Note on Lesson Comments

John
 April 15, 2010, 07:27 AM posted in General Discussion

Dear ChinesePod Users:

The final step of the dashboard/groups switchover is to optimize the database queries. Displaying the latest lesson comments is an intensive operation, so we have delayed the display of the newest lesson comments on the Community page and the dashboard page.  For the time being, you will see new user posts, but not new lessons comments on these two pages (even though they are there, and you can post new ones).

Thank you for your patience as we restore full functionality; we are doing this as a precaution to minimize downtime and reduce risk of our server crashing.

Thanks!

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bababardwan
 April 15, 2010, 08:05 AM

wo kandao er mingbai [I see and understand].Jiayou er haoyun [go and good luck]

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John

谢谢！

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John
 April 15, 2010, 08:13 AM

谢谢！

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light487
 April 15, 2010, 08:37 AM

I really hope things return to a normal look soon, I did a bit of a double-take when I logged in today. I had no idea what was going on..

Moving forward is great.. and I've lived through a few of the changes already.. but I really don't like change.. haha :)

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John

Not sure what you mean by "normal look," but the lesson comments will be back very soon.

Sorry you don't like change, but in the long run, I feel confident you're going to be enjoying most of these improvements.

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jsql

不明白你们在说什么？

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John
 April 15, 2010, 09:14 AM

Not sure what you mean by "normal look," but the lesson comments will be back very soon.

Sorry you don't like change, but in the long run, I feel confident you're going to be enjoying most of these improvements.

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jsql
 April 15, 2010, 12:09 PM

不明白你们在说什么？

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jianxuexi
 April 16, 2010, 01:01 AM

If we "leave" a group, will we still receive podcasts from that group.  I would like to receive elementary, advanced, and media podcasts, but I probably won't be doing much in the discussion sections for those groups.  So, I would 'leave' those groups if I will still receive those podcasts as I do now. 

I'm not sure how it's all going to parse out, so I'm giving this some time to see

Thanks , jan

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catherinem

You will always be able to access lessons of any level in the "Lessons" tab. If you leave a level group you will no longer be receiving lessons in the "lessons feed" on your homepage. Of course, if you want to remain in a group, there's nothing forcing you to participate in conversations. In fact, many people are a part of groups and sometimes read the conversations, but don't actively participate themselves. It's up to you!

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catherinem
 April 16, 2010, 02:19 AM

You will always be able to access lessons of any level in the "Lessons" tab. If you leave a level group you will no longer be receiving lessons in the "lessons feed" on your homepage. Of course, if you want to remain in a group, there's nothing forcing you to participate in conversations. In fact, many people are a part of groups and sometimes read the conversations, but don't actively participate themselves. It's up to you!