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[Neville]

P.S. Feel free to ask any questions about this change....this isn't a common move, but I suspect MANY SITE will do this in the next 2 years. 

This switch to a "social site" is very different than creating a new "static site."

I have lots of thoughts on this so feel free to ask questions 😬

 

P.P.S. Your comments here are still private only to paying community members.

[Josh Haroldson]

I think this is really cool! I know of another site (a baseball blog) that uses the same software.

Here's how they use it:

• Anyone can start a blog on their site.
• If the moderators like the post, they can share the post on the main site feed.
• The writer gets instant traffic + social proof.
• The site owners get to add and curate more quality content.
• Win. Win.

Things I'd like to see stay the same (you've more or less addressed all these):

• Keep copy review 100% private.
• Keep areas of the forum 100% private.
• I like that you have to pay to be here in the forum. Personally, I'd rather there be less people that are SERIOUS vs. more people creating noise. In my experience on social over the years, I've consistently enjoyed platforms less the more they are populated with the "general public" vs. positive people creating new things.
• In the scenario above, I'd like to see the ability to create a "blog" be for paying members only as well, but I also can understand giving "anyone" the ability. I could see a scenario where there's A LOT of spam without some kind of barrier to entry.

[Neville]

Hey @Josh Haroldson love this! 

All those things will stay the same. In fact most users might not notice anything has changed!

Literally only big change is blog pages will be hosted by Invision Community rather than Wordpress. 

The other cool change: If you want to spread the word about yourself to the world more, participating in public blogs will get more exposure. 

But I 100% agree: Paid members = WAYYYYYY better than "free" members. 

Change goes live on Monday!!

You will definitely see more sites become like this in the near future, it's almost a given 🙂 

[Cesar Contreras]

@Neville I love the transition. Went without a hitch, congratulations! Noticeable improvements.

• The overall brand experience is intact
• Load time is super snappy (thank you!)
• Everything, including the text, looks sharper

Agree that WP is still very 1.0. This is a nice step in the right direction.

Great move!!
 

[Neville]

Hey @Cesar Contreras much appreciated! 

The public facing blog will look pretty crappy for about a week, but you'll see significant UX improvements by then. 

This was a decision I'd been mulling over for 2 years, and decided moving forward this must be done. I think in the near future you'll see so many more blogs become "communities." 

The technology is **kind of** getting there, but still difficult for the average user.

We'll also be making comments more "forum style" so it shows more info about the poster. 

One of the biggest complaints I had about Wordpress comments is that while you can see a small avatar or name, it didn't really tell you about the persons reputation much like this forum does, like this:

 

Something like Twitter shows number of followers, pictures, stats about their profile etc....so you can have a better conversation knowing someone's rough status and involvement in a community.