Hey everybody!
First: thanks to those that have provided us with helpful feedback.
Second: please remember that everything we do, including the new features, policies, systems, etc. are put in place to help our community as a whole. We love BYC and work very hard to try to please all people all the time.
... of course, that's impossible with almost 50,000 members!
Some of the other staff that posted within the few posts before mine had excellent points. The BSA system is still pretty new and we know it isn't 100% perfect. We know that to some it feels a little more "unfeeling / cold" compared to topics like the 24 hour auction thread. With that said, during the first 3 years of BSA we saw a lot of problems with the old system and single thread listings and worked to find solutions.
There are a plethora of reasons why the new BSA system is better (for the community to use and the staff to moderate), for example: The old system and single ongoing threads don't support a good feedback system. The new system is very organized WRT feedback. You have no idea how often we were getting complaints and reports from things related to this. The new system has almost removed all these issues, which is great for members and the staff!
This is just one of MANY reasons why we put months into designing the new system and are working hard to encourage everyone to use it.
Again, please know that we do what we do because we love this community and want to see it thrive and grow. As stated above, we're open to feedback and suggestions. We know we aren't perfect and try not to be prideful and are open to constructive and helpful criticism, so if you have ideas and suggestions that will help keep things organized, but make them better and easier to use and to moderate, we'd LOVE to hear from you via PM or email.
Thanks for all you do to help build our amazing community. We look forward to having BYC even more streamlined and easy to use for the huge rush of new visitors and friends we expect to see over the next few months.
