The day has finally come!
We have officially decided to retire good points. DO NOT FALL OFF YOUR CHAIR. The bottom line is that we listened to you. We know you think they are kind of confusing and not widely used. So, we will be replacing them with HELPFUL RATINGS. You will now have the ability to give a review a helpful or "not helpful" vote. Now you can tell us if you think a review is really great, or really poor. Your feedback will partially control where/how the review displays. Oh, and did I mention that everyone can vote -- even unregistered members?!
Also note, you will not be losing all of the good points you have earned to date. Instead, we will transition them into "helpful votes". We are working hard to make this change today and set the changes live tonight. So, be on the lookout. Worst case scenario, it will be up by weeks end.
Also in the works (to give you a sneak peak)
1. We are putting the finishing touches on STATS. We have the basic funcionality built. Now, we just need to port in a lot of historical data. That's the hard part since we didnt always track "reads" at the review level. We hope to have that ready in a couple of weeks-- at the latest. We will keep you posted.
2. Message Boards. Next week we are hoping to have our own message boards. That means, NO MORE NEEDING TO VISIT YAHOO. You can just come to viewpoints to chat. The other major plus is we will have an announcements section where you can see all the latest and greatest product updates. We are super excited about that!
Those are just a few of the highlights! As always, we really value your feedback and very much look forward to hearing what functionality you like, dont like and cant wait to get!
Brendan, aka brenviewer, is a writer, poet, father and doting husband. Check out his beautiful family photos and read his blogs and you'll see why he's grinning in front of that tree above ;)
