I'd like to know the reasoning behind removing all the reasons on the Report Abuse screen.  Why is it now just a general report?

 

I'd also like to know why these random, unneeded changes were made, but not one single thing on the long list of issues with this new format was addressed:

 

1. No default to last post read.

2. I sometimes have to refresh after a post, in order to see that post. Many people double post when they don't see their post.

3. My auto spell check no longer works on this board. It works in my emails. I have no idea what this site does to disable that feature.

4. Font is too small.

5. White space is blinding.

6. The italics and bold tabs don't work at all properly.

7. Often the blinking whatchamacallit that we mouse click where we want to begin typing, completely disappears.

8.  The font displays improperly on one of the browsers.

9.  The font randomly resets itself back to the default size.

10.  There is no envelope icon on the main board pages for many to alert us when we have new board messages.  Also, email notifications are not being sent when we get new messages.

11.  When composing a message or reply, the cursor often jumps down two lines after you type a couple of letters.

12.  (I know this is petty.)  The word "separated" is misspelled under the "To" line on the screen where you compose board messages.

13.  The announcement section at the top of the page doesn't stay collapsed as it used to.

See my page for frequently used eBay discussion board acronyms.

Getting back on topic, firstly, the question of what problems were we having with Spell Check was posed but, I never was sure what Spell Check was supposed to be upgraded. Are we working on Firefoxes Spell check, to get it right or Ebay's Spell Check?

 

No one asked us but FWIW, I think most/many people would just prefer the FF spell check work like it did before the changes. Surely someone at Ebay has used that option enough that they can tell you exactly what falls short with FF's Spell Check now as opposed to when it did work? (like it did well over a year ago, *hint hint.

1.  First had a very hard time finding where to post comments.

The blurb about changes disappeared with the link for us to comment.

 

2.  My board email envelope has disappeared.

 

3.  THE BIG COMPLAINT

 

WHY CAN'T WE TELL YOU WHY WE WANT TO REPORT A POST?

Do you really have pinks on the boards reading, who know the regular posters?  Who will understand a comment and the innuendos that go with it?

 

Are you really going to read through a whole thread ?  Can you read?

 

Are all reported posts just going to be pulled? -  That will wreck havoc once the trolls realize what they can do.

 

What are you basing your decisions to pull a post on?

 

At least give us a box to tell you why we want to report a post.

Then you could make a reasonable decision.

(Laughing hysterically - eBay hasn't been reasonable in a long time.)

 

 

 

Plant, you forgot to add a white space or typed text AFTER your copy/paste and since the link was hghlighted so became the following text.

 

BTW

eBay Community Guides help you find what you need in eBay Community, but do not offer advice on other eBay features, or engage in conversation. Find out more about eBay Community and how it works here: Community Help Page

 

So for CG to explain to us exactly HOW spellcheck SHOULD work rather than just pointing us to the button might run countyer to not offering advice on other eBay features.

 

 

Lucky:  most of your questions relate to policy and or moderation and since we are coming up on what, month 8? with no "conversation" regarding moderation and CG prohibited from "conversing" on the subjetc (per written job descript above) I woud think none or few of your Q's will ever get a direct corporate answer.

 

Plant:

You are allowed to post the buyers ID. It may help

 

should have read,

 

You are allowed to post the buyers ID.

 

The implication that advice might help someone was the violation, not the truth that depending on which board's unwritten rules are in effect that even a seller ID can be posted in the body of a post whether or not the poster has activity with the seller.  The restriction, poorly enforced (or basically ignored and not reported) on many boards is against ANY member ID in the thread title.  As far as actual written eBay policy only an item number or web address is thus restricted in the title.

 

We can't post private member info but since when is a member ID private other than during an auction run?

 

I was hopeful once upon a time that we would have been able to engage in real conversation with John regarding policies and moderation and specifically the Discussion Board Usage Policy, which, funny or not, nearly a year past their demise STILL suggests we engage in chat rooms.  How behind is that?

 

 

 

Our country's #1 export? - Money! (think about it)

Looks like that last post had line separation issues.

 

Let's see if it's consistent.

Interesting, They pull a post that is helpful but not in any sense of written policy disallowable - and yet discussing a pulled post (as we are doing now) is a clear policy violation.

 

But that's just one more of the restrictions on discussions that is nonsensical if approached in a calm manner.

 

For example if my post is pulled and I say WTH who took my post, or if I say there must be a software glitch since one of my previous posts disappeared it is two different (to me) things

Our country's #1 export? - Money! (think about it)

This is about the 5th time I have crafted a post, hit "post" and received the following (plus loss of finely crafted writing)

 

Please fill out all of the required fields.
[You cannot preview or create a blank post.]

 

Any clues or anyone else seeing same thing? I do know with certainty that spellcheck is toggled ON at the time but I also have had no trouble other times withi it ON. (IE9/W7)

 

Another thing and this ought to be high up on someone's radar and seriously that eBay employee should get canned- eBay is not in the  spellcheckdictionary!!!!! (of course neither is "spellcheck", or spellchecker, word that eBay uses to describe it; see toggle spellchecker)

 

Also the previous version of spell check would (or is it my imagination) properly split a compound word it felt should be two. So for example spellcheck suggestion is simply spell and then I would if accepting that have to additionally type check (or edit in other fashion by inserting space)

 

Does ignorng a word ignore it for all time on my computer or only in said post? Shouldn't there be an option to "add to dictionary" albeit only local?

Our country's #1 export? - Money! (think about it)

On the CG's job description, maybe it's just me but that irritates me no end

 

It's not just you.  That snotty little "we'll talk AT you, but not WITH you" annoys the hell out of me.

 

I don't use spell check, but people on SC are saying it doesn't recognize thier as being misspelled.  **Rolls eyes**

See my page for frequently used eBay discussion board acronyms.

 

Indeed, apparently two changes were made within the past few hours:

 

(1) Useful words like eBay, PayPal, USPS, even SNAD are now recognized.

 

(2) Letter reversals are often not recognized.  Not only thier but also becuase and shoudl.

 

FYI I've been getting that red error message today after spell-checking, too. You can fix it (on my browser at least) by just hitting the back button and clicking on Post again.

Oh, what a foolish man I am. We did this very same thing about a year ago, I know perfectly well what it got me, and yet, here I am.

You are probably right, Lucky.

 

I pressed that toggle button with no text and it told me there were no mispelled words. Then with mispelled words and it underlined them so, I guess it enables Spell Check.

 

We used to call that an on/off button.