Friday Q&A

Questionable Observation

Greetings, crickets and trolls. Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Q&A. I'm glad you chose to join me again. Each week, I cover the issues that matter to our community. To follow up from last week's column, my contacts at the CIA have informed me that Al Quaeda will not be selecting TSZ has their leader. The terrorist network apparently wants someone with a bit of charisma on the Arab street. Also, speaking Arabic, or whatever language is commonly used amongst poppy farmers, would most likely be a prerequisite. Better luck next time, old friend.

Q: How is Fark's redesign coming along?

A: It would seem that each day catapults us further into an increasingly uncertain future. Well, actually not, but sensationalism is a passion of mine. In my opinion, sensationalizing fairly innocuous events is the best thing anyone can possibly do, in the history of the universe. In reality, I've been generally impressed with the quality of the new features being introduced. Probably the most important so far has been the addition of one-click voting. No more selecting a pack of entries and scrolling all the way to the vote box.

Q: How will this effect voting outcomes?

A: It's too soon to tell, but I would wager we will see an at least slightly higher turnout. There's no denying that this new feature is convenient. When you improve the convenience of something like voting, more users inevitably take advantage of it. One problem that I have noticed, though, is that no vote boxes appear at all if the user isn't signed in. This could confuse some idiots into thinking that the thread is not vote enabled. But anyone with an IQ that low probably would probably just vote for the Beer Looter and call it a day. No big loss.

Q: Have there been any unintended consequences?

A: It appears the Fark Photoshop Leaderboard will be offline until further notice, due to Fark's recent instability. Once the redesign is completed and all bugs have been worked out, Hobosong still faces a the arduous task of fixing everything manually. You can find more info about this situation in a post made by i-dig in last week's comment section.

That's all for this time, gentle reader. Thanks again for stopping by. Even though the Leaderboard is currently out of service, Fark's own Contest Browser remains fully operational. Let's hope the finishing touches of the new Fark design are implemented soon, so that the FPCL can be repaired.

Stay tuned for more occasional optimism from the Doctor!