allekseu:
Hi,
Here is my opinion on the matter.
The new article panel is simply far too long. Even worse, it is overloaded with information that should not be there in the first place. What is even the point of this? I am not on Dispatch.
This kind of news is an example of what I want to see, because it is actually something related to the purpose of kisskh and that I, the user, will be able to interact with.
I do not wish for kisskh to be the first on news, I wish for it to be pertinent, informative and reliable on what it delivers.
Right now, the situation is such that appropriate articles are drowned by tabloid material. Either split relevant shows information and gossip matters into separate tabs, or relegate the latter to the feeds section.
THIS.
The current articles are what you would usually find in a "At the Noodle Cart" article (here you have some examples: South Korea, Japan, China). Here is my suggestion: we should ask lo_ve and Old_Anime_Lady (the ones who currently write the news articles) to put all the birth, death, marriage and casting-related news in a Noodle Cart post that can be released every week or month. This way the news articles would still exist, but they wouldn't flood the homepage anymore.
So my new suggestions based on the changes would be as follows:3GGG:
Change the Editorial Tab to be the landing one of the page.
Editorials are the gems of MDL since they are unique to the site --unlike the news which can be found elsewhere (especially if they come from the same source). So show some love to the editorials by giving the new articles a chance to be found by the average user upon arrival (like it used to be before).
Change the algorithm so that the Popular tab shows a list of articles with many hearts (likes), comments, and/or views. That way it really becomes a list of the most popular articles.
Add a trending tab to find the articles that have the most recent user-engagement.
There's enough space now to perhaps also add tabs for articles related to China, Japan, Thailand, etc. so those interested in non-K-Drama-centric content can quickly find them.
If news articles are here to stay (which it seems they are), you really need some major quality control and basic rules.
Have the writer put in a fresh perspective on the news so that the piece becomes unique to MDL (the news should reflect some effort in the writing, at the very least).
If not, force them to at least do the decent thing and link the source they are copying. After all, they are essentially reaping the benefits of someone else's labor. But, to be honest, without a fresh perspective the news are simply echoes of someone else.
Avoid writing speculative articles that do not benefit anyone. "Actor A in talks to maybe appear on Drama C" is, frankly, irrelevant. And, as already mentioned here, breeds misconceptions and confusion.
I wholeheartedly second this. It's a great solution in my opinion. :)
And until this is fully resolved, I don't see myself coming back to MDL and putting the time and energy into writing new articles when I know it will just be buried under loads of Korean news articles that take maximum 1 day to write. I published my first editorial a couple days ago, and just like all the other editorials it spends very few time on the main home page and gets shoved under by all the Korean news articles talking about "so-so getting married" or "new stills for this drama". Seriously? I'm not the only one feeling this amount of frustration.Luna Skylar:
I would actually say those news take less than a day to write. More like a couple minutes. Otherwise it wouldn't be possible to "produce" 5 of them per day. Copying + pasting from other sources does not require brain nor effort.
And yes, I feel your frustration. That's why I also stopped writing on my articles. I had at least 4 articles I wanted to write/submit. Two of them were in the writing process and on one of them I spent more than 1 week of research and work. To see this article being pushed away by the news would be such a pain so I rather not submit it at all.
I messaged admin about this around a month ago and they said they were working on it. A month later, and this is the solution?
Yeah it makes you rather question the decisions of the admins and their priority when it comes to articles. Quantity over quality?
I feel that the writer should be approached and maybe asked to lessen the amount of articles they write. (It's starting to feel like they believe MDL is their twitter feed.)
That's exactly what I think as well since the writer does not seem to see the issue in their behavior.
Old_Anime_Lady (the ones who currently write the news articles)Foreigner:
OAL was actually writing articles with news summed up in one article (was released every month or so) but I guess she stopped doing so because of the issue lo_ve started and since she suffered from the same problem we all do, that our articles get buried under the load lo_ve submits.
popularity algorythm doesnt seem like a good solution of this issue to meSalty_bae:
I highly question this popularity algorythm anyway since it pushes up News articles with only a couple views and likes. So what exactly is popular then? An article with recent comments like 3GGG said?
For me popular means something with a lot of views and likes, not recent activity like a comment. And as you said, it's not solving the issue in any way.
As an editor and user, I have a lot to say, but, for now, I just want to clarify that the editors I know and we all know are NOT the ones editing the news articles, especially lo_ve's articles.Yuanwei:
I totally believe you and KimWanHee on this. So can we assume that lo_ve's articles are not checked by editors then? Because that would actually explain the poor quality of them.
With regard to the layout, in my opinion, the golden mean would be bump up editorials at the very top (and reinstate the good old slider), and keep the news in a separate column section at the bottom.Ebisuno92:
I would love this sort of solution!
I mean I would even be okay with a news section on the side but as you mentioned the quality really needs improvement, because right now it's horrible and the quantity should also be levelled down to a reasonable amount. 5 news articles per day (with trivial news) are way too much.
Estelll:
They seem to have made some positive changes now!! Maybe they do read our comments after all!! :)
Indeed, the changes certainly help. Now we no longer have a misunderstanding with the word "popular" and "trending". The only thing is that the Feature tab (which is still acting as trending) seems redundant since we are getting basically the same articles as the "Recent" tab.
I still think that news (so long as it is published every few hours) will always outnumber Editorials. So perhaps a solution would be to change the "Featured" algorithm to show half editorials (most recent) and half news (most recent). Then they can simply replace "Recent" with "News" for those who enjoy/look for that content.
My two cents.
Indeed, the changes certainly help. Now we no longer have a misunderstanding with the word "popular" and "trending". The only thing is that the Feature tab (which is still acting as trending) seems redundant since we are getting basically the same articles as the "Recent" tab.
I still think that news (so long as it is published every few hours) will always outnumber Editorials. So perhaps a solution would be to change the "Featured" algorithm to show half editorials (most recent) and half news (most recent). Then they can simply replace "Recent" with "News" for those who enjoy/look for that content.
My two cents.
Yes, and also, in my opinion, that whole section is too long, it's taking too much of the Home Page and it kinda makes it ugly... Maybe a complete homepage revamp is in the works?
