Do you think you need to restore the previous ,version of the MTC Platform - Now it's useless

Hi all,

Thank you for your feedback, I don't see a world in which we reverse the aurora update, however there is a whole of feedback we have which we will use to further enhance the platform.

Let me seek to address some of the points raised here directly.

The lack of 'My Hubs' In the primary navigation
This is a temporary situation, and we are looking at how we can bring that in when our final primary navigation is complete. It's extraordinarily complex to organize the IA of a website that spans 72 communities and not have it confusing for new and expert users alike. Of course, you can also follow your favourite communities, and these will appear in My Hubs on the /directory page:

The T&Cs of the Aurora upgrade?

There are no T&C's of the aurora upgrade, the old community was built on an aging platform that couldn't meet the accessibility requirements while enabling us to build the community we wanted to build for you all. The aurora update today is merely the first step of that journey and we will share some more details on our roadmap in due course.

Deletion of accounts
I am unsure why A1 seems to have deleted his account, but that is his choice. My assurance to you is we would never close someone's account due to negative feedback. This is a safe space where, as long as the discourse is civil and compliant with our terms of use, we won't take enforcement action against anyone. A1, if you are reading this - you have been part of our family members for a while and I hope you will reconsider and rejoin us as we take the next step in, what I think, will be an incredible journey as we build out community at Microsoft for the 21st Century. 

It takes time and people like you all willing to share their feedback to help us get there though!

Allen 

A1-A1 is now deleted?

Sadly I think T&C's of the product make the Aurora upgrade irreversible. If it was possible do I think the old version should be restored? Absolutely no question.

I am missing the community hub navigation. Finding a board I am interested in involves clicking down the pages of hubs multiple times and then clicking down the page of boards once. That really can't be helping MTC engagement rates. Yes, I can try Following boards instead but I'm having to make precautionary changes to my notification settings.

Following still does not give me the same navigation functionality. The Products drop-down is close to what I need, though it is clearly not based on a list of hubs derived from a sum of board contributions I have posted. There is something else at work. 

I'm not keen on hiding the date at the end of the posting block either.

But to answer the original question, sadly I suspect that too many changes have been made to the underlying store, so a quick reversion to the previous format would not be possible. 

funny I can't even edit my post!

And when I wrote Aurora in the subject line, I couldn't even share the post!