs the way I like 'em... and now all this drama that could've been avoided with a bit of common sense...

But that IS what is really missing, common sense. I say a lot, common sense isn't very common and this whole mess just proves my point, at least on one corner of the globe.

And Solar, you have it right too. You build on an idea not try to reform it. Brint never participates in what the community does and so therefore, he doesn't know the community. That is why he is continually surprised by it's reactions.

As for his losses, I call BS. I'm sure those losses include all his broken side projects such as Project Starborn, which are separate from UF.

[Demonskid]

Yeladim joined trisphee?! 8D HIIII -hugs-

[Pyrokat23]

Yeladim - I'm 99% sure that he took the funds and profits from UC and UF to FUND those failed projects - which is why he is in over his head in debt. >.>

[Espy]

Wait, so, what exactly is going on over at UF?

[Pyrokat23]

Ya ever hear of the great Chicago fire?

Yeah. That. XD

[Den]

Originally Posted by Yeladim

But that IS what is really missing, common sense. I say a lot, common sense isn't very common and this whole mess just proves my point, at least on one corner of the globe.

And Solar, you have it right too. You build on an idea not try to reform it. Brint never participates in what the community does and so therefore, he doesn't know the community. That is why he is continually surprised by it's reactions.

As for his losses, I call BS. I'm sure those losses include all his broken side projects such as Project Starborn, which are separate from UF.

The whole LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATE thing is the common sense bit I was meaning... I was an admin/owner of a forum for about six months before it died due to nobody coming on and posting, but I at least tried to keep up and tried to find out what everyone was agreeable to in terms of upgrades and whatnot...

[SolarCat]

Originally Posted by Espy

Wait, so, what exactly is going on over at UF?

Imagine that the owner of this site decided that instead of being what Trisphee is, instead it was going to be some sort of Frankenstein's Monster Hybrid of Twitter/Facebook/Tumblr and any other successful social media site.
Then imagine that when the forum community was finally shown the final product (because the whole thing was a 'secret' but "You're gonna love it!") and protested that the change wasn't supporting what the site currently IS, the owner announced surprise at the feedback and lashed back with threats ("Then you can stay here but we WON'T be updating this site, and I'll shut it down if it stops making me money!"), pity parties ("I'm $20k in debt!"), and a general refusal to acknowledge the core issue of the problem.


THAT is what's going on at UF.

[Ginger]

This is so awesome of you, DK! Squeeee! *hugs*

[Awen Moonshine]

It is basically a train wreck the new version of UF that he's created... It's such a shame... :(

Yeah, I sent out a message about our refuge here on UF so hopefully some more people will transfer over to here ^_^ It's how Yeladim came to join us ^_^

[Yeladim]

Originally Posted by Awen Moonshine

Yeah, I sent out a message about our refuge here on UF so hopefully some more people will transfer over to here ^_^ It's how Yeladim came to join us ^_^

*blush*

Don't know how much time I'll be able to devote over here, that is, unless UF implodes, but it's nice to be somewhere else also.

[Lawtan]

Hmm...
*Takes notes of what happens with Gaia and UF for future reference*

It seems to be a common problem of disconnecting from your community... (In gaming, and politics as well)

[Awen Moonshine]

At least you know quite a few of us are here and that we will always be happy to see you Yeladim <3

I have a gaia account still but I never use it anymore... They just seem to be trying to rinse money out of everyone on there... I only visited to play with my fish tank in the end...

[Espy]

Originally Posted by SolarCat

Imagine that the owner of this site decided that instead of being what Trisphee is, instead it was going to be some sort of Frankenstein's Monster Hybrid of Twitter/Facebook/Tumblr and any other successful social media site.
Then imagine that when the forum community was finally shown the final product (because the whole thing was a 'secret' but "You're gonna love it!") and protested that the change wasn't supporting what the site currently IS, the owner announced surprise at the feedback and lashed back with threats ("Then you can stay here but we WON'T be updating this site, and I'll shut it down if it stops making me money!"), pity parties ("I'm $20k in debt!"), and a general refusal to acknowledge the core issue of the problem.


THAT is what's going on at UF.

And that's really dumb. The way he's putting it, UF would be a one-way service, not a mutual service like avatar sites and forums should be.

[Ginger]

I agree, that is a pretty crappy situation. These sites are donation-based. Donations help to keep these sites running, and helps to add new features. It shouldn't be about profiting immensely, but enough to keep the site running and to disperse payment agreements among staff members.