TiffaniLW
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In just a few weeks, we'll publicly unveil our new message board community. Currently, it's in beta, a trial environment where new features are being added each week but you can preview it today here.
As a community manager, I am a member of many social networking sites and while I love them all I find that message boards are where I spend most of my time. I enjoy a circle of online friends who share the same interests and this is where I find information and support.
I enjoy Black Voices for this very reason.
I am so proud of the new Community we've built. As a team, the Black Voices staff took a series of steps to ensure our members came first. We surveyed our most engaged members and gathered insight on what you loved and where we needed improvements. Secondly, we took our time. We didn't build this community overnight. This is many months (and some would say years) of hard work, consulting, and technical professionals in New York, Washington, DC, Bangalore, and Dublin. We brought in the best for the best! Finally, we communicated with you, our members, the whole way through. BlackNoise, Skuderjaymes, damngranny, and devilswearsfubu are just a handful of names I recall actively posting in the new community and providing their feedback -- both good and bad.
I hope that you will take the time to make the leap over to the new boards and embrace them as so many of your virtual friends have in the past months. If you have any questions, just leave them here on my blog.
See you on the new boards!
Tiffani
As a community manager, I am a member of many social networking sites and while I love them all I find that message boards are where I spend most of my time. I enjoy a circle of online friends who share the same interests and this is where I find information and support.
I enjoy Black Voices for this very reason.
I am so proud of the new Community we've built. As a team, the Black Voices staff took a series of steps to ensure our members came first. We surveyed our most engaged members and gathered insight on what you loved and where we needed improvements. Secondly, we took our time. We didn't build this community overnight. This is many months (and some would say years) of hard work, consulting, and technical professionals in New York, Washington, DC, Bangalore, and Dublin. We brought in the best for the best! Finally, we communicated with you, our members, the whole way through. BlackNoise, Skuderjaymes, damngranny, and devilswearsfubu are just a handful of names I recall actively posting in the new community and providing their feedback -- both good and bad.
I hope that you will take the time to make the leap over to the new boards and embrace them as so many of your virtual friends have in the past months. If you have any questions, just leave them here on my blog.
See you on the new boards!
Tiffani
Here's an important message for our Board BETA users at http://conversations.blackvoices.com.
Users who registered prior to September 2, 2009 AND created a display name different from their screen name may see their screen name revealed when posting a comment to the message board. We expect to have this problem resolved Monday, October 26 and apologize for any inconvenience. If you feel uncomfortable with your screen name being displayed keep in mind you can still log in, make updates to your profile and read the messages across our forums.
If you have additional questions, please leave a comment and I will reply.
Tiffani
BV Staff
Users who registered prior to September 2, 2009 AND created a display name different from their screen name may see their screen name revealed when posting a comment to the message board. We expect to have this problem resolved Monday, October 26 and apologize for any inconvenience. If you feel uncomfortable with your screen name being displayed keep in mind you can still log in, make updates to your profile and read the messages across our forums.
If you have additional questions, please leave a comment and I will reply.
Tiffani
BV Staff
Dear members,
I have great news concerning the new message boards currently in beta at http://conversations.blackvoices.com. When I read your feedback each morning I see the same theme: fonts, and signatures. These are popular features and I'm happy to share that the team has worked very hard to add them to our new boards.
Fonts
Select from many styles to add personality to your posts. For even more expression, don't forget you can change the font size and color.
Signatures
I know everyone has their preference. Quickly and easily turn signatures off for a cleaner experience. When you're ready to view them again, visit any discussion and select 'On'. Keep in mind, your signature will be hidden as well.
Invite Friends New!
This is a new one, members. Whether you're an existing or new member to the Black Voices community you now have the option to invite your friends to visit your profile. To really stay connected, encourage them to join BV.
1. Sign in first, then select the option to edit or update your profile. Select Invite Friends from the list to the left.
2. When the pop up displays, enter one email address per invitation.
I have great news concerning the new message boards currently in beta at http://conversations.blackvoices.com. When I read your feedback each morning I see the same theme: fonts, and signatures. These are popular features and I'm happy to share that the team has worked very hard to add them to our new boards.
Fonts
Select from many styles to add personality to your posts. For even more expression, don't forget you can change the font size and color.
Signatures
I know everyone has their preference. Quickly and easily turn signatures off for a cleaner experience. When you're ready to view them again, visit any discussion and select 'On'. Keep in mind, your signature will be hidden as well.
Invite Friends New!
