We just rolled out a new tab that offers a new way to see what’s happening on the site. To see it, go to Questions > Recent Activity. It’s an expanded list of the 3 items that have been available from the homepage – questions that have a new answer or comment appear here. We [...]
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Just (un)launched: Scores!
Thanks to everyone who’s filled out the survey so far – you’ve given us some great feedback! One of the early themes is that a number of you are less than thrilled with the user scores we rolled out a couple of months ago. You didn’t mince words… here’s a sampling: I don’t like the [...]
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Just launched: Sort by Score
Tonight’s minor launch update – you can now sort all us Guildmembers by score. (That is, if you’re logged in.) Score is now the default ordering for the People > Everyone page, but you can also choose to view Guildmembers sorted by our display names. The rationale: We’re trying to give everyone a chance to [...]
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Just launched: New ads, Amazon-style.
We’re continuing to experiment with ads. So far, we’re finding that Google AdSense makes almost no sense (nor cents), and that Amazon, with the same itsy-bitsy number of clickthroughs gives an order of magnitude greater return. (Wait, wait, you say… what’s an order of magnitude greater than 0? But never mind that.) So, today, you’ll [...]
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Just launched: Follow this thread
We’d heard from a number of you that you’d like to be alerted about new activity on particularly juicy or relevant threads, even if you haven’t asked or answered on that particular thread. Included in this recent launch is a way to do this… You’ll see “Follow this thread” just under the body of the [...]
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Just launched: Scores all around!
We know what you were thinking… sure, the site is great and there’s some useful answers and all, but what it really needs is more numbers(!), more metrics and a little bit of friendly competition. Well, maybe you weren’t thinking that exactly. But we think we hope it’s a really good idea and we’d like [...]
Experimenting with Ads
Today is quite the milestone. We decided to greet March with our first experiment in advertising. We’re giving Google Adsense a test drive first, though we also opened an account with Amazon Associates. So far, we’ve learned: It takes a day or two to get approved for an Adsense account, but after that it’s about [...]
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Just launched: de-duped topics & randomized images
We rolled out two small updates last night. One is easy to see – each time you return to the homepage, a randomly-selected photo from Babymoon Photography should greet you. There are 10 photos in all (at least for the time being). Feedback welcome! The other is harder to see but arguably more important. Steve [...]
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New homepage photos!
Sunday saw the first of a new set of header photos gracing the homepage. They’re provided to us by super-brilliant child photographer, Lilia Schwartz, of Babymoon Photography. Here’s a screenshot: Check out Lilia’s Babymoon Photography site or blog to see more of her amazing work. Also, check out the homepage every so often to see [...]
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Everyone, say hello to everyone!
You remember how the People button on the navigation bar was not working for the longest time, and then, well, it was working but it had a sub-navigation button called “Everyone” that showed a grand ole “Coming Soon!” page? Well, today is a brand new day. We are unveiling YOU, our loyal guildmembers, so you [...]
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