Free The Fan Video Blog

May brings New features

2007-05-11T10:05:00.000-07:00

We have some cool stuff in the works. We are constantly working on ways to make FreeTheFan.com easier to use and more fun for fans! We like making new tools and having you tell us what you'd like to see.

Soon we will be releasing a blog option on headlines. So when you click on create a headline you will be able to title your topic, and post a blog entry. Now you will be able to create a debate, post your blog rant, and create two sides of opposing viewpoints. We think the blog feature will enable bigger, more in-depth opinions like "Barry Bonds is a Nice Guy" and "Tim Duncan is the most exciting player in the NBA." Ok, you might not agree, but you see where I'm going with this. We will have a notifier on each headline, basically a *blog icon, that enables you to see which headlines have blog entries.

Another feature we are working on is called BUZZ! this Headline. Its basically a way for you to send a particular headline that you think is interesting to someone else on Free The Fan. So if you think your friend Mike should see the "Boston is a better team than the Yankees" headline, then you can buzz it to him. It puts the headline in a BUZZED section on his profile page and notifies him that he has been buzzed when he signs into the site. Now you can send headlines to people you want to have involved in the debate!

Along with the BUZZ feature we are working on a headline email system, that makes it simple for you to email a headline to friends or family that may not be members of Free The Fan. The best part is that we are going to be supporting your yahoo, aol, hotmail, gmail and msn accounts. When you want to email a headline- you can click on the email link on the page, then you can sign in to your email account (we don't save or access any information, so its completely safe to use) then you can add people from your address book and send it off!

These are just a few things we have in the works. If you have some ideas about how to make the site better or some feature you would like to have, then hit the contact button on the site, or you can shoot us an email at freethefan@gmail.com

This week at Free The Fan

2007-04-20T10:24:00.000-07:00

Got some cool things going on at Free The Fan this week. First of all, we were able to attend the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, CA from Monday to Wednesday. Got a chance to learn some new things from some of the smartest people in the business. Some of the best takeaways were sessions regarding widgets, user interface design and growing communities. We will have some interesting tweaks and advancements in the coming weeks based on the things we have learned. Also for anyone that has some suggestions on how to make the site better, or features that you would like to see improved, drop us a note in the contact us link.

We also have a great new NBA Playoff Bracket that launched this week. You can pick the teams that will conquer the NBA playoffs and one winner will receive an XBOX 360 Package. There are some really great match-ups in the first round, so it should be a very exciting NBA playoff.

One last thing. If you are adding video commentary to Free The Fan, you will really like our new video widget. You will find it on your profile page and it takes your most recent videos and puts them in a player that you can add to your Myspace page, Blog or any other social networking site. It allows you to share multiple videos and give other people a way to respond to what you've said by linking to the debate topics. Try it out and let us know what you think.