WYFF News 4 - Greenville Negative Reviews

WYFF News 4 - Greenville App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

WYFF News 4 - Greenville app received 29 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using WYFF News 4 - Greenville? Can you share your negative thoughts about wyff news 4 - greenville?

WYFF News 4 - Greenville for Negative User Reviews

✓ Ads before tornado warning broadcast!I get the need to ads in an app. However; tonight I was so disappointed by the disregard of safety. The tornado warning was issued for Greenville county. I got the notification which stated there was a live broadcast, so I go to it to try to get more information. An ad starts before the broadcast.. ok.. fine. So I scroll down to read about the alert while the ad is still playing, it comes to an end so I scroll up, and a new one comes up, this happened 3 times before I got fed up and just decided to try to watch/read elsewhere. This would have been fine, if it weren’t about a tornado warning!.Ag412Version: 5.13.270

✓ Covid 19There needs to be more daily news on the virus. We are in a crisis in Greenville and more attention to the importance of masking and how it’s affecting our community. Too many people think it’s no big thing. The kids won’t get to school, we won’t see local sports, we won’t be going to festivals and plays. Our community is suffering..XcandygirlVersion: 5.13.934

✓ Glitchy and irrelevantThe news stories that come through as notifications are nearly 100% about obscure stories involving death. When a relevant news story comes through, clicking the notification banner rarely actually gets you to the actual story. I have the app, but the best part about it is that you don’t have to let the app load fully to erase the notification that attaches itself to the icon..Rob128128Version: 5.13.513

✓ Where in the upstate?I've never seen the use of such vague breaking news headlines by way of the abuse of the word "upstate" the way WYFF does on their app. 90% of the breaking news headlines are titled in the upstate which is a very large area. Both your local competitors at least put the city of the location of the breaking news in their headlines. I understand you want us to go to your webpage so you can get your needed revenues but this is just way over-the-top. And many of the times... the news story is not even local.. sometimes it is hundreds of miles away in the middle of NC or down past Columbia... and unless it has national emphasis it should not be a news alert.JoeSquid the manVersion: 5.15.244

✓ Murder, abuse and wrecks on I-85I have been asked by my colleagues to quit reading the WYFF News while on trips. We have advised our clients that if they plan to visit South Carolina do NOT read the news on your app. From what is listed daily it appears our area is a death trap. It is hard to believe we live in such a colorful, dynamic and charming region of the state when reading the news. Very little positive news is included..Clemgrad75Version: 5.13.223

✓ Decent news appI love WYFF, but the digital content usually leaves much to be desired. The writing needs work. Some articles are very poorly written and edited. Updates are difficult to find and when articles are updated, the previous information is usually left in, which makes it pretty confusing. I like having the app for updates and alerts since I rarely watch the news on television, but if anchors spoke the way stories are written digitally, I’d be finding a new source..GreenpondgirlVersion: 5.12.45

✓ Disappointed….I’ve been using this App for the last ten plus years. I’ve seen it at its best and now it’s no where like it use to be. Many times I’ve clicked on a particular story and the news desk starts talking about general news. The story is never mentioned. Actually this is the FIRST time ever seeing a pop up asking my thoughts of the rating on this app. Let me say this…. This is the FIRST time ever giving any app a one star rating. This is the first time ever finding a way to give feedback on WYFF 4 site. I really hope I’m not writing this information to just a computer instead I hope it gets to a real person that cares about their job and turns this app and news stories into a real app that’s intended to report the news. I’m hoping that I’m contacted about this. Eddie.NightcrusierVersion: 5.15.487

✓ Sick of constant bad newsIf you like get alerts all day long about death and misery, this is the app for you. I originally downloaded for weather alerts but thought it would be nice to keep up with the news, too. Little did I know that I would be getting a near constant stream of car crashes, murders, suicides, pain, misery and violence. This app will give you a very negative outlook on life. Had to delete to maintain my personal well-being and sanity..StupidestpodcasteverVersion: 5.12.65

✓ Why?Why? Are there so many sensational headlines that promise one thing but don’t deliver? Instead they play the commercials (yea yea I know commercials grease the wheels of commerce!) Followed by a news cast of previously aired stories, but nothing on the sensational headlines! Maddening!). Sometime later, after another ubiquitous lawyer commercial of course, they do get around to tying the sensational headline to the meat of the story! I gave a 3-star rating that I would gladly bump up to 4 if they wouldn’t use the “bait and switch” scam to sell more commercial time..Sucky 123Version: 5.13.996

