Hey all! We launched this last Monday, and we’ve had 74 users sign up so far!
A few people asked where to find the L4F blog so this will be linked to the main site. (I love how easy it is to manage group blogs with Tumblr)
TOP STARS
So far this week we’ve seen someone hit their first 100 stars! We didn’t expect for something like this so soon, and actually planned on having special awards for this type of achievement.
The top stars page was thrown together on the morning of the launch (I remember checking it in @ about 5am) so it hasn’t had the attention it deserves. I’d like to add some more actions to that page so I can request to add them, and also directly message them from the top stars page to send my congrats.
AWARDS
The awards idea is going to resemble something similar to IconBuffet. They do a really good job with this, and seem to have the system down! Now we just have to come up with cool awards to give…
Keep checking back for some progress on this because we think awards will really give users some motivation for participating.
STAR FEED
One thing we noticed right away was there was no way to actively check what content was being starred. The user would have keep an eye on their starred photos to see if anyone else had the same interest.
We’ll first be integrating a Stars tab to the user’s profile to grab all of the photos or audio that user starred, and also give you a better breakdown of their score and why (if they’re a top star) they have so many stars.
Rough mockup by Jon Victorino
FEEDBACK
It’s still really early in the game and we have some fixes like IE6 browser bugs and a little bit of a navigational issue, but overall here is some feedback we’re hearing:
“Coverflow on profiles rocks! I can see the best photos with just a few clicks”
“So far so good! The UI is great and is very easy on the eyes”
“It’s pretty cool so far. I like the simplicity of everything, and the ranking system is cool.”
“a nice spot to find the best of the best. Think about how cool it would be if I could view the top 25 rated/viewed videos shared on Pownce”
THANK YOU
We want to give a huge thanks to everyone who came to check out what this idea was all about. There are so many places on the web to spend your time, so the fact that a few of you took the time to create an account and click around means a lot to us. We really appreciate it!
Please say hello, and send feedback our way :)
More to come… stay tuned.