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Hey Pandas, How Do You Feel About The New Updates To This Site? (Closed)

What the title says, personally, I feel like there are more problems.

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#1

I understand the need to generate revenue, but too many ads are taking over this site and will drive away users.

The BP recommends is intrusive, BP should have just put it in the top banner, not in the comment section.

The shopping thread needs to go. period. Notice how BP got rid of the ability to upvote/downvote that section? Taking our ability to downvote the shopping thread will not change the majority of users' dislike for those threads.

Final score:

79points

ninjaTrashPandaBoom

Ruth 8 months ago

I agree - the shopping section is not appreciated and should go away.

23points

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#2

The overly intrusive pop up adds that take over the app - I edit the app when come up

Final score:

39points

Hey! 8 months ago

The pop-up give me migraines and I'm thinking about leaving BP.

8points

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#3

i hate bored panda recommends, its covering comments on my post and its recommending articles from a long time ago

for some reason i cant edit my profile. it keeps on saying no changes and i cant change my bio :(

Final score:

37points

shanila.pheonix_

supertall 8 months ago

On the app, there are now pop-up ads every time I finish one article and attempt to read the next... these run from 30 seconds to a full minute, and are not skippable, and they have made Bored Panda practically unreadable. If I see one more ad about saving that f*cking idiot king I am going to lose my f*cking mind. I know revenue is essential when running a website but it's made one of my favourite sites so unpleasant. One ad once in a while, I get. But after every single article? Come ON. There's economics and there's sheer greed.

18points

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#4

-The times when I click on a post and something is wrong and I can't open.

-The censoring!!

Final score:

37points

Phoenix 8 months ago

The censoring is just pure idiocy. You do not need that many asterisks to censor a word!

10points

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#5

Bored panda recommends sucks. :/

Final score:

31points

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Shawna Burt 8 months ago

THIS.

3points

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#6

The previous version wasn't broken, why did you have to fix it? One more site that I will bypass.

Final score:

30points

Hey! 8 months ago

This should be higher!!!!

8points

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#7

I feel like Bored Panda is following trends unfortunately being set by other websites. Making changes that didn't need to be made. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I really hate the "Bored Panda recommends", and while I can understand needing advertisements to help keep the site afloat, there are way too many adds. BP is going in the wrong direction.

Final score:

29points

Linda Galloway 8 months ago

The ads are actually preventing us from seeing the BP stories by taking over our screens until they've run all the way through their spiel. You can't even exit out and come back into BP to view the articles. The ad is still waiting to continue all the way to the end before giving us access to the articles.

14points

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#8

The ads, but specifically the video ones. Right now I have three mini-windows of dancing garbage going. Especially loathsome are the inline videos that pop over to the corner once you scroll past, like the aforementioned Shouting Karen.

The shopping threads and celebrity gossip stuff are of zero value as well, but at least they're easy to ignore.

Final score:

26points

nottheactualphoto

Joanne Hicks 8 months ago

Ditto

1point

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#9

App user here! Sometimes it signs me out for no reason, and the random ads are really annoying.

Final score:

25points

Aerial (Any pronouns/Canadian/Jewish)

Jo Davies 8 months ago

I have also found that I am signed out a lot recently. Sign in, and a few minutes later, I am signed out again.

5points

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#10

Hate the ads.
Hate the censorship.
But most of all I hate the TicToc posts.

Final score:

24points

Noname 8 months ago

The awful tiktok posts!!

3points

#11

1 - Far too much reliance on American, and to a lesser degree other English-speaking countries, yellow tabloid "celebrity" "journalism" and TikTok narcissism.
2 - Unresponsive site, the spinning wheel while waiting for more (ads too) to load. Site notifications broken, random. Arbitrarily shortening "200 ways to..." to "25 ways to...", often while making the chopped off posts and comments
inaccessible even from the profile page or site notifications.
3 - Censoring the most innocent of expressions -think of the children!- while opening an "adult toy store" for Valentine's Day. I agree that profanity is unnecessary, but normal words and concepts, BP, puhlease.

