It wouldn't it be a New Year if YWS didn't have big changes in store, right? After all, 2010 was ushered in with huge changes to the site (no more Instructors & Greeters), and 2009 was ushered in with the announcement of the new YWS. So, what are those big changes, you may ask?
Well, to be honest, I'm pretty happy with YWS as-is. Reviewing and activity went way up in 2010, and our once lonely corner of the web is slowly growing. Profiles went from static, boring affairs to an interactive kaleidoscope of fun. We also have Clubs now, Storybooks are a more important part of YWS, and Notifications now let you know about all the activity that concerns you. So, there's really nothing else that I think needs to be added.
So 2011 will be more of a year of improvement rather than anything else. I plan on adding a Help section, and also on fixing the bugs in the new Clubs area. Notifications still need a bit of improvement (would be nice to know how many notifications you have before clicking on it), and I'd like to add the ability to tag profile comments so that we can have site-wide conversations. All in all, that's only about 12 to 20 hours worth of work which I plan on spreading out through the entire year.
Besides being perfectly happy with YWS as-is, there are two other reasons why I don't plan on doing much this year. The first is that I'll be graduating from law school in a couple weeks, and I'll hopefully be joining the Virginia Bar in a few months. But the second is WriterFeed. WriterFeed is a writing site that's for everyone, and a blend of Twitter and YWS. I've been working on it a little bit every day for the past several months, and I'm hoping to be done with it by March (if not sooner).
So that's pretty much it! Nothing much to say, really.
Edit
Forgot to mention, if you have any thoughts on what you'd like to see removed/changed/added here at YWS, please let me know in the comments!
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