Qfeast News

For a better Qfeast (3) - Don't duplicate

Whenever you create a poll, ask a question or create a page pay attention to the small auto complete panel, under the text box, that shows you potential duplicates

To prevent your poll, question or page from being flagged and possibly removed, avoid adding items that are duplicates of another one (or very similar)

For a better Qfeast (2) - Read the Guidelines & Rules

All new published quizzes, stories, questions, polls and pages are subjected to a "minimum quality" filter that checks for some basic indicators of a good, not childish content.

To prevent your items from being flagged and possibly removed, check to make sure that you are always following the rules detailed in Guidelines & Rules sections.

For a better Qfeast (1) - Childish content is not allowed

The material suitable for <13 year old audience is not allowed on the public areas (e.g. having "public" visibility ).

It can still be create/keep it but ONLY if the owner will SET the "PROFILE" visibility to the item. The "profile" visibility means that the link to your quiz, story, question, poll or page will be visible only from your profile pages (e.g. "wall", "Created Quizzes", "Asked Questions" and so on).

Examples See More (not limited to) of material suitable for <13 year are bellow. The existing items (quizzes, stories, questions, polls & pages) will be reviewed also.
- My Little Pony
- Sonic
- Pokemon
- SpongeBob
- Warrior Cats
- Wacky Races
- Sailor Moon
- Moshi Monsters
- Gravity Falls
- The Powerpuff Girls

1) The "tag", "tagged by" like stories are not allowed on the public areas, as practically are not valid stories/ or some are low quality. These stories will most likely be deleted (or marked as profile)

2) The "role playing" or "rp" like pages are not allowed on the public areas, as are invalid / or some are low quality / or some are for <13 yrs (Qfeast is for 13+ ). These pages will most likely be deleted (or marked as profile)

What's New:

- You can upload photos directly from your wall or "page". No need to visit "Photos" link anymore for this
- The "opened for everyone" pages now allow uploading photos by non members also, so it will be easier to make the pages more attractive, to organize contests or share photos or drawings

We have increased the maximum number of chapters (per story) to ... few hundreds (from 50)

@mentions (people tagging) is up and running! Try it while writing a new post, comment or answer.

Just type the @ symbol and then continue typing the name of the person participating the conversation.
As you type, Qfeast will show a drop-down list of suggested users. The drop down is smart, it will update with increasingly accurate suggestions the further you type.

And, of course, the @mentioned users will be notified about

Feel free to share your @opinions!

One of the most anticipated features (mentions, or people tagging, e.g @username ), will be added very very SOON!

We'll keep you updated, so stay tuned!

- You can vote up/down the posts (like this one) not only the comments
- New "delete" buttons have been added to the [Notifications] and [News Feed] pages will allow you to delete all notifications or news feed items easily

More features to come!

We have fixed the "add new story chapter" issue, so now you should be able again to add new chapters to existing stories.
Thank you for telling us about it

Plus:
+ you can now vote the comments of an answer
+ you can now change the your comment votes (agree / disagree) anywhere

Hello everyone!

We just updated the comment and notifications. There are lots of improvements:

- you can now reply to other comments
- you can edit your own comments (click the small options arrow, top-right of the comment)
- the notification settings has been simplified (from 30 options to only 7) [Settings] -> [Notifications]
- deleting comments and posts will be faster as the confirmation popup has been removed (click the small options arrow, top-right of the comment)
- there See More you can find new options to configure when you want to be notified:

> when your comments are replied
> when someone comments a thread that you participate on (so you do not need to subscribe all the time, when you comment something)

PS.
We know that some of you might get confused at first sight by the new comment order, but don't shoot, we just standardize it across all pages. So, similar to the most popular discussions framework around, the latest comment/post will be placed at the top of the conversation by default

Feel free to share any suggestions!
Qfeast Team

Work in progress:

We have listened to your feedback: The "comments" sections will be greatly improved!

- more levels of comment/reply (now is only one level for quizzes, stories, polls and so on)
- you'll be able to edit your comment
- you'll be able to automatically subscribe to threads that you commented on (receive notifications automatically, no need to manually subscribe)

We just added a small feature to the desktop/tablet version:

You can now select multiple categories of quizzes, stories, questions, poll, pages and browse them.
Just click on the input labeled "Categories" (top-right) and select preferred categories.

e.g: http://www.qfeast.com/quizzes/latest

Stay close as more features will come!