Final score:

22points

General Anaesthesia

ninjaTrashPandaBoom 8 months ago (edited)

#1 annoys me. The reliance on reposting threads from other sources is just pure laziness. And honestly, for a site with more than its fair share of anti-American, xenophobic users (and a few BP editors), it seems ironic that a significant portion of the plagiarized threads are from American sources or are purely click-bait, American hate. EDIT* Remember that thread from about a month ago that was titled something like "50 great ideas from around the world that make the US look like it's stuck in the past"? BP at its best /heavy sarcasm.

10points

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#12

I am mostly staying on here because I have severe stress in my life and I need something to drown it out. But the content has gotten worse for sure, all of this nonsense shopping stuff, celebrity updates no one cares about, same old reddit c**p. It used to be better than Buzzfeed, but not anymore.

Final score:

21points

Hey! 8 months ago

I agree.

7points

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#13

Stop censoring so much. Most of the time it makes it difficult to understand what the sentence is about.

Final score:

20points

Xenon 8 months ago (edited)

You might say it murders the content.

6points

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#14

I agree with all the above. Stop changing Bored Panda!

Final score:

16points

#15

I am not at all opposed to the shopping lists. Some of them have been poorly written and others are better, but they are easily skipped if someone wants to avoid them.

I AM frustrated that the AITAH posts have become so much more numerous. Posts like these are whine fests, and focus on what is worst about human beings. Ditto on other single subject stories about awful bosses, coworkers, exes, in-laws, etc.

There used to be so many more stories featuring: lists of woodworking achievements, thrifting finds, amazing cooking, furniture upglows, do it yourself accomplishments, etc. I really miss all those stories that occurred on a regular basis.

Final score:

16points

Hey! 8 months ago

I love those. I like the ones we can add to it too, like posting culinary stuff (best/failed), best finds, best vacation pictures, etc.

5points

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#16

This is bothering me even before the update. Why BP initially has, say 86 entries on a post, and later culled them down to 40 entries based on user votes? What's the reasoning? Some people may quit reading the post after 40 entries, some people went all the way to the end. Why deprive them of this choice?

Final score:

15points

Ali H M Salehuddin

ƒιѕн 8 months ago (edited)

I was told once by BP staff that it was because of limits on Facebook. But who actually knows. Seems pretty random on the count.

6points

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#17

Wasn't broke - you didn't need to "fix" it!

Final score:

14points

Lorrell Louchard

#18

The new pop up ads are annoying as hell. It’s bad enough that there are ads to x-out if I want more room on my screen, but to have to close an ad to see ANYTHING AT ALL!?

Additionally, I ignore the poll questions. No thank you.

Final score:

13points

craggyman@msn.com

Libstak 8 months ago (edited)

I avoid being annoyed by them by keeping my sound off, they barely register with me, I couldn't even tell you what a single one is about. I haven't had a single pop up take over screen either though, only ads on the right and between posts. You need a pop up blocker.

3points

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#19

I think it is nice but I wish we could search up for certain people. And also I wish we could have a suggestions box or something.

Final score:

11points

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Lena Sklenar🇺🇦 8 months ago

Yeah actually that would be nice

3points

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#20

There were updates?

Final score:

11points

#21

Oh yeah, no more Tik Tok BS, and no more sensor BS

Final score:

11points

craggyman@msn.com

#22

My other comment was pretty much negative but I would like to add that I really liked the posts where you could add something like culinary best/fails, best vacation pictures, list of tricks (even if I'm not going to use them, I like reading about them). There was always some sort of challenge and I think they are gone now. It's too bad. This is where the BP community really came together and actually praised someone's work (crafts, painting, pictures, etc.). There was a comradery that we don't see anymore.

Final score:

10points

Jane No Dough 8 months ago

They aren't gone, but under the Community category header buried in the 40 new categories I am not the least bit interested in. Swipe over to MORE on the header menu, then scroll down like a dozen headers to Community. Or enter a search for Challenge.

