What is the biggest problem with help.com now? - Help.com

What worked in the beginning?

Yeah and what worked was having people running the place that actually wanted to be here and were involved in what was going on.
Brink back the days of KT1, Rocky, Eric and Jeff!
Since CBS took over no one has given a crap about this place and just seem to enjoy taking it appart bit by bit like a sadistic child pulling the legs off a spider and watching it wriggle around~How many legs can they pull of before it dies?

I agree. This site when I first came here is nothing like it is now. This site is about helping people, people who need comfort or advice or just get things off their chest. How can the people who run this site not realize how essential this site is? This site has helped me so much! I went from 3 panic attacks a day to anxiety mostly everyday but NO panic attacks at all! How can they not care about this site?

haven’t been around in the ‘beginning’. so i’m pretty much ok with it now.

GoodApple2009 wrote:
much faster site and the NEW questions were always on your notice. also, you could change your avatar.

the biggest one is the new question were always on your notice. You could decide which on you wanted to reply too. Now, there are questions that you never see and never have an opportunity make a comment.

I agree to this as well

I miss rocky he became a good friend. I left for a year to work out some stuff, and i am noticing diffrences from when i was on before and now. I wish i could do something to help bring it back.

GoodApple2009 wrote:
I agree. This site when I first came here is nothing like it is now. This site is about helping people, people who need comfort or advice or just get things off their chest. How can the people who run this site not realize how essential this site is? This site has helped me so much! I went from 3 panic attacks a day to anxiety mostly everyday but NO panic attacks at all! How can they not care about this site?

No it is not Nat…for that reason, don’t come here very often. Check this site out…Answerbag.com

I’ve heard of it…..This place was so great! It could come alive again if someone who make the effort!

Avatars

I would have to agree with Lazy. This site however, is still a wonderful place. And I would not ever want it to die down. If it ever does, I hope another very similar one will find its way to the cyberworld. I’m sure that’s possible!

You know, if they would only listen and bring the auto-scroll back on posts, it would really help a whole lot!! But who listens to me? So I might as well remain anonymous! lol

Ciao friends! :):)

My biggest problem with Help.com is that people that seem to respond to posts simply to poke fun, or be very judgmental towards the posters. I think that kind of attitude defeats the purpose of help.com. I think if you don’t like a post or the poster - don’t respond. You have no idea how desperate, sad, confused or sensitive the person on the other side of the post may be, ya know?

I agree, i only respond to posts that either i have been in the same boat or have ideas to help ans solve issues. And people come here so they won’t be made fun of, but ther are those people that don’t see that they are poking fun and makinf situations worse.

Well, I’ve been here 2.5 years. The first couple were using a 10 year old crappy computer so it’s not like I notice a speed difference. It seems to me help has often had downtimes but bounces back. The instant updates were painfully slow for me so I don’t miss them. I use a lot of tabs in my browser and it’s easy for me to refresh one tab and hop to another.

The main thing is I come back because I get a sense of personal value by sharing my mistakes, screw-ups, epiphanies, and other hard-won scraps of practical experience with others to maybe help them escape problems I dealt with for decades, problems that cost me dearly in life experience. I try to focus on the root cause of problems which often entails bypassing the main issue someone may be trying to talk about. By doing this regularly for others, I find my mind works very differently now on my own problems. I still have my old bad habits but now I am challenging them and changing them in a daily battle.

So I value help.com as a resource for boosting my self worth, practising my problem solving skills, working through my own issues, and listening to what others have to say. The technical features of this site don’t really interest me all that much as long as I can read and post.

vivzofwale wrote:
haven’t been around in the ‘beginning’. so i’m pretty much ok with it now.

Same with me. I don’t know any of those people that were mentioned above. I can read and reply to posts, so that seems pretty good to me. I don’t know the technical/computer side of the problems. The one thing that I don’t like is that after sending a reply, I have to hit the refresh button in order to see any new replies (that were posted after mine).

~I wish that we had the ability to delete our own posts.

~I also wish for a place where we can contact a mod, or maybe a spot on here that would say which mod was on, so we can contact them through that. The only way that I think we can contact them is to flag a post, then say in the flag comment that you want to talk to them and hat nothing was wrong with the post. I’m sure that it would be annoying though. The only other way that I can think of is to maybe wait to see if a mod (if you know the name of one) in the “recently online” area on the “front page”.

