(submitted by DaiTengu)
MySpace.
Half of you just got very upset reading that word, and the other half of you are wondering if you have new comments. Don't try to deny it, but just give me a minute here before you run off to go look.
Online profiles have become a huge attraction on the Internet, but the problem exists today that there's no good way to actually communicate with the people you have as friends. You leave a comment on their profile, and they leave a comment on yours. How is anyone supposed to follow a conversation like that?
So, to talk to multiple people at the same time you either go to IRC, or you head on over to your favorite forum. Some of you visit the United Admins Forums to talk about what's going on here, and some of you will head to a general discussion forum like
Living With Style. But what if you're looking for a group of people that might be interested in video games? It takes forever to find a forum you'll like using Google, doesn't it?
Enter
Zoints, where all you need to do is click on your friend's name to see what forums he or she is a member of! Zoints has a full profile system, blog system, and even a photo album system where you can upload pictures. You can design your profile without knowing HTML and CSS by using the drag & drop interface, you can put friends in to groups and set permissions for those groups based on what you want them to know about you, you can carry on complete conversations with them on your own personal discussion page, and above all you can find out what forums and communities they hang out at! I know, I know. Actions speak louder than words, check out the following profiles as an example of what you can do with the system:
http://box-box-box.zoints.com http://tomgupper.zoints.com http://dawn.zoints.com Bah, this is really starting to sound like an advertisement and that's the last thing I want it to be. I'm just really excited about this because I've been working on it along side some of the best forum coders I've ever met since I resigned from UA's board of directors last Fall.
Zoints is currently in a public beta phase, so I'm hoping some of you would be willing to help test out the system. Who knows? You might like it, and be so moved that you'll want to tell your friends about it!
We're currently working on a tour that will give you an overview of how the system works, but for those of you who like to jump in and play with the system right away, head to my profile (
http://daitengu.zoints.com) and click "Join Zoints" at the top of the page!
Thanks for reading this guys, I know it was a bit long but I'm really convinced that this could very well change everything when it comes to forums and online profile systems!