2points

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#23

Anything that moves on the right side of my screen gives me migraines. I can stop some of the videos, but then I will spend a huge amount of time just to do that and it's unacceptable. Then you have those ads that are flashing and also moving without being a video and there's nothing I can do against those. I tried using my AdBlock but BP will only accept it once and then when I come back will force me to disable it. The amount of repeats here are tiresome. Stop having stuff that are generalizing (only men will do this and only women will do that); that is not okay. People have so much to complain about, can they not do that elsewhere??? Also, try to work on your titles, they suck.

Final score:

9points

nottheactualphoto 8 months ago

The titles, yeah. Since we're complaining and all :-) Please Stop Capitalizing Every Word In The Headline. This Is An Auto-Munge: The Case Is Changed Regardless Of The Original Formatting.

2points

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#24

App user here. the pop up video ads need to go. There is far too much TikTok. Too low word coun

Final score:

8points

Trentin Quarantino

Trentin Quarantino (Submission author) 8 months ago

Speaking of pop up video ads, a special mention to those ads that require us to click 3 different screens to close them.

8points

#25

Way too many ads. The site is less enjoyable and relaxing. Thinking about Uninstalling the app.

Final score:

8points

Hey! 8 months ago

I don't have the app but I use it on my PC and it's the same.

0points

#26

I'm ok with the new surveys feature. My main gripe is the reddit reposts. Really just stop that, especially AITA.

Final score:

7points

censorshipsucks

Hey! 8 months ago

Sometimes the surveys are missing the point of the article.

8points

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#27

The more I use it is the worse it is. I can't just scroll and find interesting articles. What on earth were you thinking????

Final score:

7points

Lorrell Louchard

#28

Stop taking old posts and setting them to video! What is the point? Read the actual post months ago, now it's set to video? And the video doesn't even show the whole post, very annoying.

Final score:

7points

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#29

The censorship is beyond ridiculous. I understand censoring actual profanity, but censoring words like dead, drugs or w i l l y is idiotic.

Final score:

7points

Boootifull Unicorn 8 months ago (edited)

It's c**p, some might say s**t. Also, what is the point of censoring p**n (p a w n) but leaving porn? Interestingly, twat isn't censored :D

3points

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#30

Final score:

5points

Xenon 8 months ago

Was this commented on in invisible ink?

8points

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#31

You can avoid some of these complaints by a menu system. Put the AITAH, celebrity news, environment, politics and shopping posts in their own sections. Put artististic and creative, animal and member humour posts on the main page. This site has always missed a user forum to where ongoing topics can be discussed rather than just comment and leave but, again, it needs its own section off the main page. The censorship protocols are archaic and go against creative thought and inclusion. Removing and deleting negative posts is often a deterrent to seeing all sides of an issue and totally against creative free thought. Deleting and hiding comments is too much a schoolyard bullying type event where popular thought only is allowed. People need to be mature enough to see a larger range of thoughts, we are not an ant colony with a required hive mentality, divergent ideas are the juice of mental stimulation a site borne of creativity should be protecting and projecting that. Hate speech and direct attacks on fellow members of course should be reported and eliminated. But you can't have a whole list of Incel or worst comments on the net posts and then expect members to understand their own bad comments are not allowed in response, its stiflingly hypocritical, even contextually it is not passing the smell test and causing creative minds to leave. Better for those with strong feelings to have a forum and debate like adults about these things.

Final score:

5points

Noname 8 months ago

To the OP-- I have to use the SEARCH function just to find the "Ask Pandas" section. My phone doesn't support the app.

2points

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#32

I found BP because of the absolutely relentless ads on Buzzfeed. Coming here was a total breath of fresh air. Now, however, I see BP becoming more and more like BF, and I hate it. I can understand the need for advertisers, but do they all need to be videos? It's taking longer and longer for the page to load because of the videos. Show me static ads if you must, but when I have to wait for ten videos to load, it smacks of Buzzfeed. I left BF and survived, and I'm afraid that I'll soon have to do the same here. Because of the load times, BP has become less of a quick escape into a much more time consuming ordeal.

Final score:

5points

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#33

I am rapidly getting to the point of deleting my account. I hate pop up advertising

Final score:

5points

#34

The censoring is just silly. Also, I would recommend a general comments section at the end to comment on overall content/topic.