✓ Poor App FormatMany news apps offer a way to make the print larger or at least allow it to go landscape for easier reading. Why has WYFF not done this? The other problem I have with the app is that the radar covers too long a time. When you’re trying to see the direction of storm is taking, we do not have to review the last several hours to figure out what’s about to go on in our area. Lastly as a comment about reporting. I do not think the reporting covers subjects adequately. A lot of information is confusing or completely left out. I can understand that some information about a crime must be kept out for the sake of the investigation, but there are many pertinent points that are completely on addressed, and many of them could be addressed in your articles. I believe you have gotten a little bit better at typographical error‘s and grammar mistakes. Please continue correcting that. You are a news organization and are held to a higher standard..KrinkemamaVersion: 5.13.614

✓ Strive to be the BEST!I enjoy using the News 4 app. The only suggestions I have is 1) Spelling and Grammar and 2) Font color of Weather section. 1) I’m not perfect at spelling and grammar however, I feel as journalists and as the number one news station in our area, you’re held at a higher standard. I use your app daily and as I read the stories I always come across misspelled words along with questionable grammar and punctuation usage. 2) The font color on the Weather page being in white on a light background strains the eyes..DoodlesmjVersion: 5.12.89

✓ Work on your grammar and sentence structureIt is good to get the news, but very distracting at times of poor grammar, confusing sentence structure, etc. We all can make mistakes, but unfortunately this seems to be more the norm on your site than an occasional “ooops!” Headlines often really don’t say what they mean. Sentences within the articles can be poorly structured, often requiring several readings to interpret what you were trying to say. Just proofread! Thanks!.DaPondererVersion: 5.13.996

✓ Too many ads especially in emergenciesDuring an emergency situation to have to sit through an advertisement BEFORE getting the information that a tornado could be about to hit my house is quite frustrating! Also I have noticed numerous grammar and spelling issues in your articles, I know everyone abbreviates everything these days but in a serious news article it would be nice to see proper grammar and spelling. Other than that, I like their news, they keep us informed right away of the latest happenings. The on air personalities are great, I think they all do a fabulous job..Minimom69Version: 5.13.868

✓ Too many alertsI use the app often and had hoped that the local news alert option would be nice. By nice I mean that it only alerts on big urgent breaking news kind of things that a person needs to know NOW. Unfortunately it alerts you on every major wreck in a six county area, it alerts you every time a coroner announces the name of someone who died and even on soft news like today about someone's recovery from an accident. Its not that I don’t care about these stories but I don't think they are alert worthy, they are stories I would read later...when I am reading news. Therefore I will delete and try another local app for urgent local news alerts. Thanks.Rmwjrsc71Version: 5.15.55

✓ Room for improvementI like this app for quick access to local and national news on my phone. I agree with others that there are too many ads and editing should be spot on. It seems the font also changed recently and I don’t care for the style or the fact that it appears all bold..TammyH SCVersion: 5.15.15

✓ All good except....I like being able to get local news in rather short order, but the automatically loud playing videos are so offputting to me. Often times I am with a baby that has just been put to sleep and wouldn’t you know it, I forget that if I tap on the notification to see a story, there is a loud video blaring at me that wakes a baby up. That’s so intrusive and distasteful. Other than that, I guess you’re good..SeriousTheologianVersion: 5.15.55

✓ AdsI am having an issue with ads that pop up in the middle of a story or weather forecast and override what I was reading. Sometimes they happen repeatedly and will not stop. I have to leave the app to find what I need. When there were tornado warnings I tried to access the forecast and still had to wait through ads! Not ok!!.Isaac's poemVersion: 5.13.498

✓ Ads are awful, app full of OLD newsAds come on at full volume. It’s not so much that I hate watching them, it’s the noise. Articles stay on for MONTHS. News is supposed to be current. When you do click on an article to read, of course the ad BLARES first, then when you try to go back it ALWAYS goes back to the beginning of the app and you have to scroll back down. I finally just got too annoyed with this and decided to delete it. WSPA news app is so much better. You can swipe out of the ads and the news is more current. I stayed loyal to WYFF for too long..ClassicrunVersion: 5.15.928

