New Format of BCO is a DISASTER

Mods, you're asking for feedback and making little tweaks here and there, but it seems like the vast majority of us are saying little tweaks just aren't going to do it. 

You really threw the baby out with the bathwater.  

Why not rethink this?  Bring back the old forum.  Find out what people *really* want, and then make those changes in a well-planned and thoughtful implementation.  

Ok, the over all look is just hard on the eyes. It actually makes my eyes hurt.

Some of the new features I don't mind. The Dashboard is ok.

The user index is ok.

Yes my avatar looks squished but I will deal.

I won't leave, but I will spend less time, it just hurts my eyes. Maybe in the morning it will be better.

I can't explain it, the fonts and spacing are just odd.

It is cleaner looking though.

And yes too much scrolling. 

OMG ... thanks for the heads up ladies.  My inbox had 116 emails ... and I have never selected email notifications.  I'm hoping they were all generated by this thread and that I have them stopped.

I think I can navigate this to get to things that are already in my Favorite Topics but using the All Topics or Active Topics the way they are now is a no-go.  I always just popped in and checked out the main page quickly.  I simply don't have the time it will take to scroll through pages and pages of stuff.  I think a lot of newbies are going to find themselves with no responses because nobody is going to see their posts.

Getting rid of some of my favorites so my e-mail inbox won't overload while I'm sleeping .

Hi Mods,

Thought I might add a thought, I noticed that when you click on a member name to see their recent posts, now I have to click on each post listed and find their words (tho I can use the time it was posted as a guide to finding it) instead of just read it.  I found it interesting to read a bunch of posts by the same member in the different threads to see how they are doing.  Now it's too many clicks and back and forth to accomplish that.  Just my two cents.  I agree with many on the changes, but am hanging in there to see the final results.  I love this board and the people and hope it will all work out.  Hugs to all, Patti

I already had one demoralizing BC experience today--my MO abruptly informed me I was being put into a "Survivorship Clinic" after  only 3 years NED and now get to see a nurse practictioner for  my follow up appointments instead of a bonafide medical oncologist. (Yipee!)

I felt depressed and disoriented  by this news, so I came running home to BCO.  My heart just sank when I saw this  radical new design.  It just doesn't work for all the reasons so eloquently stated previously.

Note to whomever designed this:  BCO is not just some cool app that we stumbled upon to join some hip social network.  This is a serious lifeline  of support and information for its members and we are hurting.

Moderators, I know you are trying really hard to make things better  and we do appreciate all your efforts. Please do your utmost to communicate to the powers that be that we want our old, homey and inviting BCO back as it was.

How do I get rid of those articles - I don't want to see them

Where is My Home page - sorely missed!!!

Sad that women here are being stressed by this while in treatment.

If you don't want to receive email messages about new posts on your favourites threads, you have the option - in the email message itself -- to turn it off.

Ok, so it's been all day. I've tried to get used to it, still hate it! It does hurt the eyes after a short time.

Why not leave the site as it was and make an app for mobile users if that was the main point in the massive changes?

I'm not seeing anything that was regularly requested to be added in this new mess, just a horrible design that not many of us at all seem to like.

And I wish there was a "like" button for the post above mine!

I hate to complain because this site has been so good for me, but I hate this new format. Why mess with what is  and has been workable and healing???

Are our donations going for paying for THIS? Please just go back. Many of us are just too old or tired or worn out from cancer to want to learn new formats. 

Do you have some new hired young geeks trying to be hipper or what?

This site needs to be about user-friendly or you will lose so -too many- many of us.

And all of the space on the left is disorienting. I liked being able to read and write in center so much better.

Please go back to the original format. Please. 

PS Thanks for at least returning the spaces between paragraphs that helped "see" comments.

I notice that if you put anything in the "My Diagnosis" or "My Treatment" areas in your profile, that will be used to send you MORE "recommended articles"! Phooey. And why, since the recommended articles were defaulted to "OFF", did I have 58 recommended articles in the first place? If the recommended articles option is OFF, does that mean I could put something in the My Diagnosis and My Treatment areas WITHOUT it triggering a new onslaught of recommended articles? Really, can I not just opt out of those completely?

I don't mind the colors - better than all the pink. They seem to be shades of light grey for me, not glaring white. That would be annoying. I hadn't noticed any difference in the fonts, but maybe that was fixed before I came here today? I haven't tried to navigate through active topics yet. I do agree all that wasted space on the left is unfortunate. Put the navigation tabs back up on top and use the whole width of the page for posts, please. Not crazy about the notion that the left quarter of the page will be non-stop ads.

Go to My Profile. Click on See All recommended articles. There should be an option over on the right to "archive" each one, which will get them out of your face.

Does "archive" mean saving them or deleting them?

I requested that my account be deleted a few weeks ago and it was. Just popped in here today and I was able to login into my deleted account and everything has been restored. I wonder how many past members are out there that don't know their accounts are reactivated. 

I also have 51 related articles. Not sure how articles on infertility relate to me except that I recall posting a couple of years ago that my son is an embryologist that deals with infertility patients. I'm 51 and had a hysterectomy 20 years ago so fertility issues aren't on my mind. I don't have lymphadema; never had radiation; and I don't have mets but I have recived articles on them.

This is a support and information site but I feel like every word we post is being tracked just like facebook so they can get marketing (articles) sent to us.  I probably typed the words mets, lymphadema and radiation in posts at some point in the past three years and that is why I am getting articles on those topics. 

I would venture a guess that the big blank space to the left will be used for advertising. Tracking keywords in posts will allow BCO to have very specific demographics to present to potential advertisors.  I understand the need for advertising $$ to help support this site but tracking like this is a bit creepy. That's why I don't like facebook. 

This is so disappointing. The old format worked and changes that members really wanted such as a like button; easier way to post pictures etc haven't been implemented in the new format.  i appreciate the efforts and hard work of the Mods but I have to ask...What is the goal of this new format?

My eyes hurt.. Goodnight! 

Wow, I guess some people really don't like change. Maybe first this should have been rolled out in a Beta version for some to test for a while and give feedback. I have only been using this site for a couple of weeks so it is not such a big deal to me I guess. I kind of like the idea of the recommended articles and you have an option not to make the treatment or diagnosis sections public (I think it is having the treatment section "public" that drives the articles) . I actually like to see the diagnosis of other posters since those of the same stage seem more relevant to me. There is a lot of scrolling thru topics but you can jump to a particular area. I have noticed some topics that haven't had new posts for a long time so maybe they should be deleted after a certain amount of time goes by or moved to another section. The emails also are optional (must be the default setting of the new version was to have them on or some glitch if you were in a section when the system went down but that can be resolved by just turning them off again. Maybe we should just give this a little time and let them get the little glitches resolved before making judgement. What is that saying about the only thing certain in life is change? Patience is a virtue and adaptability an asset.