Final score:

4points

Who cares what I think, but...

Fred L. 8 months ago

... ... there is a general comments section at the end.

10points

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#35

1. Obsession with censoring words that are in common use, or that someone thinks might trigger (horrors!!!) an emotion. Get real!
2. I don't need to see this on every post!
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3. Has your domain been throttled? Seems like it's been awfully slow lately.

Final score:

4points

#36

So far it’s only crashed once. Other than that I haven’t noticed any difference.

Final score:

3points

Jods (Submission author) 8 months ago

Guess what. It’s crashed twice since.

10points

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#37

The use of "hilarious" in titles - just click-bait. Some of them are so niche that one doesn't even understand the point of the joke, let alone find it hilarious.

Final score:

3points

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Noname 8 months ago

Oh, my sweet summer child-- click-bait is everywhere, even in supposedly authentic journalism on credible sites like the BBC and CNN. It's the clicks that make the revenue.

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#38

Comments on this site have become very negative. People answer politically about unrelated things. Overall, the needless censoring and closing accounts based on down votes is what's killing it for me.

Final score:

3points

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#39

I very much dislike the poll at the end of every list. What is done with that data? Who is requesting it? Is it anonymized? I answered the first 3, then realized I wanted nothing to do with them.

Final score:

3points

#40

Stop copying Buzzfeed!

Final score:

2points

Noname 8 months ago

Yes, please! Because Buzzfeed sucks anyway...

1point

#41

I visit this site less and less now because the content is repetitive and steals from other websites, like Buzzfeed and reddit. I only think about visiting when I'm on the toilet. Bored Panda no longer offers uplifting content as advertised, and recently, there are more posts that are ads for products than news content. I'm actually willing to let ads play out before I read content, if that's what will pay for this site, and most of my reading enjoyment has become hindered because of the ads that play above and below the article I've selected to read, and is also then interrupted by multiple ads as I scroll down.

And it's really difficult to find "Ask Pandas" to contribute or create content.

I understand that this is a website generated by a university in Lithuania, and that many of the contributors are students who are doing their best to become journalists, and I even applaud their mastery of English, but...
Too many American bashing articles--we readers get it - - - you love American products like technology, food and clothes, but hate Americans, though it's unlikely you've ever met any Americans or lived in the USA, but OK, you need to hate someone and Papa Putin will find a way to send you to Siberia if you dare speak badly about Russia. It's not like you've got a lot going for you in Lithuania....so you gotta hate the haves since you have not.
Too many cut and paste "articles" from reddit-- wtf are you learning at that "university"? The art of cut'n paste like a 3rd grader in the US? Certainly, you know nothing about journalism.

Final score:

2points

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#42

Tired of all the stupid meme threads.

Final score:

1point

Noname 8 months ago

I find that the usage of "même" has completely evolved away from its original meaning to the point where the word is used for click-bait rather than actually depicting mêmes.

1point

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#43

Use to be my go-to scroll when an online meeting gets boring. But lately the audio on someone's ad has been bleeding through - This doesn't happen with the other ads, and has NEVER happened to me before. Several times last week I had to quickly close the tab because I can't locate where it is coming from! Maybe the problem was specific to the ad, but this didn't happen before you made the "upgrades"!

Final score:

1point

#44

I don't like that we can't share the different entries onto Pinterest as easily

Final score:

1point

#45

The anti-whatever (US, capitalism, men) posts have decreased by approximately 25% - yay! Keep it up!

I do like the new ability to click through a photo to see other shots. That is nice!

I use lots of adblockers and pop-up blockers, so I don't have those complaints.

Final score:

-3points

Emie N. 8 months ago

Apparently articles about some of the things women have to deal with in society is now "anti-men".

