The Fluther Blog

Hi Flutherites, Long time no blog. It may have sounded quiet around here, but we’ve been busy working on lots of things under the hood and today we’d like to announce a neat new feature that’s been requested by many of you: profile answers! Now when you click on user profiles, you can see not […]

As part of our continual refining of Fluther’s vision, Ben and I sent out a new moderation policy to the mod team last night, and I wanted to share it with the collective. One thing we’ve honed in on as we define what’s acceptable on the site is motive — why someone is asking a […]

The last couple of weeks have made me realize that I’ve done a poor job of communicating the goal of the moderation process: to work with jellies to make sure the questions asked are the most-thought-out and spark the best quality answers or the best quality discussion. As a result, I’ve tweaked the moderation process […]

Hi Flutherites! Andrew and I never got the chance to give you all the nitty-gritty from our trip to SXSW and that crazy award night. Our spirits were high; the tension was higher. The MC called out the nominees, and as I heard him say “Fluther,” those words kept going through my head: it’s just […]

What do computer skills, burritos, Pabst and dick punching have in common? That’s right, our very own johnpowell. He is a Fluther veteran (almost two years!), who is also a dedicated chat mod that was responsible for the introduction of Fluther chat rooms. His answers and questions are loved and appreciated by all. In addition, […]

After much deliberation with Ben, the moderators, and the community, I’ve updated the community guidelines to reflect a bit of an adjustment in policy from the last few months. http://www.fluther.com/faq/#guidelines The gist is that Fluther is primarily built for “straight” questions — but we welcome “social” questions as long as they show effort, promote thoughtful […]

I’ve been talking with Ben over the last few weeks about the state of the community and about revising our community guidelines. One thing we’ve thought was a great idea was to have an open, weekly “jelly-table” talks in the Man O’ War chatroom where jellies can come in and talk with us, state concerns, […]

Dear Jelly, We need your help. Fluther has a chance to to win the People’s Choice Award at SXSW. Whoever get the most votes, wins. Anyone can vote, one vote per day. That means if you all vote right now, and then tomorrow, and the day after, until March 6th, you can make Fluther win, […]

We’ve added a few new greetings into the rotation, based on the question I asked:   “Oh, there’s that twinkle in your eye!” “Ah, you’re just the one we were waiting for.” “Who wants s’mores?” “Won’t you be our neighbor?” “My, don’t you look dapper!” “Sit back and relax. We will do the dishes today.” […]

Last night, Andrew and I were humbled and thrilled to learn that Fluther was named a SXSW Web Award Finalist for the upcoming 2009 South by Southwest Interactive conference. Woohoo! We’ll be there at the award ceremony on March 15th, drinking bubbly and crossing our fingers. And, of course, this award is for “Community” so […]