They own Ravelry as a private business and I was allowed to play in their playground for 11-1/2 years. Ravelry is a community site, an organizational tool, and a yarn & pattern database for knitters and crocheters. Total tax revenues were slightly higher in 2018 than in 2017. Amy August 22, 2019 6:36 AM I'd like to report that two Trump-hating liberal professors let their views be known as we rode to the venue. Back when you had to be invited to join. Michael Busler, by They were spying on my campaign.” Oh, yes, treason. And Pierre Delecto is born. Ravelry is a free social networking service and website that beta-launched in May 2007. I can't stand the left making everything political. Christina Laila, by But Ravelry has just put itself at the very top of my [expletive] list. Nathan Layne, by But another problem I have with the Ravelry statement is the implication that anyone who has a positive thing to say about the POTUS is supporting white supremacy. The issue with the iPhone’s operating system was clear: the newly introduced animations and the way they were implemented made people with vestibular disorders sick. It is heartbreaking, but I am going to move on from Ravelry. I just ground my teeth a bit and inched away from them as soon as possible. Tim Pearce, by It’s good to see that the community is actively looking for ways to help who cannot access the website. We have the person who was harassed by let’s say extreme Conservatives (making a distinction, NOT all conservatives are like this) in Ravelry and her situation was the catalyst for the ban. Pelosi, Schiff, Mitch McConnell?” The President’s response shows how little trust he has for the Democrat party. I have been an active member since November 2007. Pundits have declared his reelection in “deep trouble,” and they have highlighted polls showing him “hemorrhaging older voters.” Even Republicans in swing states have raised alarms about how vulnerable Trump is to defeat. Chicago saw its deadliest Memorial Day weekend in years, even as people hunker down under Illinois's stay-at-home order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Comments poured in a thread that had more than 7,000 replies. There are other platforms out there besides Ravelry. Some were enthusiastic, others critical. ... And the irony is absolutely lost every time they bitch about a twitter or youtube ban. 7/6/2019 2:38:08 PM. Tools are available to check whether a website is compliant, but again, testing with people gives better and more realistic results. Today the site, which currently counts eight million members, ... Ravelry has not banned people who … They have a special forum called the Attic which is a haven for anti Trumpers from all over the world. To prepare for 2020, it’s resurrecting the playbook, as are other social media sites. Suddenly, Ravelry wasn’t anymore the inclusive and friendly website everybody knew; it turned out to be a web company like any other. But what happened in 2013 when Apple released iOS 7 proves that those reactions are genuine. Yes, it has come to this: Ravelry is enforcing a rule on its members that you are not allowed to tell them exists. The SJW's have lost their minds and are not toletamt, in spite of their boasts to the contrary. Karen Hagestad Cacy, by If they could lynch President Trump in the Jefferson Monument Rotunda, they would gladly remove the founding father and string #45 up. Heading into its 28th season on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” master of ceremonies Tom Bergeron tweeted to fans that it was his “hope that DWTS, in its return following an unprecedented year-long hiatus, would be a joyful respite from our exhausting political climate and free of inevitable divisive bookings from ANY party affiliations.” Bergeron then moved from his show’s joy-sapping guest, Sean Spicer, and aimed his ire at the show’s producers, Ravelry has always been a very lefty place, where all the cool kids posted their p-ssy hat patterns. To alienate one group over another is abominable. What would you expect from a bunch of kvetchers who sit around all day and complain. AD. Usability ensures that a product is effective, efficient and satisfying while it stays accessible. , The President made the decisive decision on Saturday morning. I extracted my data and deleted my account immediately. Without the obstruction of Adam Schiff or Nancy Pelosi. The platform is massive: 800 pages that needed updating one by one. The Ravelry team was slow to respond and, when they did, the community felt like the apology was inadequate. It’s inherently unfair and untrue. “Brothers and sisters! Stephen Z. Nemo, by Design, Digested is a newsletter about design, tech, their implication in our lives and the occasional photography work. But this time, it’s WalkAway from Ravelry. A "no hate" platform has become quite a divided space and ridiculous. For voters, it’s a blessing and a curse to live in a state like Virginia. The Demonrat Party is dying and they don't even know it. I used to regularly drop in on a retirement home where the ladies had cleverly named their knitting group "The Knit Wits". Liberals are also Rule-Breakers. Accessibility and usability are among the core areas of user experience, as is credibility. A website is credible when it engenders trust in its users by being accessible and secure. So, on Sunday, I downloaded the patterns that I had paid for, and hit delete. CDN - Communities Digital News, When words are not easy to find, she publishes her pictures. WalkAway from Ravelry: Intolerant knitting site Ravelry losing members. The best practice is to conduct user testing sessions, where users are given tasks to complete. But in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic rips through the world, the uncertainty is so great that it’s sillier than ever to read so much into polls this far out from the