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Can you change the pages numbers system?
posted by HarrySkywalkerSTAFFMOD on August 18, 2017 at 8:48 AM
The current one is a bit confusing.
It should be like this one from IMDB2:
http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/69/last-jedi
We can easily see which page we are in and mostly important you can change between pages way easier as well.
On TMDB it's rather confusing. We can barely see the numbers of the pages we are in and changing between pages doesn't feel organic at all.
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 18, 2017 at 11:12 AM
The pagination system might get updated at some point but it's a fairly low priority. I don't plan on spending really any time on the discussions in the near future. I've created a ticket for this here.
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on August 18, 2017 at 9:13 PM
So it's on the 972 spot on the priority list?! Holy crap!
Now that's a really giant list!
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 19, 2017 at 2:04 AM
Haha, not all of those are open but yes, there's a few years worth of work sitting there for sure.
Every day I get little but more done...
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on August 20, 2017 at 12:48 AM
Honestly, how much big is your staff and mod team?
It seems you keep doing everything alone... That takes a lot of effort.
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 20, 2017 at 12:41 PM
I am the only person person who works on TMDb, there is no staff. It's a one man show.
We have around 50 moderators but they don't work on the project in terms of coding, design, marketing or support (well, officially, many still do help with support when they can.) They're primarily the content specialists.
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on August 20, 2017 at 2:28 PM
Why don't you try to hire even more people to help like IMDB had?
You doing all that alone is insane!
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 22, 2017 at 4:29 PM
Yes, it can be insane at times indeed.
I consider myself lucky that I've been able to do this full time for 7 years now and try not to worry about much more than that.
Staff is prohibitively expensive for a small company like TMDb with no real revenues. Comparing us to IMDb isn't really a fair comparison. I can't say how many people work at IMDb but some semi-educated guessing has been done online (you can Google it) and they guess between 100-200 people. That's entirely a different thing than what I am doing here by myself
Reply by HarrySkywalker
on August 22, 2017 at 8:29 PM
I know but TMDB just keeps growing and growing, and it might be the next IMDB.
And let's face it: sooner or later you have to try to add people into your staff to help you. You alone can not handle this, it's impossible.
This said it's a very good signal to you and TMDB!