tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post2671243208827145798..comments2024-02-10T02:58:07.102-05:00Comments on Celestial Reflections: Pottermore Has FallenLaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-48454313711537288542016-01-20T09:46:23.687-05:002016-01-20T09:46:23.687-05:00This is the most precise assessment that I believe...This is the most precise assessment that I believe to be out there. Thank you for speaking truth, very well said. And hey, at least they can't recall our books!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241666549879065184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-16954862789011516492015-11-13T14:20:09.051-05:002015-11-13T14:20:09.051-05:00And finally, a direct link to the petition:
https...And finally, a direct link to the petition:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.change.org/p/j-k-rowling-bring-back-the-old-pottermore" rel="nofollow">https://www.change.org/p/j-k-rowling-bring-back-the-old-pottermore</a>LaVaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-88050390171046574092015-11-13T14:14:32.284-05:002015-11-13T14:14:32.284-05:00LaVaughn,
I thank you for your search.
I am not lo...LaVaughn,<br />I thank you for your search.<br />I am not logged in to Facebook, but I read since the closure of "our" Pottermore on Facebook, and I also have noticed, the comments are gone.<br />What do the actually, with whom they are dealing? With a bunch of under-age children? It is an absolute impudence, as the attempt to manipulate their Facebook page.<br /><br />Lily-how long you have used the old Pottermore?<br />I was on a daily basis since 14.4.2012, and I have many, very many people there know-yes, we partly know personally.<br />And all would have been willing to pay for your account !! We could have even welcomed, because then the troll attacks and partly sexual role playing had stopped.<br />In addition, the comparison with LEGO Harry Potter is lagging because that is not interactive, and that's why we were doing: people of all generations to meet from all countries to learn who were united in their love for Harry Potter.<br />We had in our european Hufflepuff common room people from 8-74 years !!!!<br />That brings us neither any PC game or the new Pottermore site.<br /><br />Incidentally, there is an online Pedition:<br />https://www.change.org/p/jk-rowling-bring-back-the-old-pottermore<br /><br />LaVaughn, keep it up !!!!<br />MitternachtWolf30325 / a proud Hufflepuff..ALWAYS !!!<br /><br />Sorry, I'm writing in German, but I'm a bit older, and my school English is very rusty)LaVaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-59250279006482718562015-11-13T14:13:16.468-05:002015-11-13T14:13:16.468-05:00Thank-you so much for your comment. I don't sp...Thank-you so much for your comment. I don't speak German, so I've put it through Google translate. I will post the translation in a separated comment.LaVaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-88443484123529180412015-11-13T13:43:06.510-05:002015-11-13T13:43:06.510-05:00LaVaughn,
ich danke dir für deine Recherchen.
Ich ...LaVaughn,<br />ich danke dir für deine Recherchen.<br />Ich bin nicht bei Facebook angemeldet,aber ich lese seit der Schließung von "unserem" Pottermore auf Facebook mit,und mir ist auch schon aufgefallen,das Kommentare verschwunden sind.<br />Was glauben die eigentlich,mit wem sie es zu tun haben? Mit einem Haufen unmündiger Kinder? Es ist eine absolute Frechheit,wie die versuchen,ihre Facebook Seite zu manipulieren.<br /><br />Lilys-wie lange hast du das alte Pottermore genutzt? <br />Ich war seit dem 14.4.2012 täglich on,und ich habe viele,sehr viele leute dort kennen gelernt-ja,wir kennen uns teilweise auch persönlich.<br />Und ALLE wären bereit gewesen,für ihren Account zu zahlen !! Wir hätten es sogar begrüßt,denn dann hätten die Trollangriffe und teils sexuellen Rollenspiele aufgehört.<br />Außerdem hinkt der Vergleich mit LEGO Harry Potter-denn das ist nicht interaktiv,und darum ging es uns:Leute aller Generationen und aus allen Ländern kennen zu lernen,die in ihrer Liebe zu Harry Potter vereint waren.<br />Wir hatten in unserem deutschen Hufflepuff Gemeinschaftsraum Leute von 8-74 Jahren !!!! <br />Das bringt uns weder irgendein PC Spiel noch die neue Pottermore-Seite.<br /><br />Übrigens gibt es eine online Pedition:<br />https://www.change.org/p/j-k-rowling-bring-back-the-old-pottermore<br /><br />LaVaughn,mach weiter so !!!!<br />MitternachtWolf30325 / eine stolze Hufflepuff..ALWAYS !!!<br /><br />Sorry,das ich auf Deutsch schreibe,aber ich bin schon was älter,und mein Schulenglisch ist sehr eingerostet ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565867533017215028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-84488856565203587062015-10-20T18:58:48.572-04:002015-10-20T18:58:48.572-04:00I think we need an army to get our website back......I think we need an army to get our website back.....<br />Rowling's Army, anyone? