Miiverse redesign brings categories, revised posting limits and more

Nintendo pressed the "go live" button yesterday for the promised changes to Miiverse's structure, bringing a new look and appealing features. Key aspects to the redesign include categories within communities to distinguish posts by their content.

By accessing Play Journal Entries, you can track a person's journey through an experience as they make in-game posts. If you want to wade through pages upon pages of drawings, that's what the Drawings category is for. Finally, if you want to initiate conversations, call for online rivals or request help on clearing a particular level, the Discussions category will be your go-to destination. Such filters will make Miiverse into a more organized space and less of a dumping ground.

All users also have their own Screenshot Albums, which has 100 slots that can be kept private from the rest of the community. As well, the prior posting limitation that required three minutes to pass before making another submission has been changed. Now there's a cap of 30 posts each day per user (not including entries into your Play Journal). This method of mitigating spam might seem like a step backward, but since in-game posts don't count towards this daily total, it isn't a complete cramping of expression.

In case you're wondering what happened to all your pre-update posts, they can still be accessed by selecting Posts from your User Page. You can also still access posts made by other users by accessing the Pre-Redesign Posts category at the bottom of each Community.

What are your thoughts on the new interface?