A quick update…
October 8, 2007
First off, thanks so much!!! We’re shocked from the overwhelming positive support and general love for the site we’ve received so far. Muchas Gracias!
We thought we’d give a quick progress update…
We know many of you are really missing (and begging for) a search functionality. We thought it was important to have something to actually search for before we added it, but we think it’s about that time. We’ll be adding this along with a couple of other cool things over the next coming weeks.
Also, I thought I’d write a little piece that describes what Blabbr is, you know… just to help a little:
Blabbr.com is a place where you can rant and rave about anything. Think of it as Twitter meets public opinion. Have a band that you really like? Or maybe someone that you really hate? Score it with Blabbr. We like to think of it as procrastination with a point.
Blabbr is first in a series of apps that we will introduce, both through our site and on Facebook. It allows users to create a free account where they can add a topic, associate a rating with that topic, and leave a comment. These posts are displayed on the home page where other members can agree or disagree with the original poster, or add their own opinion. This can also be done through mobile/txt messaging. Additionally, power users will find the ability to track topics (brands, bands, people, etc) that they like. We track all of these points and constantly update what we feel the ‘general mood’ of the world is. This ultimately becomes an easy to use public-opinion forum, or micro-blog, where people can speak their mind.
Our site is in public-beta, and our first Facebook app is nearing completion and should be launched by October 31, 2007.
Thanks again, make sure you tell a friend (Blabbr is more fun w/ friends!)
Enjoy!
Blabbr Team
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I know you’re still working on the public beta, but you should look at the “Highest Scores” section. One rant page that I looked at, FireFox, which used to be listed has many more points than all of the current list, and it does not appear any longer.
Also, it looks like the list includes users. Shouldn’t that list just be subjects that are ranted about?
Finally, it’d be nice to be able to link related rants together. Sorry to publish these concerns here, but I wasn’t sure how else to contact you, and it didn’t seem right to give you guys -1 to try to explain all this in a comment
Thanks TrustNo1…
Right now, the highest scores are pulling from the highest weekly scores, which is why you don’t see firefox at the top. And we agree about having people in it too… We will probably add a little toggle to let the users choose between topics and people for the charts.
As far as linking related rants together… Could you explain more? Do you mean a category search (which is in the works)? Or do you mean more like if topics have related rants, they become part of the same thread?
And no need to be sorry! We need all the feedback we can get from our users, it helps be better. There is a ‘contact’ link at the top of the blog page, but feel free to post in the comments as well.
Enjoy!
Blabbr Team