Click to view our Accessibility Statement or contact us with accessibility-related questions
Showing 1 of 95 conversations about:
Naftoor
291
May 2, 2019
bookmark_border
Pretty disappointed to be honest, feels like the end of an era. There's been a pretty continual slide in terms of the value of massdrop over the last few years. It's it's gone from that weird kid at recess who was able to smuggle in rare and hard to find candies from the candy store near his grandparents to a beardless huckberry. This feels like an incredibly pretentious move, combined with the shear number of issues that MD has already had with what feels like every drop (not necessarily issues I've personally, but at a community wide level). It's shifted from the group buy that we all came to it and loved it for, into collaborations and semi-custom products in an attempt to fill niches that may or may not exist. But honestly? The group buy is why I come, not for the WE or FF knives. I'm continually disappointed when either random, unwanted shit is launched and inevitably fails with 10 or 20 sales, or another custom collab is launched meanwhile the prices on the actual group buys continue to creep further and further up. This used to be a site where you could source a solid deal on a product that you could boast about to friends and family. Now? I can go to amazon for lower prices, and we're not even talking about stuff being on sale, just the regular price. The influx of communities is ridiculous. I was cautiously optimistic when they forced the baking/cooking change. That was before they just cross posted stuff from cooking into baking 80% of the time to make it feel like they had enough deals to warrant a second category to draw people in. Spoiler, they don't. It's a wasted category and these categories will be the same. The new layout is flat out dunce cap donning. I don't want to click on home and garden then sort through 20 sub categories to find the one relevant item. Infinite subcategories come with infinite responsibility or they take infinite time from the consumers and I'm not willing to deal with it. It's complicated, ugly and slow. The best layout MD has had so far was two UIs ago, the version they used for multiple years. As for the 'Drop' branding. I've already covered how pretentious and unwarranted the change is, but what's the source, trying to name yourselves after drop shipping, aka cheap chinese products branded and sold like what's pushed on amazon? Doesn't really bring quality to mind. Really disappointed with this change, but I guess legends more often die with a whimper in their beds then in a blaze of glory.
May 2, 2019
Duncan
3731
May 8, 2019
bookmark_border
Sorry about that comment, @Naftoor. @alysdexia I'm deleting your comment. Choose to make better contributions to the conversation. Trolling isn't allowed here.
(Edited)
May 8, 2019
alysdexia
26
May 8, 2019
bookmark_border
DuncanTrolling is the posting of misinformation to bait comments, which I don't do. Nothing was wrong with my comment, troll.
(Edited)
May 8, 2019
Naftoor
291
May 13, 2019
bookmark_border
DuncanThank you Duncan! That removed comment from @alysdexia left me rather befuddled until I checked her posting history and saw a distinct history of similar posts. Appreciate you helping to keep the discussions on topic!
May 13, 2019
Duncan
3731
May 13, 2019
bookmark_border
NaftoorI try. And I'm also noting the points you made as well. I know what you mean by the end of an era.. I hope in the end it feels more like a chapter than anything. We're still the same people, we're just going through puberty a bit lol. The communities, the layout, the products, all of this we plan to keep improving but above all else I know it's going to feel alienating to those who have been with us for a while. That's why a big part of what I'm up to now, now that we're on the other side of the rebrand, is making sure we're being as present as possible to hear everyone out and to continue making changes in a direction that incorporates all your feedback. I made a post on Friday about the 'Interests' tab in general. Be sure to check that out and let me know what you think.
May 13, 2019
View Full Discussion
Related Posts
Trending Posts in Drop Hub