Sneak a peek: Groups

Posted on Apr 1, 2009

Sneak a peek: Groups

It took us about 15 seconds after we launched the new Virb to realize how short we had fallen on the new groups strategy. We took away a vital aspect of what had made the V1 groups popular: stuff. Lots of it. Without clicking.

Thinly veiled as "comments", those comments became a breeding ground for lots of interesting content—discussions, animated gifs, YouTube videos, ghetto polls, etc. And it was all there in your face. And it was fun. We messed up real bad by compartmentalizing it all out and making it more difficult than it needed to be.

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So, here's a quick peek at the new layouts that will be launching soon. Yes, group owners/moderators, you've asked for it and now you'll be getting customization abilities. I'm not going to get into all the specifics now—more on that soon...

posted by Simmy