Kestrel
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Post by Kestrel on Aug 6, 2024 12:39:40 GMT
Those indifferent or with increasingly negative attitudes towards them have been made to feel worse/had their bias confirmed. Loyal customers feel like they've been treated poorly & are getting increasingly frustrated. The average Doctor Who fans? They still don't know BF exists! I was one of the most vocal Big Finish fans around for quite a while -- right up until last year's price hike. I cannot imagine how gutting it must be for the folks who've been buying from them since 2004 1999. And what really sucks in this case -- unlike, say, the not-dissimilar case of post-merger Square-Enix -- I generally don't believe that "modern Big Finish" represents some creative low-point. Sure, the current state of the XDAs may leave a lot to be desired, but beyond those (admittedly flagship) ranges, I think they're still delivering on some fantastic stories, as good as and sometimes even better than anything the television series has ever delivered. It honestly kind of hurts not to be able to recommend Gallifrey or Peladon or Susan's War or Dalek Universe or Stranded or what have you. But there's just no way I can justify directing anyone toward Big Finish -- not in good conscience. In the parlance of a time now long passed: lmfao. no shit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2024 13:05:50 GMT
Those indifferent or with increasingly negative attitudes towards them have been made to feel worse/had their bias confirmed. Loyal customers feel like they've been treated poorly & are getting increasingly frustrated. The average Doctor Who fans? They still don't know BF exists! I was one of the most vocal Big Finish fans around for quite a while -- right up until last year's price hike. I cannot imagine how gutting it must be for the folks who've been buying from them since 2004.Second time in a few days you've said 2004 - by 2004 they'd already peaked for a lot of people, the iconic "First 50" were way gone. We were into Creed Of The Kromon and beyond.
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Kestrel
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Post by Kestrel on Aug 6, 2024 13:12:21 GMT
I was one of the most vocal Big Finish fans around for quite a while -- right up until last year's price hike. I cannot imagine how gutting it must be for the folks who've been buying from them since 2004.Second time in a few days you've said 2004 - by 2004 they'd already peaked for a lot of people, the iconic "First 50" were way gone. We were into Creed Of The Kromon and beyond. I think the record will clear me on this one: never once, in all of my time here, have I ever claimed to have a good memory! I have, in fact, worked very hard toward that end! One of these days I'll remember that the MR started in the 90s: but not today! Or, evidently, yesterday, or at any point last week....
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Post by nottenst on Aug 6, 2024 13:40:00 GMT
Yes, me back again.
Just to say I've still not got a clue how many DLs (if any) are missing from my account, but I have now found a three month gap in my recent order history. Three months when I didn't order anything from BF - pull the other one! My order list still only has 21 orders total. The most recent are 2 items from 2021 and then the next is from 2019. Looking at my Dashboard and doing a search under Future it appears that the Once and Future series are now available for download. I do wish that my product library would be in a reasonable sequence.
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Post by timleschild on Aug 6, 2024 13:41:36 GMT
Second time in a few days you've said 2004 - by 2004 they'd already peaked for a lot of people, the iconic "First 50" were way gone. We were into Creed Of The Kromon and beyond. I think the record will clear me on this one: never once, in all of my time here, have I ever claimed to have a good memory! I have, in fact, worked very hard toward that end! One of these days I'll remember that the MR started in the 90s: but not today! Or, evidently, yesterday, or at any point last week....
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Kestrel
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Post by Kestrel on Aug 6, 2024 13:42:55 GMT
Oh, that reminds me. I need to finish watching Purple Rain.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Aug 6, 2024 15:24:35 GMT
Interesting deep dive by x.com/amadmannotabox regarding the Big Finish website descriptions. His conclusion is they're just rubbish, rather than AI, having done some software analysis of some kind.
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Post by eric009 on Aug 6, 2024 16:42:41 GMT
main problems is with search on Dashboard there is no dropdown list on it any more and if there was it would't work BECAUSE they renamed alot of stuff Doctor Who: Stranded 1 no wording of it bring a 8th dr range at all when open the page for it u get STR1. Doctor Who: Stranded 1 or it's zip file number 978-1-83868-166-1
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Post by eric009 on Aug 6, 2024 16:49:37 GMT
they gone back to the red icon and not black 1 not the old web site ;/
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Post by mark687 on Aug 6, 2024 17:46:13 GMT
BF Response to the accusation of AI Descriptions being used.
