Thanksgiving on wis.dm is all about people

While many people were relaxing with family over the last few days enjoying some turkey, we locked ourselves in the office working on some new features for the people page. Here's the quick overview...

The People page has taken on slicker, more functional look. In addition to a cleaner way of displaying people, we’ve provided some new views to see who’s doing what on wis.dm. Check out the “fans” tab to see who’s marked you as a friend and the “matches” tab to see which wis.dm’ers you’re most compatible with.

Ever wonder whether someone’s online to read a comment you just posted? Well, wonder no longer. - an “online” indicator now appears below a user’s avatar when they’re on the site.

We’ve also modified the way you identify yourself on wis.dm. The “username” field is the primary way you’re identified on the site and will be displayed with your avatar (for existing users, your username is defaulted to a combination of the old “first” and “last” name fields). If you’d like to share your real name, just fill out the “profile name” field. Profile name will be displayed with your location when someone views your profile page.

Enjoy the fruits of our Thanksgiving weekend!

Give the Gift of wis.dm

The holidays are fast approaching.  The spirit of giving is in the air.  To that end, we've made it easier than ever to give the gift of wis.dm!

You'll see today a new "my invites" tab in the my-wis.dm section of the site.  There you'll be able to keep track of all the people you've invited into wis.dm. (As a bonus, you'll get to see the people they've invited as well...it's Thanksgiving, have you connected with your wis.dm grandchildren yet?)  You can still share wis.dm in all the ways you could before, but in addition, we've given each member a dedicated link they can post all over the internet.  If you stick it anywhere fun, send us a screenshot or photo, we'd love to see it!

Yeah, yeah...I hear what you're mumbling, "geez, you can't fool me, this laser-like focus on inviting others is self-serving to the greedy internet overlords".  Well, only in part.  wis.dm thrives with more members, and the more people we have using the site, the faster we can bring you great improvements and a better experience!  Plus, you'll get credit on the site, more wis.dm points, and more links to find your friends and their questions easily.

So give your friends something to be thankful for this holiday season.  Spread the joy, spread the curiosity, spread the wis.dm.

Friends, Friends, Friends...

Another new day here at wis.dm has ushered in some brand new changes to the site.

You may have noticed that the "my friends' questions" page has now been replaced by a "questions for me" page. Let's take a quick look at what this means and what exactly has changed.

Over the past few months many of you have let us know that you would rather not have your inbox filled up with messages from other users when they "share" a question with you. Well, we agree with you and starting today your inbox will now be reserved for messages sent from other users and not page after page of shared question messages.

The "questions for me" page now serves a two-fold purpose. Just like the old page, you will still see questions asked by all your friends here. In addition, you will now also see questions that other users have shared with you. When another wis.dmer shares a question with you it will appear on the "questions for me" page with an extra line showing you which wis.dm user shared the question with you.

As a result of the new "questions for me" features, the question sharing section also looks slightly different. When sharing a question via email, you can now also include a personal message to the recipient. When sharing a question with your friends on wis.dm, they will no longer receive a message in their inbox; instead they will see the question show up on their "questions for me" page.

Hopefully this will help all of you manage your inboxes a little easier and allow you to find all the great content on wis.dm that your friends are participating in more easily.

Enjoy the new changes and keep on wis.dming.