5points

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shanila.pheonix_

heyo panda dudes! let me introduce myself! ok lets do this one last time... my name is shanila.pheonix, but a lot of people call me shanila around here! i've been on here since april/may of 2023. it feels like just yesterday i made my account. time flies huh? and now heres what you need to know about me! im your average teenage girl trying to survive high school and her life in general lol. i also get bored quite a lot, so its about time i've come across this site lol. i love food, neon colors, hanging with my friends, lotsa fandoms and shows(rottmnt brainrot atm), drawing, singing, ghost b.c.'s music and a bunch of other stuff! my pfp is by a very talented artist named @juulcheesecake ! i wanted to give them credit, so i hope putting it in my bio is fine! though i might draw a self portrait in my own artstyle soon! i'll tell you how that goes too! anyways thats all i can think about for now! i have so many great friends on here(too many to say, otherwise i would have listed them all here) and i hope you can be one of them! don't forget to treat people with kindness and respect, because you have no idea what they are going through. show support for ur buddies, cuz friends don't let friends get stepped to! and stand up for yourself whenever you need to! thats it for now you guys! signing out like a boss :D

heyo panda dudes! let me introduce myself! ok lets do this one last time... my name is shanila.pheonix, but a lot of people call me shanila around here! i've been on here since april/may of 2023. it feels like just yesterday i made my account. time flies huh? and now heres what you need to know about me! im your average teenage girl trying to survive high school and her life in general lol. i also get bored quite a lot, so its about time i've come across this site lol. i love food, neon colors, hanging with my friends, lotsa fandoms and shows(rottmnt brainrot atm), drawing, singing, ghost b.c.'s music and a bunch of other stuff! my pfp is by a very talented artist named @juulcheesecake ! i wanted to give them credit, so i hope putting it in my bio is fine! though i might draw a self portrait in my own artstyle soon! i'll tell you how that goes too! anyways thats all i can think about for now! i have so many great friends on here(too many to say, otherwise i would have listed them all here) and i hope you can be one of them! don't forget to treat people with kindness and respect, because you have no idea what they are going through. show support for ur buddies, cuz friends don't let friends get stepped to! and stand up for yourself whenever you need to! thats it for now you guys! signing out like a boss :D

Ieva Midveryte

Hello Pandas! My name is Ieva, though it's often mistaken for the word 'Leva,' and in Lithuanian, it means 'loser' (insert the pain emoji). While I don't take offense if you accidentally call me a loser, I thought I'd share something interesting with you, which I also do professionally at work.Anywayyy, my favorite part here is introducing you to creative people who deserve just as much recognition as famous celebrities. Besides that, I also enjoy memes and funny, lighthearted posts, and occasionally, I find myself drawn to a bit of internet drama.

Hello Pandas! My name is Ieva, though it's often mistaken for the word 'Leva,' and in Lithuanian, it means 'loser' (insert the pain emoji). While I don't take offense if you accidentally call me a loser, I thought I'd share something interesting with you, which I also do professionally at work.Anywayyy, my favorite part here is introducing you to creative people who deserve just as much recognition as famous celebrities. Besides that, I also enjoy memes and funny, lighthearted posts, and occasionally, I find myself drawn to a bit of internet drama.

What do you think ?

Riche White 9 months ago

I think there are far too many ads now. Sometimes after visiting each new story

17points

Ceil 8 months ago

What exactly was done to improve Bored Panda? The only difference I have seen is nonstop ads and I don't believe anyone would call that an improvement. BP removed the joy and replaced it with irritation. Are you trying to drive people away?

16points

Jennifer 8 months ago

Way too many pop ups. Sometimes I click a page by mistake and am not on it for 2 seconds, but get an ad when I go back to the menu. I'm considering deleting the app if it stays like this for long.

15points

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Riche White 9 months ago

I think there are far too many ads now. Sometimes after visiting each new story

17points

Ceil 8 months ago

What exactly was done to improve Bored Panda? The only difference I have seen is nonstop ads and I don't believe anyone would call that an improvement. BP removed the joy and replaced it with irritation. Are you trying to drive people away?

16points

Jennifer 8 months ago

Way too many pop ups. Sometimes I click a page by mistake and am not on it for 2 seconds, but get an ad when I go back to the menu. I'm considering deleting the app if it stays like this for long.

15points

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