Timeline for Are we creating divisions in our quest to make new users welcome?
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| Aug 23, 2018 at 18:18 | comment | added | Shog9 Mod | That's an open question at this point, @JECarterII - "wizards" are traditionally horrible UIs for folks who already know what they want to do and how to do it; therefore, an adaptive UI will fall back on an interface with less dialog once a given user has become proficient. The danger here is that asking questions is deceptively difficult - lots of folks think they know how to ask an effective question and may therefore be irritated by a "wizard", but at the same time stand to benefit from the extra guidance. We'll just have to see if we can manage to convey the expected benefits. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 18:13 | comment | added | J E Carter II | An "ask" wizard is a two-edged sword. Question quality is a constant toil for moderators and more experienced users, which the wizard would help with. However, I'm concerned that adding steps needed to post a question (my past experience with Wizards leads me to believe it will be more than a few clicks) violates some critical design best practices (at least as I've seen published by the likes of Steve Krug)... if we make it more difficult to post, will it drive away new users frustrated by the effort level? | |
| Aug 18, 2018 at 10:08 | comment | added | sth | @Shog Since there are millions of users, some of them will definitely interpret it that way and find it unwelcoming. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 22:14 | comment | added | Servy | @ivan_pozdeev I imagine there will be some of both. There's already some of both of those things from the existing user card (showing a low rep number). This would just exacerbate both of those feelings. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 22:09 | comment | added | ivan_pozdeev | @Servy I would rather think the opposite -- that it would give them a feel of entitlement to special treatment. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 21:55 | comment | added | Shog9 Mod | Guessing if that happens we'll turn it off, @servy. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 20:36 | comment | added | Servy | I don't imagine that the people saying, "SE treats new users unfairly" as an accusation are offended by guidance shown to new users, or a slightly different "ask a question" interface, etc. But a label on all of their questions, that exists for the sole purpose of telling everyone else that they're new, that's...pretty different. It looks like a way of shaming new users for being new. Regardless of the intent, lots of people are going to interpret it that way (both experienced users, new users, and people who don't have an account at all). | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 20:29 | comment | added | fbueckert | I think a roadmap is a very good idea; what we're getting seems to be coming out of left field, and all this focus on new user treatment has left me feeling awful leery about the direction of the company. | |
| Aug 17, 2018 at 20:11 | history | answered | Shog9Mod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |