Social networks widgets

[Japo]

Most of you probably noticed the Facebook "facepile" that we've had on our front page for some days now. We've just added some more widgets, in particular our live Twitter feed, which we hope will make it easy for all users to get our information and content, and increase user feedback.

We know some people think this may be bad in a sense, but we honestly think it was overdue. We didn't want to be the last website on Earth without these! Many people have gotten to know us through Facebook and Twitter, who wouldn't know us otherwise. Social networks have already put us in closer contact with a greater number of old and new users than ever before.

Abandonia's Twitter and Facebook are also great source of small but interesting tidbits about games or other topics of interest, that don't make it to the forum or would get lost in the chatbox.

So discuss away! :) Please tell us what you think of all this.

[Eagle of Fire]

You say it was overdue but frankly I thought it was because this site had the common sense not to jump on this stupid craze which is social networks.

Instead of starting a new argument, just go read what already been said in the two other social network threads... You'll know what I think of it.

[RRS]

Of all changes I like my straightened banner the most ;)

[DarthHelmet86]

Whoooo now to get my name all over that twitter feed.

[dosraider]

How nice, a front page filled with all kinds of social crap links and ads...

Let see, hit reload and have to wait
... 1 .....2 .....3 ......... *yawn* ....... *yawn again* ........ crap, almost 30 secs 'transferring data from blablabla whatever'.

How nice, you really should add much more ads and crap, will certainly speed things up.

:unsure:

<<-- *has a bad day*

[Eagle of Fire]

That's why I'm so glad I have AdBlock and NoScript, Dosraider. This way when I visit pages I don't have to download all their crap which end up counting for more than half my net traffic over time...

[dosraider]

.... problem is when you're not@home, then suddenly you realize what load of crap there is here.

[Japo]

You say it was overdue but frankly I thought it was because this site had the common sense not to jump on this stupid craze which is social networks.

You should have known common sense couldn't be an option to explain anything. :P

How nice, you really should add much more ads and crap, will certainly speed things up.

I'm sorry to report that we can't put more ads in. Not even Abovo can--there's no space left. :)

[dosraider]

I'm sorry to report that we can't put more ads in. Not even Abovo can--there's not space left. :)
:mhh:

Maybe that's because there is too much space taken by irrelevant info ?
With a bit of luck they will reduce that all dosgaming crap to ... let say a 15% of the front page? Or even better, a 2%? Leaves a 98% of the space for the things we really are interested in.

Ah know what , nuke that whole 'dosgaming' stuff. It's getting in the way.

LMAO. :D

[Edit]
Had the best idea ever!
Oblige the peeps to install (yet) another big fat toolbar!
There can't be enough toolbars in ya browser.

[BostonGeorge]

I'm sorry to report that we can't put more ads in. Not even Abovo can--there's no space left. :)

:hysterical:

[Japo]

:hysterical:
#TrueStory (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23TrueStory)! :(

[Eagle of Fire]

You should have known common sense couldn't be an option to explain anything. :p
Oh, I already know that. ;)

[Lulu_Jane]

Dosraider, I know the ads all over the page are terrible, but to be fair, the front page looks much better than it did ten days ago :) Slightly cleaner, within our constraints.

[dosraider]

As said: I had a bad day, loaded the site whilst being by someone else, and thought by myself:
*WTF ...??? Is that how an ol'games site is supposed to look...????*

Ah well, nevermind me. XD

[Lulu_Jane]

NEVER MIND THE DOSRAIDER?!!?

HeLdF7ONGts

Impossible :D

[arete]

Ugh, I won't go near tw@tter. Farcebook is bad enough...

And dossie, people should be legally required to renounce internet explorer and al its evils.

[The Fifth Horseman]

As said: I had a bad day, loaded the site whilst being by someone else, and thought by myself:
*WTF ...??? Is that how an ol'games site is supposed to look...????*

Ah well, nevermind me. XD
Trust me, that's what I'm thinking EVERY. DAMN. TIME. :)

[Lulu_Jane]

Ugh, I won't go near tw@tter. Farcebook is bad enough...

And dossie, people should be legally required to renounce internet explorer and al its evils.

That's a pity, you're missing out on some fun content in regard to AB's feed.

Anyway as always, these things are what you make of them. If you follow a bunch of vapid teens then yes, you're going to end up reading a bunch of wasted of 0's and 1's. However, if you follow things you are particularly interested in and not just your mates, you basically end up with an RSS feed on steroids, and it's pretty cool.

Besides, any website that has helped topple governments and provided real-time news for people with limited and/or censored internet access is fine with me :)

[DarthHelmet86]

Twitter is a soul eating beast...but it let's me attack followers with myself or in other words it lets people who like my Youtube Lps catch them as they come out.

[Eagle of Fire]

That's a pity, you're missing out on some fun content in regard to AB's feed.
... Things we would not be missing out if you were posting it on the main page or the forums instead. You're not really creating new content at all, you are simply splitting it in pieces.

Ever heard of about a hundred of common sayings like "if you run after several rabbits at once you end up catching nothing at all?". If you use alternative feeds for original content you don't share on the main site (the forum is part of the main site) then you end up doing just that.

[Lulu_Jane]

Thank you for sharing :)