Naturally, things are quite hectic in the beta phase, so I don’t expect I’ll get to every question you have (basic questions regarding Member support issues and the like should still be directed to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ), but I’ll try to hit the big issues. Capiche? Capiche.

Here are a few general updates of interest based on comments I’ve seen on this blog and throughout the web:

Viewbar: I don’t work on the Viewbar team, but I know they are working hard on it. It is still 6 to 8 weeks off, though laying out an exact date at this point would require too much guesswork. I will try to give a steady update on the Viewbar, as many Members seem to be eagerly awaiting it.

Servers: As noted in a comment we made in our previous blog post, we added servers to improve website performance and that caused a glitch on Friday and Saturday. Things seem to be working fine right now.

Hotmail: Things have been touch and go with email to hotmail. Despite our efforts, they still put our verification emails in their junk mail folders (we note this on the verification signup page, but not everyone sees that). Other websites have had this problem with hotmail as well. In fact, the Wordpress blog site has so much trouble with Hotmail they will not let their Members use it. We’re continuing to work on this.

Referral ID Rumors: Looking around the web, I’ve noticed that there has been a rumor that we lose Referral ID numbers when new Members surf our site before signing in (the person saying this noted we do not use cookies to track referral IDs). This is false. We do NOT lose ID numbers when new Members surf around our site before signing up. Our system DOES keep track of them. As far as our testers know, there are only two ways the referral ID will be let go:
1) If the person closes their browser or
2) If they are inactive with their browser for 30 minutes

More news soon. Thoughts and comments? Happy to hear ‘em.
Brian