This is a new one, members. Whether you're an existing or new member to the Black Voices community you now have the option to invite your friends to visit your profile. To really stay connected, encourage them to join BV.
1. Sign in first, then select the option to edit or update your profile. Select Invite Friends from the list to the left.
2. When the pop up displays, enter one email address per invitation.
We're gearing up for the rollout of our new message boards at http://conversations.blackvoices.com. We've already introduced quite a few new features as part of our Boards BETA release. This phase allows us to share upgrades with you and get your feedback before it rolls out to the masses.
What's New
Reply With Quote: Address a member by replying directly to their comment. Select Reply With Quote and their comment is automatically captured. All you have to do is add your own reply. See below for an example of how it appears once published.
Replies to You: It's hard being so popular. Thankfully, when members reply to your comment on the message boards, you can find it. Login and visit your profile to see an archive of all your responses and go directly to the discussion to continue the conversation.
Keep your name: This one is for our veteran members who joined prior to September 2, 2009. If you created a nickname different from your AOL login, don't worry. You can keep it! When you log in and post you will see your true display name. You treasure it, and so do we.
What's Coming?
In the next four weeks watch out for more features ...
* Edit my post
* Font styles
* Hide signatures of other members
* Invite friends to visit your Black Voices profile
* More options in your account settings allowing you more control over who can see your BV board activity
* Automatically make any URL in your comment hotlinked
Don't see a feature you want? Drop me a comment now.
What's New
Reply With Quote: Address a member by replying directly to their comment. Select Reply With Quote and their comment is automatically captured. All you have to do is add your own reply. See below for an example of how it appears once published.
Replies to You: It's hard being so popular. Thankfully, when members reply to your comment on the message boards, you can find it. Login and visit your profile to see an archive of all your responses and go directly to the discussion to continue the conversation.
Keep your name: This one is for our veteran members who joined prior to September 2, 2009. If you created a nickname different from your AOL login, don't worry. You can keep it! When you log in and post you will see your true display name. You treasure it, and so do we.
What's Coming?
In the next four weeks watch out for more features ...
* Edit my post
* Font styles
* Hide signatures of other members
* Invite friends to visit your Black Voices profile
* More options in your account settings allowing you more control over who can see your BV board activity
* Automatically make any URL in your comment hotlinked
Don't see a feature you want? Drop me a comment now.
This contest has ended.
Winner will be announced shortly right here.
Stay tuned!
Winner will be announced shortly right here.
Stay tuned!
Ready to stock up your library with some of your favorite Tyler Perry flicks and E. Lynn Harris picks? Black Voices is throwing a sweepstakes and you could be the lucky winner of a $500 shopping spree at CodeBlack.com and all for just a couple of clicks and a few minutes your time.
1. To enter the sweepstakes just visit our new message board here.
2. Return to this post and leave a comment telling us what you think about the new boards. Be honest. We can take it. Be sure to use a valid email address when leaving a comment or we'll have no way to contact you and tell you that you won!
3. On or about September 29, the winner will be announced right here.
It's that simple.
Don't forget to check out these important rules first.
When Kanye West took the stage during Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards it wasn't to present or accept a Moonman for his talent as an artist. Instead, he stole the show from Taylor Swift just as she began her acceptance speech for winning best female video. The hot budding singer and songwriter was left in what appeared to be tears when West excused himself, grabbed the microphone from her, and proclaimed that singer Beyonce should have won instead. While Kanye's words were met with boos from the audience, our message boards heated up with virtual claps – and slaps for West. Take a look at just a few of your comments then click a link below and join the conversation today.
From Kanye West is an idiot discussion (466 replies and growing)
"I would say that Kanye had no class if he did that at the BET Awards because he thought Beyonce should have won over, say for example, Keke Palmer. Kanye's behavior was just classless, tasteless, tacky and generally uncalled for." Casey18735
"That's why Kanye will never be adored and have the status of Michael Jackson." Shorty_Casper
"[Taylor Swift] looked like she didn't know what to do. This was Kanye again trying to make headlines. I didnt really know the girl's video, but if it had more than just standing in a catsuit and stilettos....she deserved the win." CaramelQueen01
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Last week, I invited you to visit our message boards in beta available at http://conversations.blackvoices.com. The activity and feedback witnessed in the past week is tremendous. I want to thank you all for taking the time to explore the new boards -- boards we built with your input -- and for taking the time to provide helpful feedback.
Now, I want to take this time to address some of the most frequently asked questions. More after the jump.
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