My First Blellow Experience

A few weeks ago on Twitter, I befriended someone named blellow, after finding a shared interest in something or other, I don't recall what it was anymore. As it turned out, she was part of a team designing a new social networking interface, actually named Blellow, and her name was Mandi. Regardless, I happily signed up to be a beta tester, because I'm nice like that...and because the idea sounded really cool...and because I got the Malcom In The Middle reference.

Yesterday, the site launched. As soon as the email hit my inbox, I signed on and created my account, happily finding a few dozen other folks doing as I did, and the community was already in full swing, swarming with as many Blellow workers as people, questions and answers firing all over the place. I immediately settled in, easily uploading a picture and setting up my profile.

All the while, some known bugs were explained, and this morning, several were fixed. I couldn't find anything that I could break that the Blellow team didn't already know, so big kudos to them for that. Speaking of kudos, they implimented what they call kudos, which are similar to message board reputation points, they're given for being helpful or for whatever positive reason you feel, from what I can tell.

The conversating and posting system is set up really well, and much like almost everything else within, is customizable based on a few options so you can keep track of things whichever way you prefer. You have the option to join and create groups so members can discuss particular topics ranging from health care to regional food and fare.

The Blellow community has great potential, and I cannot wait to see what is in store for us next. For more information, or to sign up to be a beta tester, please visit http://budurl.com/blellowbeta or check them out at SXSW if you are going.