Young Writers Society

Nate wrote: It's like Facebook in that you can post stuff such as links and status updates.

Well, it'd be good as long as it was mildly based on the old Feeds thing. I mean, I don't think it'd be fun to have a bunch of notifications ping onto your screen. It would be nicer to just have a page where your friends' follwers' posts appear.
I don't want it ending up cluttered like Facebook.

Anyway, it is a good idea. *Yayz*

I agree with you lava so don't worry!

I'm with it and against it.

With it because I would love to know when every writer I love on the site posts something new.

Against it because I don't really think it's necessary, and that it might add to confusion of new and old members.

But I will support it! Can't wait to see it.

Classy

I completely forgot we had a newsfeed on here. I guess that was part of the old YWS system? The things I forget! Jeez.

So this sounds like a fabulous idea, and as an old member (am I really?) I'd like to say that I would neither be confused or upset with its addition. It would make it a lot easier for me to see if people whom I love reading have posted anything new, or perhaps if certain people I particularly like helping out need help with something. It sounds like an all around wonderful idea and I cannot wait to see it in action.

I liked this until I started thinking about it. Would all of our friends currently added on our friend's list right now become our followers? Because what if I don't want some of my 'friends' to follow me? I mean, you said we have the choice to ignore them, but, anyway. I don't know if I'm for it right now.

-Jared

Thumbs-up for the newsfeed, but... well... there are people like me who have coffee for blood. Meaning I change my status every few hours. Won't that irritate the heck out of some people or does the old status get overwritten? Also I think you might have to add a whole new button (on the toolbar) for that otherwise the MY YWS page will look a bit... eh.

Fly On.

I definitely agree it is a much better idea to have followers than friends. With friends one of the two might feel like they have to review/read something of the others if they do so to them. In followers it would take away the "guilt" factor. If that made any sense?