No, you're not losing it! Patch looks different today. We did a quick visual nip-and-tuck to the homepage to make it even more user-friendly. And we've moved a couple pieces of furniture. For those keeping score:
- We tweaked some words in our navigation bar to save space (e.g., "" is now "Commute," our "Neighborhood Gallery" is "Pics & Clips" and "" is now called "Directory").
- We moved the weather icon next to the Patch branding so you can find it more quickly!
- We moved, well, YOU closer to the top! (Our "shout stream" is now front and center to show all your comments off.)
- Today's "Events" moved to the right side of the page so you'll still know what's happening today.
- And of course we prettified a few things.
While the site might look a little different today, we still offer the same robust coverage of everything happening in your . That was, is, and will always be our mission.
We hope you'll let us know what you think of our tweaks -- drop me a line at gary.jeanfaivre@patch.com or offer a comment below!
Its a shame this happened to such a great site. The problem is Aol Patch lost over $100 million last year and they are trying to make sure that doesn't happen again. Welcome to Patch 2.0
Now, if something could be associated with the spiffy new look...CONTENT, perhaps??? I see nothing! The editor requested suggestions, and a few of us responded...so much for wasting our time, since NOT ONE was acted upon. Who was hired to do this hype...I'd use stronger desciptors of Patch but certainly would not want be red flagged as being inappropriate
Of course, this comment will be gone by Friday 8 a.m.
G... although we have disagreed sometimes short of meeting each other in the field behind the school house when the bell rang, I find it necessary to alert you of the new "seemingly automated" policy being used on the "new and improved" Patch If three (3) readers find an entry to be "inappropriate" it is AUTOMATICALLY deleted....YES, computer generated censure!!! Now, oft times you have stated that I talk from varying orifices....but this is the scoop! It was recently done to me and this was the "written" explanation from Gary, the 3rd editor since Hoa's departure. Now, I'm not sure if he still is the editor since Patch seems to change on a weekly basis, but I suppose this automatic deletion does conserve time for an editor to actually read the posted entry and then duly edit if need be.
I'm not looking for any discourse with you. All I did was share the latest and greatest Patch manuever...contact the editor.. NOT ME!!!
I bet they are laughing their heads off at the bee.