MPC Ideas

We are heavily using closed groups and also linking threads into partner communication. When a partner is clicking onto such a deep link to a thread and this thread is based in a closed group and the user is not part of that closed group the user experience is aweful - because: a) the error message is wrong  b) the user is not guided in what to resolve the problem (request group join)   This creates a lot of trouble, additional actions and low CPE. So please fix the error message and help the user in creating a join request just out of the error message as it is e.g. seen in SharePoint and other forum software.  ... View more

Please remove outdated information from the profiles, it is not very trustworthy to see such information like ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, etc in a "modern community"! (see screenshot) ... View more

The time calculation for "when has smth been posted" is based on the timezone and not on a correct UTC difference calculations. E.g.: User A) has time zone PST set in the settings and posts at 8:00h GMT+1 (which is his browser and OS setting) and User B) has also PST set in settings, but the browser is using the correct GMT+1. Then the post is displayed as "yesterday".  The moment User B) switches to GMT+1 then it is correctly calculated. This shows that the calculation is based on the absolute time with timezone and not on UTC timing.  The attached picture with "yesterday" was taken before the one with "5 hours". P.S.: during creation of the profile the timezone should be set correctly AND the available timezones are confusing as these do not represent the default timezones of other systems, e.g. Windows. ... View more