Is this you, by any chance?
"DK4 scares me. I can't figure it out." or
"I can't read it." or
"I don't know how to [fill in the blank]" or
"I hate change." or
"How will I ever find the things that matter to me?" or
"Markos promised me a pony and all I got was this t-shirt with squiggles."
Cranky Users is a transitional group for Kossacks who think DK4 is scary or weird or hard to figure out. We're gonna hold hands, help each other out, ask dumb questions, laugh ourselves silly, and make DK4 work for us. Join the group and/or favorite the tag.
Of all the things I fear about DK4, my greatest fear is that we'll lose users who are important to us. I'm asking everyone to make the switch and find ways to make the new site work as well as the old.
Let's have fun with it, shall we? I've created a transitional group, the Cranky Users Group, as a place for those of us who are intimidated to hang out, exchange information, ask dumb questions, and laugh our asses off. Come on! It'll be fun!
Nurse Kelley, how does one "hang out" in a virtual group?
First you join the group. See those orange words at the top of every DK4 page? HOME ♥ MY PAGE ♥ PEOPLE ♥ GROUPS ♥ DIARIES ♥ TAGS? Click on GROUPS, search for Cranky Users ... oh. There's no search function on the GROUPS page, at least not this very moment. The Cranky Users are at the top of the list on the GROUPS page right this minute, but that's because it's the most recent group created. My other group, KosAbility (which I looked for while I was under GROUPS) doesn't seem to be on the list of Groups any more, so let's do this another way.
See the little "search" bar on the upper right of each page? Type in users and hit enter to open a "Search Daily Kos" page. Select "search users". NOW you have a place to search for groups! Yay! In the "search" line, select "groups only". in the Username line, select "is exactly" and type in cranky users. Hit the square "search" button. The search function should now give you "1 result found" and a cranky users selection that links to the cranky users group page.
When you're on the Profile Page of the Cranky Users Group, look for "♥ follow" and click on the ♥. You are now a member of the Group! I think! At the very least, you're following the group, and somehow we're gonna find out what the f*ck the difference is between following and joining!
If you're still queasy about the whole "following" thing, bend your rules enough to follow tags. Go to the TAGS page. When I post this diary there will be a Cranky Users tag in the diary. Once that's done you can use the tag search box lower down on the TAGS page to find all diaries using our tag. Click on Cranky Users and then click on that orange ♥ so all diaries with our tag will now show up in your stream.
I have to stop now and rest my brain. I know some of you might already be saying
Nurse Kelley, what the fuck is my stream? Is it a bladder thing?
But Nurse Kelley needs a nap. (And - obviously - a lesson in how to do screen shots.) Unless I post this diary on Big Kos it's gonna disappear forever in a few days, so enough for today.
WHOOPS - I almost forgot! After the big switch - and after I've recreated the Cranky Users Group - join up and start cranking out diaries. There's no limit! Put something in your title that'll bring the rest of us running, like "HALP!" or "I'm lost!" or "Look at this, y'all - I found something new/bad/funny/broken/important". We'll all learn faster if we hold hands and do it together.
Who's in for the big switch, and who still needs convincing? Confess now so we can talk you into staying!