P.S. There is a page that you have to agree to when you join this site. It’s REALLLLLY long. I don’t think that most people read it all bc it took me forever and a day.

If we had to pay to join help and the money went towards emplying someone full time to maintain the site and the users, how many of us would actually join up and pay?
I would.

I don’t know how that would work. Many people don’t use credit cards or feel comfortable with systems where we’d pay online. Many people seem to be in a financial crisis. I don’t think that they would be able to do it. The people that need help right away might just get discouraged. I’d probably pay 5$/year to stay. With our numbers, I’m sure that we wouldn’t need to py more than that. Out of curiosity, how many people are on this site? Is there a counter?

If we had to pay then that would get rid of the trolls and wind up merchants.

Anonymous wrote:
I don’t know how that would work. Many people don’t use credit cards or feel comfortable with systems where we’d pay online. Many people seem to be in a financial crisis. I don’t think that they would be able to do it. The people that need help right away might just get discouraged. I’d probably pay 5$/year to stay. With our numbers, I’m sure that we wouldn’t need to py more than that. Out of curiosity, how many people are on this site? Is there a counter?

Well if you click on your profile you will see up in the url bar at the top is the link to your profile as well as a number, that number is was number user you are at that time to register so what ever that number is you can say there is no less than that many users lol
BUT the downside to that is it includes all the people that are no longer here and also the people that registered but never used it etc

scary doll wrote:
If we had to pay then that would get rid of the trolls and wind up merchants.

I know it would be GREAT :D

~LazyDaze~ wrote:
If we had to pay to join help and the money went towards emplying someone full time to maintain the site and the users, how many of us would actually join up and pay?
I would.

I think it was a pay site, it would ruin what we have here. We would not have all the new people who are just looking for a little advise or support. They would not pay to come in. Maybe if you get so much time free then have to pay to continue on be here. That might work.

Considering the time I spend on reading and trying to understand and analyze the posts on this site and give practical advice, I would not pay. I am making a serious contribution of time. That’s my part of the bargain and it is plenty.

babacup wrote:

~LazyDaze~ wrote:
If we had to pay to join help and the money went towards emplying someone full time to maintain the site and the users, how many of us would actually join up and pay?
I would.

I think it was a pay site, it would ruin what we have here. We would not have all the new people who are just looking for a little advise or support. They would not pay to come in. Maybe if you get so much time free then have to pay to continue on be here. That might work.

No, you don’t get it, you would pay to be a member but not to actually use the site, pretty much like it is now, you can use the site without needing to register.. so like that

babacup wrote:

~LazyDaze~ wrote:
If we had to pay to join help and the money went towards emplying someone full time to maintain the site and the users, how many of us would actually join up and pay?
I would.

I think it was a pay site, it would ruin what we have here. We would not have all the new people who are just looking for a little advise or support. They would not pay to come in. Maybe if you get so much time free then have to pay to continue on be here. That might work.

I agree, like maybe a month for free, just long enough to get us addicted :P

~LazyDaze~ wrote:

babacup wrote:

~LazyDaze~ wrote:
If we had to pay to join help and the money went towards emplying someone full time to maintain the site and the users, how many of us would actually join up and pay?
I would.

I think it was a pay site, it would ruin what we have here. We would not have all the new people who are just looking for a little advise or support. They would not pay to come in. Maybe if you get so much time free then have to pay to continue on be here. That might work.

No, you don’t get it, you would pay to be a member but not to actually use the site, pretty much like it is now, you can use the site without needing to register.. so like that

I get it now. That would work and I would be willing to pay.

To join and Pay?? That is the Question..Firstly i am broke ..Secondly how many honest People could not and can’t afford to pay for help,if help was a pay site. It is true this Site does need to be upgraded or get rid of for good. It is by today’s standard a” Lame Duck “..It takes ages to get somewhere. Questions and Answers should be dealt with swiftly.. Now, Gentleman and Owners of this what could be a Fabulous Site Do something about or Barbyman will write a Song about Help.com
Help I need somebody ….sorry that was a Beetle Song. I will write one ….

Last one out, just close the door!

We just need some hookers and blow. Then it’ll be good.