election. I used to scroll thru Instagram and hit Like on almost everything. The weak open was likely due to fallout caused by the Thursday after-hours trading slaughter of Amazon (trading symbol: AMZN) shares. There was a Note From Ravelry posted yesterday, here’s the cut & paste: A group of users have been organizing together on another website and visiting Ravelry directly from it, disrupting normal site activities. Another facet is watching reactions: a session of half an hour per person would have uncovered many of the current complaints. “Once Ravelry began, the number of members grew very rapidly. (Snip) The CDC initially changed the information, Coronavirus is so 'perfectly adapted' to infect humans that the possibility it was made in a Chinese lab can't be ignored, Australian vaccine researchers conclude. While researching this blog post, I found an article stating that this cannot be anything different than mass hysteria. Read it here: https://stitchedinthemiddle.com/ravelry-disability-and-accessibility-part-1/. Archived Comments are locked. Liberals tried the Russia hoax. On the other hand averages moved deep into the green zone a bit later. Nic White, by Because of the nature of the community, even the ones who didn’t experience any problems felt disillusioned. Boycott. And no US flag or message celebrating Independence Day. Monica Showalter, by Al Goodwyn, by Anyone member who's losing business or facing trade restrictions has a case against Ravelry. I am dismantling my account, have left all of the groups, and use only my pages when I am there. I loved it. Biden today,' the Tweet read, alongside a close-up shot of Biden sporting a dark face mask and sunglasses at a Memorial Day event. to her followers who harassed her. However, we must not let his work die with him. The Tomahawk missile is one of the most plentiful missiles in the US military arsenal. We must arrest the opposing criminals. Happily deleted my account. A scan of the headlines will tell you everything you need to know about the media. Street pastor Donovan Price said the shootings are a result of some Chicago residents refusing to adapt to the new social distancing and quarantine guidelines. President Trump’s top national security priority was crossing al-Baghdadi off the wanted terrorist list. If you did, then consider buying me a coffee. It wasn't a pretty picture. Spencer Neale, by So while Ravelry says it doesn’t endorse Democrats or ban Republicans, past actions have proven otherwise. More Ravelry members are voicing their objections to Ravelry banning President Trump supporters by posting videos on YouTube. [1/6] pic.twitter.com/nCVTcr2fi8. I will miss the knit a longs I was participated in. The vaccine expert warned the investigation into where COVID-19 started, as proposed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, was as a result urgently needed and should have begun months ago. They need us more than we need those fascists. & I want no part of the foolishness. The IRS will shut down businesses of those who disagree with us. And it did not work. I understand that for someone it’ll be difficult, but I saw a few designers offer now alternative spaces where to buy their patterns. Redesigns can be controversial: the more people are used to an interface, the more difficult it is to accept changes. As people started browsing the site, a percentage of them started to report episodes of eyestrain, migraines, dizziness, nausea, blurred vision and even seizures. That means that the party most effective in turning out its base is virtually guaranteed a win. It was hard to understand the differences without seeing them side by side. The community space is being edited to produce the impression that pretty much everyone is ecstatic about this new policy, and everything’s carrying on, business as usual. Ravelry has become a place for hate where personal attacks on people is common place. (Snip) Furthermore, viruses tend to get better at infecting new species as they adapt over time, but COVID-19 started 'completely optimised. Kyle Mizokami, by I quit. Posted by 1 year ago. Post author By Silvia Maggi Post date 20 July 2020 My hope is that enough of us will move on, and utilize other platforms to access the designers we love. Ravelry published a 35-pages survey. 156. That’s probably because Ravelry was always perceived as a community. Jeanne McKinney, by Except for President Donald Trump that is. I’m so disappointed in them. In a now-deleted Facebook post, Tad Dowker, owner of NorthShore Dock LLC, said a man called the company a few days before Memorial Day weekend asking if he could put his boat in the water. I'm in the process of printing the many patterns I have stored there, and then I'm gone. “C’est moi” exclaimed Romney, because that’s another French term Pierre would use. In the absence of early user testing, it might have been a good idea to roll out the redesign in batches, letting people use the new pages and leave feedback. Why This Has Harm Users and Damaged Trust. Said Moi, Ravelry (if you look at it from a … There was a mass exodus from the site and other businesses have stepped up to take their place. The CDC is now saying coronavirus can “possibly” be spread on surfaces and objects, though the virus is mainly transmitted between people. HI Susan-the whole thing stinks. First, let’s recognize the cause for the increase in the current deficit. White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany shot down criticism from Fox News host Chris Wallace for claiming that she was out of line in her responses to reporters during a Friday press conference.During his “Fox News Sunday” program, Wallace devoted a segment to blast McEnany’s performance, saying her remarks about reporters seemingly not being interested in the reopening of churches around the country shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic were inappropriate.