✓ EnoughwithadsI have the app just to avoid annoying commercials. The ads on here are ridiculous!!! I have stopped trying to close and reopen the app to avoid the ads that come up before you can think to read the first story headliner. It’s too much!!! Way too many, too often and too annoying to even attempt to read any news from this news station!!!.Fix_annoyedVersion: 5.13.608

✓ Too many adsI can click on an icon to hear a story, then I get some completely unrelated story after listening to an advertisement for 15 seconds. Waste of my time. I clicked to hear about a traffic back up, but heard about the weather, then about covid, before I signed off and went to another local station to hear about the traffic..GinnyReaderVersion: 5.15.93

✓ Weather stays inaccurateIt’s hard to plan your day when counting on wyff 4. This morning there is a 100% chance of rain today so we cancelled the water park. Not even a few hours later it drops to 38%. This happens so often! They can’t keep the weather accurate enough to plan just for a day. Out of all the technology, you can’t tell if the weather is gonna change within 2-3 hours? I don’t know what has happened to this team, but it use to be so much better with weather..DarkWildBeautyVersion: 5.15.1184

✓ Needs to improveIt’s nice having access to local news and weather, but there are bugs that are making it unusable. Thinking about uninstalling. 1. Sometimes ad videos get caught in a cycle. The video plays on opening of story, finishes, closes, and opens again a couple of seconds later. It’s an endless cycle and I just can’t read the story. 2. Pictures should be able to open full screen and zoom. A surveillance camera pic of a bank robbery isn’t much use if I can’t zoom in to actually see the picture..JDub320Version: 5.13.127

✓ GrammarThe stories on the app have significantly changed recently. The grammar and the sentence structure is horrible. I know we are in a hard time but the app has really suffered. Here is just one example from today. But there are several like this on the app today. ”No communication was given as to where or when the furniture will be ready was communicated the customer, according to the warrants.” Are the stories submitted on cell phones?.GreenvilleSCVersion: 5.13.996

✓ App reviewWYFF 4 app has many problems. 1.) it is so annoying how after reading a story and I go back to the main page it goes all the way to the top and I have to scroll to get back to where I was. 2.) I’m so tired of the same news being on the site for months. 3.). Then a little while ago you decreased the news even more. 4.) Often I’m reading and the whole app just closes. Please get more news and new news. There are billions of things going on both locally and nationally and you only have 6 or 7 new stories a day..FrustratedwiththispricesdVersion: 5.13.650

✓ Horrible grammar and videoYou would think a TV station could figure out how to make videos full screen. If I was an advertiser I would cancel! My ad can’t be seen when the video player is not full screen. I am not a grammar person at all. In fact I have really bad grammar. However this app and the people who write for a living make me look like a grammar teacher! You might get new stories about 3 times a week. This market is large!!!! Only two stories happen a day. I believe you should fire your anchors since they have no new news to report! Hearst is the worst! If you don’t believe what I wrong hear, try the app. I speak only the truth! Download channel 7!!!.Greenville ResidentVersion: 5.13.722

✓ FrustratingOften I receive an alert about particular news item. When I click on it, I first have to watch an ad, which is just mildly annoying, but the actually site is reached it is a news broadcast that doesn’t mention what the alert was about. This morning I received an alert announcing an earthquake in SC. When I try to access, I get WYFF coronavirus news and weather. Had to go to Fox to learn about the earthquake!.AMaxx50Version: 5.13.801

✓ News reportsMany of the news reports stop in mid sentence and and leaves you hanging as to the outcome of whats being reported. Pictures can’t be stretched/enlarged so you can see them. Example, Police reports asking for help identifying an individual are so small, and your app doesn’t allow tap and stretch to enlarge, thereby making the identification useless..Sam-Bo-1Version: 5.15.1157

✓ Too many adsI downloaded the app to keep up with local news since I tired of FB. It was fine, a few more ads than I’d like but I started to notice more ads. I just tried to read an article and without clicking I had a video ad pop up about every 10 seconds, without touching an ad or even scrolling. The app is fine, the interface is fine, the ads killed it for me..Shootermcgavin1Version: 5.13.55

✓ A little clunkyThere are excessive advertisements on the site. EVERY time you choose a video you experience LONG ads. If you look at more than one video, you are likely to see the same LONG ad multiple times. VERY annoying. Also, the videos will not go full screen (at least not for me). I love the site content and local news reporting, but based on my concerns stated above, using the app is not a positive overall experience..Brentbman1Version: 5.13.626

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