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Classic Merging over the next 12 months

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Last Edited by JBrillSD August 21, 2023 at 02:39 PM
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The Slickdeals community team has been working hard to make Slickdeals the best it can be for over 20 years, and new updates roll out to the community almost every week.

As a part of that effort, we'll be merging the Classic version of Slickdeals with the latest version of Slickdeals over the next 12 months.

You can anticipate the following as part of that platform merger:
  • Access to the Classic version of Slickdeals will reduce over time. This process starts on August 22, 2023.
  • You can expect a variety of improvements to the latest version of Slickdeals, often referred to within the community as "Redesign," specifically intended to make it easier for Classic users to transition to Redesign.
  • The team of engineers and product folks managing the merger will conduct continuous interviews to make sure a variety of community voices and points of view are included. You can sign up for a 1:1 with a team member here [calendly.com].
  • If you primarily use Classic, you will migrate over to the newest version of Slickdeals throughout the next year.

If you primarily use Classic, there's no need for you to take any action. Your current Slickdeals account will remain active and will change to the current, unified experience automatically.

Millions of Slickdeals members are already using the current version of the website, which has dark mode support, improved shopping intelligence, and easier ways to engage with the community.

Change can be hard. Bringing all Slickdealers together into a single experience will enable you to continue to enjoy the latest community features and enhancements.

Thank you for being a member of the Slickdeals community!

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Last Edited by LowRoller September 9, 2023 at 03:12 PM
I'd ask anyone who is truly opposed to this change to schedule a time to talk with someone from SD one on one. Maybe, if we get enough folks to talk to them directly, maybe, just maybe, we can get them to give us a ... hmm... a Classic Clone using redesign. (?)
Here's the link from the OP: https://calendly.com/d/2k8-kg6-hz...th=2023-08

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justanexemployee
10-17-2024 at 04:57 PM.
10-17-2024 at 04:57 PM.
Quote from Chocobo :
Just got downgraded to the new design. Is there any way to return to the classic frontpage with the compact settings? It's almost unusable now, so much wasted space. I just want a list of the frontpage deals without clutter, like I had before.

Probably won't be using the site much if it's going to be this messy permanently
That's strange -- you have to opt-into the new homepage design. It's not forced.

To opt-out just click on your profile icon in the top right.
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flummoxednitwit
11-27-2024 at 07:55 PM.
11-27-2024 at 07:55 PM.
Tell me you did not take your redesign cues from the same bunch that worked on the recent Jaguar account. Aka, how to effect a deleterious stratagem employing the guise of a user enhancement.
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earlcaulley
12-11-2024 at 03:10 PM.
12-11-2024 at 03:10 PM.
I don't know if anyone noticed, but now I do see a way to subscribe to threads with the new layout.
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BMWBig6
12-12-2024 at 05:41 AM.
12-12-2024 at 05:41 AM.
Quote from earlcaulley :
I don't know if anyone noticed, but now I do see a way to subscribe to threads with the new layout.
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I saw that a couple weeks ago too. I almost didn't notice it because on a mobile device in portrait view, the circle with 3 dots do not appear (for me) unless I switch to landscape view. Looks fine on desktop browser.
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earlcaulley
12-12-2024 at 05:55 AM.
12-12-2024 at 05:55 AM.
Quote from BMWBig6 :
I saw that a couple weeks ago too. I almost didn't notice it because on a mobile device in portrait view, the circle with 3 dots do not appear (for me) unless I switch to landscape view. Looks fine on desktop browser.
Oh yeah, I've never had the subscribe option in the mobile app, so therefore I almost never use the mobile app. It's too limited. But thanks for the landscape tip, I didn't know about that.
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if200
01-29-2025 at 06:05 AM.
01-29-2025 at 06:05 AM.
Really dislike new design. It's too much/too busy. Also, though there is a choice for last activity, everytime you search for something else it reverts to relevance so now I have to click twice for every search. When I get to last activity page, no way to search for the last post, have to go to the first page and then to the last page. Don't know if the point was to make me click more to get to a place that used to be simple but it's just annoying. Was able to keep seeing old design till now, but it's gone now so I'm out. Too bad, it's been a good ride.
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acesmuzic | Staff
02-01-2025 at 09:44 PM.
02-01-2025 at 09:44 PM.
Quote from if200 :
Really dislike new design. It's too much/too busy. Also, though there is a choice for last activity, everytime you search for something else it reverts to relevance so now I have to click twice for every search. When I get to last activity page, no way to search for the last post, have to go to the first page and then to the last page. Don't know if the point was to make me click more to get to a place that used to be simple but it's just annoying. Was able to keep seeing old design till now, but it's gone now so I'm out. Too bad, it's been a good ride.
thanks for the feedback. for what it's worth plans changed and classic is not actually gone. you should see the option to switch to it in the footer on most pages of the site (eg hot deals)
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