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Like many other people who play Sims Social, we all know the "Oops, we've hit a snag." At first, using the snag bar reminded me of that. The word "snag" has acquired a bad feeling with it because that's what comes up when the game gets stuck and has to get reloaded again. (frustrating) But... having used snag bar a few times, I now feel a positive feeling when I see the word snag. It's conditioning. "Snag Bar" seems to fit just right. "Gift Bar" doesn't sound right, although it's accurate. Sims Social is about interacting with each other. Sharing or giving as a gift to help the other players. But "Snag Bar" really does say it all and gives positive meaning to that word we all have grown to dislike so much, I vote for "Snag Bar." Nuf said.
no need in changing it i think we should stay original Snag Bar is the best name for it grab bar but still the Snag Bar has made a name for its self
I find the name snag bar a insteresting name due to the fact that I usually hit a snag at some point as I play since I have been using it.
Grab Bar? I dunno. :/ lol
I like Snag Bar. I mean, that's what it's doing... snagging... Sums it up well.
How about the Share Bar? Although it does arouse pictures of a cute, cuddly and deliriously cheery Bear, the name essentially captures the essence of what we all want to accomplish. Don't ya think? :)
I know this post is late, but I personally like the title "Snag Bar". It doesn't have to have a negative connotation. I look at it as snagging up the opportunity to help others. It can mean snagging the posts on the feed.
Each game is different and each game has different objectives and tasks. Finding a game with an all-encompassing term would be difficult, especially given the wide variety of people who use the game. I say keep Snag Bar. It is the name I have grown to use to refer to this tool. Even with a name change I would likely keep referring to it as a Snag Bar out of habit.
Thank you for everybody who commented, we really appreciate all your feedback! Thinking of a name as catchy as the Snag Bar is hard, and we like the Game Bar and Helper Bar but there are other tools out there that have a similar name (Zynga Game Bar, Farm Helper) so we are still not sure if this is the right direction to go. The phrase "it's not snagging anything!" has become a GU! trademark now, we need something just as catchy! :D Anyway, we will continue to think about how to make people comfortable using the Snag Bar and we would love to keep hearing your opinion!
There were so many other valuable feedbacks on this thread such as a better message to show when people share the Snag Bar on their Facebook page. (thanks Chris for the suggestion!) and we are planniing to do this on many places as possible on our site :) We loved hearing about the auto-like feature too and we are seriously considering of a way to auto-like only helpful posts and rare items.
Thanks again for all your feedback :)
I have only just started using GU, and I love it. I used to spend literally ALL day sitting at the computer combing the feeds for items. I have tried several different bonus grabbers, but all of them still require you to click through the posts. Since I started using GU I have more time to play FV & CW.
((AND more time to spend with my family!!))
I have been using it for about a week now, and this is the first time I have come out and said i use it, for fear of losing valuable neighbors. But I have so many neighbors that I don't even care anymore! So thank you for this wonderful app
Side Note: New Name for the snag bar....Game Bar is by far the best option to go with, because of all the valid points others have posted
Auto-Like feature is the best, although in the beginning it got me into trouble because I was "using" it too much and Fb actually banned me from using the 'like' feature! Now that was funny! But MY biggest pet peeve is when someone does not click the like button, especially when i am posting trees in FV!
An auto-like feature to use only on ''help a friend'' posts, and ''there's only one to share'' posts would be the best option!
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We just added The Sims Social to the Snag Bar! Woo Hoo! You can start helping your friends right now by going to the toolbar preferences and ticking "The Sims Social" if you already have the Snag Bar. If you don't have the Snag Bar, you can download it here. We are currently working on adding Adventure World right now and should be released soon too!
Anyway, anybody noticed we said "you can start helping your friends" rather than "you can start snagging"? We've been noticing a change in how posts are shared significantly since we first released the Snag Bar in February 2010. At that time, we only collected bonuses from Farmville. The name "Snag" definitely sounded right, because most of the posts friends shared on Farmville was (and still is) like this:
Sort of reminds you of a clearance sale where all the people are pushing and shoving to get their prizes, it's every man for himself/herself - snag it before the others!
Lately, more and more games use the post sharing to ask for friends' help rather than giving out prizes:
On Facebook, game posts are harder to see now, it gets buried somewhere and it's easy to miss your friends' help requests too. Having a Snag Bar actually means you are helping your friends faster. You want your friends to have the Snag Bar so they can help you faster too. It's literally a win-win situation like the image above says.
We know many people did not like the Snag Bar because they perhaps felt a little guilty or ashamed of using it when the motive was more for selfish reasons (I want to get the prize faster than anybody else). But with the new game system, this should no longer apply because did I already say that you are actually helping each other more with the Snag Bar? :D
So, we are starting to think maybe the word "Snag" doesn't really sound right anymore. We were thinking of maybe even renaming the "Snag Bar" to something else if it makes some people comfortable about using it. If you have any ideas, please feel free to leave comments below! :)
We also have a new advertisement for the Snag Bar emphasizing this concept and we would love to hear your feedback!
Would it make some people feel comfortable about the Snag Bar? Would it not make any difference? We'd love to hear from you!