It is a startling change, and losing Conversations is a shame. I hope they can add something. Yes, I did notice Mtn has been MIA. Maybe she is on vacation?

Maybe it WAS broke as in "flat broke".

I don't know why the discussions can't carry on at :

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/kitchentable.

It's just another bookmark :)

Anyway ~ To the good...I haven't seen any upside down pics !

I was just looking for the conversation side. Maybe we can use Kitchen Table for anything conversational?

Another fun thing...Next to where you have your search preference (upper right)

Click on the two bars or the solid box to set-up how much of the post you want to see.

I'll give it a good try to see if I can warm up to the new format. Maybe we'll meet some new, interesting posters. First impression is, there's way too much white space. It's harder to scan topics without scrolling.

OMG ~ Have you flagged something yet ????

Removes the comment immediately...

This is going to call for a lot of self restraint for this group.

You have an option to flag a comment simply because "I just don't like it "

I've e-mailed Tamara asking if there is some way of reviving the conversations side. There should be a way of separating it out. The Gardening section has a Garden Party that acts in the same way so it should be able to be done. Kitchen Table is a little different but that might be an option.

I too am going to try and keep an open mind. It's only fair. I do however am not liking the bright white background. That alone could keep me from visiting often.
Not liking that it's not allowing me to change my user name to my GW name. I even tried to spell it differently, but no go.

It finally worked! Yay! I was going to edit and it wouldn't allow that though.

I just had a good laugh. Out of curiosity, I peeked into the Houzz forums and opened a thread about changes. Some people were complaining about the new way of uploading photos, some members were threatening to leave if Houzz didn't change back to the old photo format, and someone else posted "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!". :-)

OMG, what a mess this is! I am so NOT liking this new look, new format or the loss of the Conversations side. So sad!

I feel like much of the intimacy has been lost. Adrift in an ocean of white space.

I'm testing to see if this will even work. I would not let me confirm my subscription to gw. I logged with with facebook. I literally want to cry. This is horrible.

Wow, it posted using an old username that stopped working a few years ago.

i agree, Lynn.

In other news, it took me an hour to disentangle my GW account from my daughter's Houzz account and an old account of mine.

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I don't know why the discussions can't carry on at :

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/kitchentable.

"

I agree! That forum IS for the odds and ends/discussions. That is where those conversations SHOULD go, IMHO.

After receiving a million emails this afternoon, I had to go into my account preferences and change the 20 options for what you want to be emailed about. I recommend everyone should take a look at that and the privacy settings!

I agree, the intimacy is lost :(

I, too, am sad. The too-long postings on the Houzz advice section are why I never used it,. Loss of intimacy is a perfect description.

I changed my settings earlier and I'm still getting emails. I guess I should check again. I suppose since it's the internet the before was really only a 'false sense of security', but I still much prefer it!

Considering GW was an open forum, the only intimacy we had wasn't really real. Which is why I never posted too many pictures of our home there.
I do know what you mean though Errant

The discussions side of HD was distinct, just as the Kitchen Table and Garden Party, it was a group of people who hung out there, their internet pub, and to go to a different one is not the same family.

What has changed? I don't see anything much different

^^^ This thread is six years old!

hahha! terezosa / terriks I noticed that too. Funny how these old threads just keep making comebacks.

for real. Why did this just come up?