Last night we released v2.0 of SocialAdr.com. This included many changes, updates, and fixes. Here’s the full list:
- Added Setup Wizard – the Setup Wizard is an easy, step-by-step process for getting your SocialAdr.com account full configured and ready to go. It walks users through setting up the social bookmarking accounts, creating their first bookmark, and sharing their first bookmark. It also keeps track of your progress so you can use it any time to check if you have anything you need to do.
- Added the ‘Prefer not to share’ button on the Share page – we know that sometimes there are links you’d rather not share, but you don’t feel that they rise to the level of abuse. For those cases, we’ve added the ‘prefer not to share’ button, which will simply remove that link from your Share page so you won’t see it any more.
- Removed the bookmark ‘cell’ – This feature wasn’t adding much for our users (except sometimes confusion), so we simply removed it. You bookmarks can still be placed into a state where other members won’t see them, but it is now indicated by a green light on your bookmarks page.
- Added the ability to ‘pause’ a bookmark – a paused bookmark is still in your account, but it won’t be made available for other members to share until you start it again. This gives you much better control of exactly what’s being shared and when.
- Moved archived bookmarks – archived bookmarks are no longer listed on the My Bookmarks page. They have been moved to their own page which can be accessed from a link at the bottom of the My Bookmarks page.
- Added the ability to Add as many Bookmarks into the system as you want. Any over the “active” limit will just be automatically disabled.
- Added OneView social bookmarking site
- Added A1-Webmarks social bookmarking site
- Added LinkaGoGo social bookmarking site
- Disabled Bloglines site – This site was focused on RSS feeds, so we disabled it (for now). Look for this to brought back in a different form in the future.
- Re-designed the accounts – we have removed the old Good and Awesome accounts (for new users) and replaced them with three new account types:
- Link Builder
- Link Addict
- Linkaholic
All of the new account types have an increased maximum number of bookmarks in the system, and an increased maximum number of shares. The rate of return on share credits is now different per account type (Addict gets more credits per share than Builder).
- Free Accounts updated – free accounts have also been changed. Like the other account types, they now allow more bookmarks to be stored and more shares per bookmark. They have had their rate of return for share credits reduced.
- All account types have had their maximum shares per day set at 5. This is primarily an effort to be more responsible with the social bookmarking sites, but will also increase the likelihood of logging in and finding you have enough items to share on any given day.
Neil 2:03 pm on December 9, 2009 Permalink
Ben, it all looks mighty impressive and some excellent new features. But can I ask a question that might be just me being a little thick !
The share queue is supposed to be new bookmarks that are available for me to share right ? But without checking my history I’m sure I have shared the majority in there already. I don’t want to keep bookmarking the same stuff as my accounts would be flagged? I feel I might be missing something very basic here ?? Shouldn’t the share queue be limited to new web pages that I have never shared before ?
Kane 2:14 pm on December 9, 2009 Permalink
@ Neil -
Heh, you’re not the first person to say that! I think people may get the impression that they’ve already shared certain pages because many members bookmark similar-type pages multiple times. For some of these niche sites, they may have 5 pages bookmarked all on the same topic. So after a while they all start looking the same
But to answer your question, yes the Share Queue should only be displaying bookmarks that you have not yet shared.
Neil 2:52 pm on December 9, 2009 Permalink
Ah ok that makes sense now, thanks for explaining.
So is there a simple way of making this clearer, I’m guessing many new members will think exactly the same thing.
Kane 4:49 pm on December 9, 2009 Permalink
We’ll give it some thought, thanks for the suggestion Neil.
Colin 7:37 am on December 11, 2009 Permalink
Hi Kane & Ben, really nice set of enhancements – great work guys. I would also love to see the ability to spin your site title and description so they do not all apear the same in the bookmark engins. Any chance of seeing that sometime soon?
Ben 3:34 pm on December 11, 2009 Permalink
Thanks for the props Colin, and the suggestion. We’ve actually talked over the idea of adding spinning, and I think it’s definitely something we want to get added. I can’t give you an exact time frame for when that will happen; we still have a couple of questions to answer around how it would work (do we want all our users to need to learn ‘spyntax’, for instance) plus we need to get it slotted in priority-wise with the rest of the stuff we’re working on.
Keep the ideas coming!
sitesmy 3:09 pm on December 12, 2009 Permalink
Can you explain please about account differences (Link Builder, Link Addict, Linkaholic)?
Thanks
Ben 1:30 pm on December 13, 2009 Permalink
Sure. The setup is similar to the way the Good and Awesome accounts worked before, in that the full functionality of the site is available at every level. The major differences between the account types are in the ratio of shares given to shares received (higher account types get more shares in return), as well as in the maximum links per month. There are also some minor difference still like max number of times your link can be shared, etc.
We’ll be putting a page up soon with full details on each account type.