“I spent six years in the White House Briefing Room covering Ronald Reagan. So says author Doug Wead after interviewing the president for his upcoming book “Inside Trump’s White House: The Real Story of His Presidency.” Of the domestic spy operations conducted on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign by the FBI’s counterintelligence division and the CIA – undoubtedly initiated on the orders of President Obama – Trump told Wead: “What they did… It was treasonous. His appearance was more like 'the thing that came from the crypt.' Since 2016, Americans have discovered that Leftists, especially through their SJW and Antifa branches, are are poor losers. Since he needs a nom de plume for tweeting why not something French? For the co-founder of the site to attack a user who is advocating for those who have lost access to Ravelry is appalling and has seriously damaged the little trust that many members had left. It’s a tremendous amount of work. It was started by Cassidy and Jess Forbes in 2007. The interesting thing out of all this is that we caught them spying on the election. What The Bunker’s members discovered in 2009 was that they were also poor winners. I’m not totally familiar with the story, other than the leadership lost their minds. Recently released data shows that the annual Federal government budget deficit for the fiscal year (FY) 2019 increased to nearly $1 trillion. Asking members of Ravelry to turn in other members for possible wrong-think is McCarthyism. And tax revenues were higher in fiscal 2019 than in 2018. Site wasn’t that great and difficult to get around. Romney realizes the chutzpah he can command with an alter-ego. I hadn’t considered Ravelry as an industry monopoly before this occurred, but I’m now left me hoping to support some form of competition! From what we understand, Ravelry recently made changes to their user interface which, according to some users, may be affecting people w/photosensitivity. The new branding is colourful: there are at least three bright accent colours and two others that are more neutral. That’s part of the reason why determined, hard left Democrats have relentlessly turned this state blue over the past several election cycles. Trump" or pin cushions with Trumps head. THAT IS A COUNTRY. She anonymously complained about a Trump hat and the designer passed her info, Instagram, home address, etc. Get a life. Frances Ponick, Posted By: BigAlPeoplesPal, Are they aware of the impending danger as the light of day reveals what they’ve been up to? U.S. led special operations forces and military working dogs rained justice down on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, founder and leader of ISIS. This wily tactician hid in the shadows, while he and his followers forced religious confessions from his victims through murder and vile torture. Even more important now is for communities, online and not, to be more inclusive than ever. It’s a real shame they let their vitriol cause such a division. The layout elements have dark solid borders, while the background is white. I'm gradually deleting everything from Ravelry and leaving. After the tax cut, revenues did not decline. If only that spine-inducing social media personage were in play during the 2012 election. In his blunt style he responds – no, not all. Crochet has been my happy place, this was and is a disturbing, cowardly, bullying and sad stance, that has Ravelry has taken. There is no other way to put it: accessibility and usability need to be an integral part of the design since the beginning of a project. It was a lot of work. The Whitehouse announced Sunday the death of the world’s most wanted man. The Department of Justice must become the Department of Vengeance. I’m glad you liked it, and I’m sorry your experience with the new Ravelry is not good. I’m not an assiduous knitter, and I wasn’t using the platform that much, so deleting my account was a natural step. & Ravelry’s Wikipedia page states that, as of March 2020, they had almost 9 million registered users, and approximately 1 million monthly active users. Finally, the newly redesigned icons have many details that get lost in the small rendering on the page: a 16px square that seems to be a code legacy. Ravelry has lost its mind. A UX Designer with a passion for photography, she writes about design and tech. It explained everything so well. This, in my opinion, is not a freedom of speech issue. Involving users as soon as possible in the process is paramount; we need to gather feedback and iterate to avoid wasting time and money. Joe Biden made his big comeback Monday, emerging after two months of COVID-19 isolation from his Delaware mansion basement. I was a R member since 2007, so needless to say, I had a ton of content saved there. America, known for the First Amendment and Free Speech Rights, has a bunch of leftist lunatics having issues with this first, and a most basic right. As a knitting and fiber website, it has a shocking 9 million members. They have THOUSANDS of patterns and you can store them on their server if you cannot on your computer. Stitched In The Middle wrote a very informative post explaining how accessibility helps everyone. Donald Trump has retweeted a post mocking Joe Biden for wearing a face mask at Memorial Day commemorations while the president refused to don one at a ceremony in Virginia. Accessibility makes sure people with disabilities can access the web. Follow the thread on Twitter: Members of our epilepsy community have expressed concerns about content on knitting & crocheting community Ravelry. I know several ladies who are on Ravelry. I hope all their sweaters shrink! The result is a fuel that can be sourced directly from America’s most plentiful crop, bypassing foreign sources. 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