The synopses were commissioned from/outsourced to a human copywriter (an individual). We are reviewing all the text and will amend or replace them where we feel it is necessary.
Regards
mark687
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Post by kipperserver on Aug 6, 2024 18:20:34 GMT
BF Response to the accusation of AI Descriptions being used. The synopses were commissioned from/outsourced to a human copywriter (an individual). We are reviewing all the text and will amend or replace them where we feel it is necessary. Regards mark687 Gosh! The intnet spreading misinformation and causiing outrage?! I'm astonished.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Aug 6, 2024 18:39:24 GMT
BF Response to the accusation of AI Descriptions being used. The synopses were commissioned from/outsourced to a human copywriter (an individual). We are reviewing all the text and will amend or replace them where we feel it is necessary. Gosh! The intnet spreading misinformation and causiing outrage?! I'm astonished.
In all fairness, if you write bland and inaccurate copy, people are going to presume it's fake.
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Post by timleschild on Aug 6, 2024 18:53:44 GMT
Gosh! The intnet spreading misinformation and causiing outrage?! I'm astonished.
In all fairness, if you write bland and inaccurate copy, people are going to presume it's fake.
True it is so badly written.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Aug 6, 2024 19:11:25 GMT
Good Luck there's not only Missing Links but also Dead Links from Old Offers, there's ones from Ranges they don't support anymore eg Highlander and The Sigmund Files Sigmund is available on the app.
Aaaaaand now it isn't.
I've got another sixty items to find on the app before I contact BF with a list of items that are missing entirely or are only available on the website or only on the app, and it really irritates me if they're going to start taking things off that I've already counted as present.
I hope that they do something PDQ to get a bit of goodwill back. There's not been a BF Newsletter this month, so we're also a monthly excerpt behind, too.
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Post by muddyviolet on Aug 6, 2024 19:31:28 GMT
BF Response to the accusation of AI Descriptions being used. The synopses were commissioned from/outsourced to a human copywriter (an individual). We are reviewing all the text and will amend or replace them where we feel it is necessary. Regards mark687 x.com/AxeImages/status/1820797297761853478?t=HPPSOXcaM3o2PNFvfY1KEA&s=19Also they apprently prohibit freelancers from using AI at all.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Aug 6, 2024 20:34:18 GMT
Their topic descriptors have to be by the same person who came up with “for the love of stories” rather than “we love stories” and who needs to do something productive like “go away”. “We love stories” is warm and inclusive (who is the we? BF? the fans? Everyone??), “for the love of stories” is a justification and sounds “weird” when spoken (even by Tom Baker or Chris Eccelston).
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Post by mef13 on Aug 6, 2024 21:00:22 GMT
Their topic descriptors have to be by the same person who came up with “for the love of stories” rather than “we love stories” and who needs to do something productive like “go away”. “We love stories” is warm and inclusive (who is the we? BF? the fans? Everyone??), “for the love of stories” is a justification and sounds “weird” when spoken (even by Tom Baker or Chris Eccelston). I also loathe the Disney-esque music trill that goes with it... I can just picture Tinkerbell waving her wand over the logo (_shudders_). mef
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Post by bohnny on Aug 7, 2024 7:39:35 GMT
BF Response to the accusation of AI Descriptions being used. The synopses were commissioned from/outsourced to a human copywriter (an individual). We are reviewing all the text and will amend or replace them where we feel it is necessary. Regards mark687 Another thing they didn’t check before they hit the ‘go’ button, and are now having to scramble to fix after the event. Seriously, did anyone have any oversight of ANY of this at all?
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Post by sherlock on Aug 7, 2024 9:55:21 GMT
BF Response to the accusation of AI Descriptions being used. The synopses were commissioned from/outsourced to a human copywriter (an individual). We are reviewing all the text and will amend or replace them where we feel it is necessary. Regards mark687 Another thing they didn’t check before they hit the ‘go’ button, and are now having to scramble to fix after the event. Seriously, did anyone have any oversight of ANY of this at all? Once again I hope they kept the receipt from those beta testers.
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Aug 7, 2024 10:40:43 GMT
I don't know about anyone else but all the fixes must be happening to the app because I see no improvement to the web page, particularly the downloads section, at all.
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