~LazyDaze~ wrote:
If we had to pay to join help and the money went towards emplying someone full time to maintain the site and the users, how many of us would actually join up and pay?
I would.

Depending on the cost, I would.

Jeff got out while the getting was good, in addition, im assuming thats whats happened to Rocky and and KT1. Eric, however, has committed the most dire of sins, he became Vice President of somethingorother at CBS.

pay to be a member….nope, i would not pay. But i know how this site can make money without anyone paying to be a member or anything. For example they could open a donation link to help with hosting costs and other technical aspects.

It has become more primitive then a cave man.

oh and I have glanced over some previous comments and

No..I wouldnt continue to come to this site if I had to pay. I wouldnt even be writing this right now if we had to pay to begin with when I first joined. The whole concept is nice but how about donations and indorcments? I could see a nice gaterade logo on the side of this post to make me want to go and out buy one..

yea…could totaly see that.

yea advertisements could be better than using the google adwords on this site, since the ads are not linking up to match the posts. there fore not making money per click. simple stuff.

I wouldn’t go paying - too many people would leave

A donations button, so people could donate when/if their problem was fixed would be sterling however

If you /really/ wanted to pay to help others, maybe you should get a cut of that pot!

But come on people! this website is based on the principle of helping others, for no reward, except possibly that warm fuzzy glow that you get when you have done a good deed, and someone is better off because of you!

Bringing money into this only brings all the crap that comes with money, and it will destroy the principles of this site faster than ANY admin ever could!

yes - having the list back that was based on the tags would be lovely
yes - the auto update was good

but the site still works!

there are improvements that could be made, fixes that could be done, but thats true of ANY site - if you /want/ a pay site, there are already plenty that exist out there - nothings stopping you from leaving and going to one now!

WE are what makes help.com worthwhile - not anyone else.

Bring back those people who worked hard for this site by giving them extra pay. They said kt1 and the rest went away since there were given other jobs.

Why can’t you see all of the posts? I’m not sure what you mean. It use to be set up differently than that? I don’t usually post much. I usually reply to some posts of the main page and the go to the second page to find one or two. (For a good two months I barely replied to any posts.)

Anonymous wrote:
Why can’t you see all of the posts? I’m not sure what you mean. It use to be set up differently than that? I don’t usually post much. I usually reply to some posts of the main page and the go to the second page to find one or two. (For a good two months I barely replied to any posts.)

On your notices page, where it shows that there are new replies, it used to also tell you of new post that fit your interest. It enabled to you reply to more post with out having to go searching for them. They would come to you.

babacup wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Why can’t you see all of the posts? I’m not sure what you mean. It use to be set up differently than that? I don’t usually post much. I usually reply to some posts of the main page and the go to the second page to find one or two. (For a good two months I barely replied to any posts.)

On your notices page, where it shows that there are new replies, it used to also tell you of new post that fit your interest. It enabled to you reply to more post with out having to go searching for them. They would come to you.

yep - it was based on your tags, so you could set your interested tags, and it would instantly put links to any posts that came up with those tags on the right side, by your replies - i do miss that…

Thanks for letting me know. That would have been a nice feature.

I know that I can tag a post that I make, but do you mean that there was a seperate tag thing for your interests, or the only tags that matched tags from your post would go to you? I don’t know that I would have liked having posts similar to mine being sent to me. If I couldn’t fix my own troubles, then there is no sense in sending people with similar problems my way, I don’t think. Know what I mean? If they were different tags, of our own choosing, then that would be nice.

it was :)

although, it did mean we burned up more time - more posts to answer!

Anonymous wrote:
I know that I can tag a post that I make, but do you mean that there was a seperate tag thing for your interests, or the only tags that matched tags from your post would go to you? I don’t know that I would have liked having posts similar to mine being sent to me. If I couldn’t fix my own troubles, then there is no sense in sending people with similar problems my way, I don’t think. Know what I mean? If they were different tags, of our own choosing, then that would be nice.

You can set tags on your profile so yes of your own choosing, so you put things that you think you can help other people with. Not necessarily people with the same problems, but even people with the same problems is good, you understand each others situations.

SlightlyUnique wrote:
although, it did mean we burned up more time - more posts to answer!

I know! It was so hard to get off the computer. There was never an end.

GoodApple2009 wrote:
Thanks Babacup! spot on>

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