By fpena944 - Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:01 pm
- Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:01 pm
#71671
Wanted to ask you all, should we keep "The Wall" and our chat platform?
Many of you might not even realize these features exist but let me explain:
- The "Wall" is similar in functionality to Facebook where you can provide an update or share content for the world to see. It was introduced during the rebrand but never really gained traction. The main reason I'm asking if we should shut it down is because it hinders performance on that part of the site. Whereas without it I can load a page in 1.5 seconds, with it enabled it slows down to 4 seconds. Pretty significant when people are impatient. If you're not sure what I'm talking about you can find it here: https://openroad.site/pages/wall/
- The chat room is exactly what it sounds like. It's a real-time exchange of conversation between participants. We really only saw two spikes for it in terms usage - election night and inauguration day. This one doesn't really affect performance but it does carry a monthly cost which I could put to better use if we do away with it. https://openroad.site/pages/chat-room/
Trying to clean up what we have here and focus more on content and reference material for the "Community" section of the site. To do that I need to overcome the speed challenge which has been a struggle because it sometimes results in new users getting deactivated.
So what say you?
Many of you might not even realize these features exist but let me explain:
- The "Wall" is similar in functionality to Facebook where you can provide an update or share content for the world to see. It was introduced during the rebrand but never really gained traction. The main reason I'm asking if we should shut it down is because it hinders performance on that part of the site. Whereas without it I can load a page in 1.5 seconds, with it enabled it slows down to 4 seconds. Pretty significant when people are impatient. If you're not sure what I'm talking about you can find it here: https://openroad.site/pages/wall/
- The chat room is exactly what it sounds like. It's a real-time exchange of conversation between participants. We really only saw two spikes for it in terms usage - election night and inauguration day. This one doesn't really affect performance but it does carry a monthly cost which I could put to better use if we do away with it. https://openroad.site/pages/chat-room/
Trying to clean up what we have here and focus more on content and reference material for the "Community" section of the site. To do that I need to overcome the speed challenge which has been a struggle because it sometimes results in new users getting deactivated.
So what say you?