Hey everyone! 👋

So I was browsing around this morning and stumbled across something that made me pause and think. Invision Community (you know, the forum software) just posted that they're slowing down their development releases.

Now normally, when a platform says "we're slowing down," that's usually code for "we're dying" or "we ran out of money." But this actually feels... different?

Here's what caught my attention:

They were doing weekly releases since their v5 launch - which sounds awesome in theory, right? New features every week! But they basically said "okay, we're stable now, let's actually think about what we're building instead of just shipping stuff."

And honestly? That's refreshing as hell.

I can't tell you how many times I've logged into a platform and everything's moved around AGAIN. Or a feature I relied on just... disappeared. Anyone else deal with that Instagram update that randomly hid half your tools for a week? 🙄

What they're doing instead:
- Taking time to build features that actually matter
- Two bigger releases coming (end of June and July)
- Still supporting their older version for people not ready to upgrade
- Actually telling people what's coming instead of surprise updates

Here's what I'm wondering though...

Are we finally hitting a point where platforms realize that constantly changing everything pisses off users more than it helps? Like, I LOVE new features, but I also love knowing where the hell the upload button is going to be next week.

Quick question for you all:
- Do you prefer the "move fast and break things" approach, or would you rather have fewer, more thoughtful updates?
- What's the most annoying platform change you've ever experienced? (I'll go first - when YouTube removed the thumbs down section for no reason other than blaming it hurt some people's feelings, when we all know it was from advertiser pressure 😤)

I'm genuinely curious because part of me misses the excitement of constant updates, but the other part of me is tired of relearning platforms every month.

Maybe this is just me getting old, but I'm kinda here for the "let's actually plan this out" approach. 🤷‍♂️

What do you think - is this a good trend or are platforms just getting lazy?

P.S. - Totally unrelated, but there were some people in the comments talking about migrating FROM XenForo TO Invision. That's... interesting timing given some of the discussions we've had here about platform alternatives.

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Anyway, curious to hear your thoughts! Anyone else notice platforms you use changing their update strategies lately?

I see the issue of lower rates of updates, but it may translate to more stability and fewer bugs. There are instances where updates are rushed at causing more problems to the users.

This is peculiar with companies that cared more about quality and stability. They won't roll out their updates extremely quickly. They do it slowly to ensure that their users gets value.

At first I read the topic and thought "Wait he's excited for slower software updates?!" but then I got to thinking that the weekly releases did push the company too much, it's great knowing that they care a lot about their product that they're showing "Hey look we're updating our software weekly!" but overall it's better to spread updates out. I wouldn't want the devs to get too burnt out, I know they work for a big company but it's great they'll start to focus on the bigger obstacles rather than releasing small updates here and there weekly.

Edited July 4Jul 4 by Ravenfreak