The RPS Feedback Thread

Grizzly 2018-04-10 09:11:12 UTC #1361

If you press the “RPS Features” button on the top left of the site you get a rather slimmed down version of the RPS website without the news articles - it’s the one I prefer to use when visiting, after I skimmed the first page for plunkbat news.

Stijn 2018-04-10 17:52:28 UTC #1362

That’s a great suggestion, thanks. For those using RSS, there’s a features-only RSS feed as well, here.

BillButNotBen 2018-05-02 05:10:55 UTC #1363

Then I shall try putting it here and @Graham it.

Graham 2018-05-25 23:11:03 UTC #1364

Heads up: I’ve flagged this with our ads trafficking team and they’ll see what they can do.

Best way to bring this stuff to my attention urgently is to email me: graham@rockpapershotgun.com.

Thanks for letting me know!

vinraith 2018-07-17 15:09:25 UTC #1365

OK, so, seriously - what the hell happened with the Prime Day thread? Ignoring a worker strike is one thing, outright dismissing it is another, and deleting a comment thread full of criticism is yet another. None of this seems in character for historically-socially-conscious RPS, but the escalation is kind of shocking. The total lack of any official statement about this mess is also not a good look.

Sarfrin 2018-07-17 16:07:38 UTC #1366

Was that a thread here?

vinraith 2018-07-17 16:28:10 UTC #1367

It was on the front page. It looks like the entire article has been deleted now.

To clarify, a Prime Day post full of referral links to Amazon tech and game items was put up, which garnered a lot of irritated comments in light of the strikes and boycotts currently going on due to poor working conditions at Amazon. The article in question mentioned but “playfully” dismissed the strikes.

Then, abruptly, that article was deleted and reposted, removing all the commentary. This, of course, garnered a new collection of commentary, both about the strike and of course about the idea of RPS deleting the previous comments. Now that post seems to be gone too. In all of this, there’s not been word anywhere that I’ve seen from RPS itself about what’s going on.

alms 2018-07-17 22:39:59 UTC #1368

I think the original may still be in Google’s cache if anyone wants to take a look.

Here’s a link to the captured page in HTZ format.

PS: there’s an official reply from Graham:

BillButNotBen 2018-07-17 23:35:04 UTC #1369

I dunno what’s gone on before or after, but the post I saw was the one with the disclaimer on it that’s in alms’s 2nd link. I thought that disclaimer of “You may, of course, wish to boycott this year’s Prime Day in order to support the Spanish Amazon workers who are on strike today protesting Amazon’s efforts to reduce workers’ rights.” seemed to be a good thing.

vinraith 2018-07-18 00:32:58 UTC #1370

Thanks alms. I never saw Graham’s post, since it seems to have appeared in the time between when last I checked the comments and when the article was deleted. That does explain some things, at least. I’m curious, though, about the decision to subsequently erase the entire thing - especially in light of his response.

MrEvilGuy 2018-07-18 09:14:39 UTC #1371

I don’t ever recall RPS deleting an article and reposting it in order to update links, and wiping all commentary as a result. Do you?

I just kind of wonder why there was such panic that led to the deletion of the first article. RPS often has controversial threads with a lot of angry comments. I’m happy the second rendition of the article has been deleted off the front page—I just hope it was due to user feedback and not fear of being criticized so heavily.

TheDreamlord 2018-07-18 12:08:26 UTC #1372

I quite like the new redesign!

In terms of practicalities, it is much better and in terms of speed it loads a lot faster.

I am pleasantly surprised with it, it looks good both in desktop and mobile modes.

Way too many ads in the articles though. Way too many.

Shadoko 2018-07-18 12:33:13 UTC #1373

The redesign’s a big meh for me.

Overral it could have been much worse. At least it’s rather practical to use. However :

The white design is horrendous, especially with green lines. It’s hard to explain, but it feels off, it feels confused at first glance, and even if the site ain’t confused and actually pretty easy to navigate, the feeling of confusion never goes away. And it’s heavily linked to my second observation :
GREEN ON GODDAMN WHITE AND PURPLE IS NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, AN ACCEPTABLE COLOR CHOICE.
Ahem. Sorry. But why not keeping the original color scheme ? This one is…just…no. I’ll probably get used to it but…argh…

vinraith 2018-07-18 12:56:37 UTC #1374

I can’t say that I’ve ever noticed a need to delete the comments on an article in order to update it, but I’m not generally a close watcher of the main page so I can’t say for sure. That’s some seriously bad software if that’s the case.

In general the whole thing was handled strangely. As I said, just about every step in this little drama seemed progressively more out of character for RPS, and increasingly jarring as a result.

Also, speaking of jarring, who the hell chose white, purple, and green for the new color scheme? Are they trying to get me to stay off the main page?

Shadoko 2018-07-18 13:55:18 UTC #1375

Horrible right ?
For added fun, my spectacles have a slight orange tint due to anti-blue light filters, and I’m using f.lux, meaning that I’m getting a particularily horrendous dark green and purple on orange, while the previous color scheme was pretty much perfect.

alms 2018-07-18 14:10:47 UTC #1376

Quick OT: Windows 10 has had Night Light / Night Mode since 1709, IIRC, so you no longer need F.Lux.

Shadoko 2018-07-18 14:19:09 UTC #1377

I find W10’s night mode not very practical, mostly because it’s an on/off switch. My problem is that I’ve used f.lux for so long that I can’t go back to a screen with regular colors so I have f.lux always on and adjust it depending on the screen. (I always have it off for gaming though).

Sarfrin 2018-07-18 15:56:37 UTC #1378

There’s pink for features as well. White, purple, green and pink. Holy f**k. Apart from that, it looks like Eurogamer with a logo from some generic FPS.

mpk 2018-07-18 16:33:18 UTC #1379

Hi RPS

The site looks fucking horrible now.

Thanks

An old, grumpy guy on the internet.

Sarfrin 2018-07-18 16:33:19 UTC #1380

I knew it reminded me of something.