We have listened to your feedback, and we're announcing a bunch of improvements!


The big "profile" hovering menu has been replaced with just a simple link "me" which points to your profile (and we will stick to this, no more changes for a while).

Also, we added a new functionality:

Each quiz, story, question, poll or page will have 3 types of "visibility":

- PUBLIC (as before, the quiz, story, question, poll or page will be published on the main page, categories and wall) See More

- PROFILE (your quiz, story, question, poll or page will be published only on your wall). This is the best choice if you want to compose or ask something related to your person, friends, family and so on. Your followers will get notified in their news feed.
e.g.:
"How well do you know me" - quiz
"My online journal" - story
"What do you think of my prom dress?" - question
"Which hair color is best for me" (blonde, black...) - poll
"My Colleagues/ Friends" - page

- HIDDEN, this is the best choice if you want to hide your quiz, story, question, poll or page and send the link only to some persons. Works well also for private journals, dedicated polls, questions. The followers will not be notified about the hidden items.

Feel free to share any suggestions!
Qfeast Team

New Features!

- Dynamic menu: You will be able to quickly access most of your profile (news feed, profile post, following) or browse stuff from anywhere, no need to leave the current page. You can even add a new post to your profile (like update your status) from the dynamic menu, in just one mouse click.
Don't shoot, some things might need to be tuned.

- New color scheme, less colorful, but a bit more professional

- Easier navigation between some important pages designed See More for browsing items


To be implemented:

- You will be able to mark your quiz, story, question, poll or page as private. So there will be two types: public (searchable, browsable from anywhere) or private (will be placed only on the wall).

This means that:
- You will be able to create personal items, which are not allowed now
- All existent "about me" like quizzes will be marked as private


e.g.:
How well do you know me? (Quiz)
What do you think about my ...? (Question)
My friends (Story)
Ask ... (Page)

and many more

Feed free to share your suggestions,
Qfeast Team

Tip:
The quizzes, stories, questions, polls about other Qfeast users are not allowed, according to the Qfeast Terms and Conditions.

Even if it at first sight this can look awesome to some users, such items:
- are a constant source of frustration for (many) other users, as not all of them have knowledge about the referenced usernames. Also, some users might feel bad because they weren't included or mentioned
- are a form of promotion, self promotion
Examples:

- Vote the Qfeaster See More of the week (poll)
- Guess the Qfeaster (quiz)
- Miss Qfeast (poll)
- Who is the most famous user? (question)
- Me and ... (story)
- My friends (story)
... and many more

So, please do not create any quiz, story, question or poll which contains Qfeast usernames inside.

Qfeast Team

New Changes:

- New validation rules have been added to automatically detect and block spam while a comment or post is written
- Also, excessive capitalization and repetitive characters will be not allowed anymore while commenting or posting, so from now on, mostly anything should look a lot more "clean" and "pro"
- We increased a little bit the font size for the desktop and tablet version. Please tell us what do you think about the new font size

Happy Qfeasting!

Great News!

6 new notification types are now available. From now on, you can be notified when:

- you are followed by someone
- your quizzes are added to favorites
- your stories are added to favorites
- your questions are marked as starred
- your polls are marked as starred See More
- someone subscribes a page where you are member

If necessary, you can customize which notification types you want to receive at:
[Settings] -> [Notifications] then select [Instant Notifications] tab

What's New:

-The "About" page for users (so you can see what public data is he/she sharing or the Qfeast join date)
-Users can now change their username only one time (to prevent confusion of other users)

Hot News:

- Now there is not anymore mandatory to set a cover (intro) image for quizzes, stories or pages. However we strongly recommend to set one, as this, without any doubt, will make your item much more attractive
- We changed the validation system, so now it will display the "abusing content" whenever this exists. So, there will be no need to cut entire phrases just to find the abusing content of the typed text
- Added lots and lots of optimizations for tablets, especially See More for iPad
- Chat should work fine for tablets

Feel free to share your opinions!