Some people have recently voiced valid concerns and complaints about how improvements are managed, organized, and discussed here on Discogs (http://www.discogs.com/forums/topic?topic_id=101510#1337462 , http://help.discogs.com/ticket/1672 , http://www.discogs.com/forums/topic?topic_id=101510#1337622 ) . Since Teo and myself have been discussing almost exactly the same things earlier this month, and have made some progress with the management of these aspects, it is […]

Now in addition to 3 rank points for a release submission, you get one additional point per image. so.. a release with 1 image = 4 rank points release with 2 images = 5 rank points etc We’ve done this since images are very helpful in getting a release approved. And some users hold off […]

There are two new forum functions introduced today. 1) Quoting. See the [url=http://help.discogs.com/wiki/Forums]Forum Codes[/url] link for details. You can enter the code manually or quote another user by selecting text from their message and clicking “quote selection”. 2) Added an Expand/Shrink option to the reply box. This is useful when composing large posts.

I’ve just changed two of the options in My Discogs to streamline things and make the options a bit less complicated. 1) “Submitting: Always notify me after items have been processed” has been changed to [b]”Email me after activity on my pending submissions”[/b]. I’ve also removed the notify option on all update forms since this […]

I have updated the forum rules at http://help.discogs.com/wiki/Forums in order to clarify some points.

I have just been chatting at length with Kevin about this… we are planning to do an AKA version 2 based on some of the solutions that have been put forward, and will fold the existing AKA version 1 into this. This will hopefully happen in July or maybe a little later. Up until then, […]

Thanks for all the [url=http://www.discogs.com/forums/topic?topic_id=88650]testing[/url] and [url=http://www.discogs.com/forums/topic?topic_id=95519]feedback[/url]. The new form is now live for all to use. Quick recap of the major changes: This new form makes extensive use of Javascript and required a MODERN WEB BROWSER, specifically Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater, Firefox, or Safari. Other browsers might work but are not officially supported. […]

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There have been a few changes over the weekend to the way submissions are moderated. As this will impact on the way submissions are handled, I thought it would be a good idea to let everyone know. First up, we have added a new feature that lets mod’s moderate by style. This means that you […]

I’m sure everyone has been experiencing some slowness with the site recently. We’re aware of the problem and are working on it. This week I ordered a second DB server which will be online in the first half of May. This will give us extra capacity and should really improve things. We’ll also be able […]