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707708335088053840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-2111738383052195962015-10-20T12:12:27.296-04:002015-10-20T12:12:27.296-04:00Hi Lilys. I was going to reply to your post in the...Hi Lilys. I was going to reply to your post in the FB group, which I was just added to, but here works.<br /><br />"Also screenshots of Facebook posts do not constitute research but are effective in highlighting a biased opinion from a small user group." They do if what you're researching is those disenfranchised members, which I state plainly is what I was doing. <br /><br />It's not a small group. It's a very large group, comment after comment, person after person, voicing their displeasure and being mostly ignored by Pottermore. If you look at the Mugglenet pages I posted, you see the same. Many, many, many people are unhappy. And, when Pottermore responds at all, they only offer non-apology apologies, of the sorry you're not happy variety. They come across as very dismissive of crying children and deeply disappointed users of all ages.<br /><br />"I congratulate Pottermore in blocking people from their page... yet people continued to harass and bully them to the point where banning or comment deletion was the only option."<br /><br />Harass and bully them?! I certainly did no such thing. And yet I was banned. Many people were banned and I think a lot of them would take exception to being told they were being harassive and bullying. People voicing their displeasure at a decision that affects them is not harassment. Disagreement is not bullying, not unless one is very thin-skinned. And that is how Pottermore comes off in this case, ridiculously thin-skinned. <br /><br />And yes, let's do put the responsibility where it lies, not on the employees, but on the management that is apparently making Pottermore a horrid place to work, that stifles innovation, that allowed that site to stagnate. It could have grown and developed and met user complaints about the glitches and gradual disintegration. Instead it threw away something truly beautiful and a whole lot of people, staff included I bet, aren't happy about it.LaVaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-66141466498979284672015-10-20T03:04:36.805-04:002015-10-20T03:04:36.805-04:00What about all the complaints about the old site? ...What about all the complaints about the old site? There were bi-weekly petitions about duelling, glitches, etc, etc you make it seem like a nirvana. We pay nothing for the site, I doubt many would be prepared to pay and yet people feel entitled to gripe about it (when from a economic perspective they make a lot of sense) without considering the hell Pottermore was put through before the change and the reasons that they made the change for. <br /><br />Also screenshots of Facebook posts do not constitute research but are effective in highlighting a biased opinion from a small user group. There are many other computer games for children (that actually work) and make it feel like you're in a Harry Potter book much more than PM ever managed. The lego ones are the ones that made the biggest impression to me. You also mention media coverage, yet your 'media' coverage remains completely biased towards a small user pool. Is is effective shock journalism yes, but it does not represent a balanced or rational argument, just a gripe about changes in which users had no stake. <br /><br />I congratulate Pottermore in blocking people from their page. There are people behind that page and they probably are only their to manage PM's social media, not make actual decisions or pass on any messages. As you, yourself point out they probably do not have a very happy work environment thanks to the glass door emails, yet people continued to harass and bully them to the point where banning or comment deletion was the only option.<br /><br />My point is that before you start yelling at PM the issue needs to be considered from their side and your reactions need to be rationale and sensible. As soon as the new site went live I was commenting the positives and negatives of the new site. They responded to me and said they would take my gripes into account. I was not yelling at them, I was respecting them.<br /><br />The Harry Potter series taught empathy, open-mindedness and that two wrongs do not make a right, however I sadly do not see this reflected in the Pottermore Community's response to the new site.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943648195896776158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-27929780076207344162015-10-20T00:21:27.990-04:002015-10-20T00:21:27.990-04:00Thank you for giving us a voice with some sort of ...Thank you for giving us a voice with some sort of authority. We are the displaced, abandoned, but ever hopeful children (adults) of Hogwarts. We are still fighting for the return of our home.... Starr....SpellStar10905... ALWAYS!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11605289828904469504noreply@blogger.com