Announcement: New forum, new community profile

Ankündigung: Neues Forum, neues Community-Profil

In November 2018, I told you on the Migipedia blog how my relationship with my childhood sweetheart broke up years ago and a friend tried to comfort me by saying that the only constant in life is change. Of course, I found it difficult to accept this. But life has taught me that change is just part of it. Migipedia will also be undergoing changes in a few days.

Over the past few months, we have completely overhauled the forum and the community profile. We will be making the changes between September 30th and October 1st and launching a completely new software solution. I would like to give you a few days' notice of some of the changes to the forum and the community profile.

A few changes in the forum:

60% of visitors use Migipedia with a cell phone. That's why we've given the forum and profile a graphic refresh, optimized them for smaller screens and created clearer structures.

We have largely retained the functionality of the forum. For the time being, the formatting options and image uploads in your posts are limited.

The forum search is rudimentary for the time being - the entire forum is simply searched for the search term entered. Over the next few months, we will measure how often the search is used and what is searched for. This should show us in which direction we need to develop the search further.

A few changes in the community profile:

Visually, the profile has changed completely. The profile is roughly divided into user information and information on activity in the community. The activity is divided thematically into so-called streams.

In addition to the user name and user picture, the user information contains a small summary of the community activities. The profile settings are mainly edited in the Migros login.

If you do not choose a profile picture or have not chosen one so far, we will randomly assign you one of eight so-called Migrojis. You can of course change your profile picture or Migroji at any time.

The option to send direct messages will no longer be available for the time being. If you would like to discuss topics with us, you can publish them in the forum or contact us by e-mail.

As part of these changes, the navigation of the site will also be streamlined and the home page will be combined with the product reviews overview page. The Migipedia news will no longer exist in its current form - more on the news will follow.

With all these changes, Migipedia now comes from a single source, both visually and technically. The speed of the entire website will increase noticeably. It cannot be ruled out that one or two minor problems may arise at the start, but in the longer term Migipedia should definitely be less prone to errors, which should also save you, dear community members, trouble. On behalf of the entire project team, I can say that we are very much looking forward to the new Migipedia and hope that this joy will spread to you in a few days' time. Of course you can then report on your experiences here, praise us and criticize us - but you know that.

With best regards and thanks

Philipp

All replies (62)

indios

Thanks for the information.

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Cinderella1925

Thanks for the info. I don't understand what "direct messages" are.

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Philipp_Migros

Hello everyone

Thank you for your initial feedback. Even though it may be a little short notice, we think it's fair to announce such changes in advance.

Direct messages can currently still be sent to each other on Migipedia using the little letter symbol. The M-Infoline and community management have used this function from time to time. However, according to an analysis of our figures, community members have hardly ever used this function.

With best regards
Philipp

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Cinderella1925

@Philipp_MigrosSo thatmeans private messages?

When exactly will they be switched off ? Do we at least still have access to the ones we have already written/received? We can't download them so quickly as a backup. And you can't seriously ask us to publicly exchange addresses in front of the whole world...

According to an analysis of our figures, however, community members have hardly used this function among themselves.

That's definitely not true. It's more likely to be a means of preventing forum members from exchanging Animal Planet Mania stickers with each other, for example...

This also makes it unbelievable what is always written to us that this or that product has too little demand... On the contrary, we are being deprived of precisely those products that are in high demand so that the purchasing habits of as many people as possible can be steered in the desired direction (towards more expensive products...) in one fell swoop.

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BMMMH

How long before private messages are possible again?

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Nachtspalter

@Cinderella1925Youagain with your unfounded accusations against Migros! I'm beginning to think you're living in a fantasy world.in his opening post Philipp writes:"Over the past few months we have completely overhauled the forum and the community profile. We will be making the changes between September 30th and October 1st and will be launching a completely new software solution." So it's not at all about curtailing your own actions regarding the sticker exchange. There is simply a new Migipedia forum based on new software, and although often requested in the old Migipedia and then introduced with the current version, I also believe that the direct/private messages were not actively used because they are simply so well hidden and unknown. Practically every time the community managers or the M-Infoline write to ask you to send them something via this function, the question comes back: "How do you do that here?".

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Philipp_Migros

Hello@Cinderella1925

Please save your messages by noon on Monday, September 30, 2019 to be on the safe side.
I can assure you at this point that we are not interested in preventing Migipedia members from exchanging information with each other. But I agree with you that an Aninal Planet Mania exchange, as it is currently practiced on Migipeda, will no longer be quite so easy.

Best regards

Philipp

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Philipp_Migros

Hello BMMMMH

I would like to ask you to save your messages. There are currently no plans to offer this feature again.

Best regards
Philipp

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Traberli

I think that's bad now. Simply removing something as important as PN at such short notice.
Of course it's not used "actively"! But if you need it, it's there!
Nobody would just delete the emergency phone numbers!

That's when you need it...why can't it stay?

Sometimes you have a question that you don't want to ask in public! It's not about secret conspiracies against Migros.

I think it's garbage without a PN. What's the point of having a forum here then?
To rate the products, to write about them - no need for a forum? .
Too bad.

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Philipp_Migros

Hello Traberli

I understand your displeasure and apologize for the short lead time. "Emergency calls" can still be made. For example via the M-Infoline. These inquiries are also forwarded to our community managers or the relevant specialists.

Kind regards
Philipp

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