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First Review Sweeps Payout - 09/28/2009
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Redesign of Search Page
Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Beginning later this week the search result pages will be redesigned. We will be splitting Product and Member search into two separate pages. Through analysis of search terms we found that the majority of people who were clicking on the "Member" tab were not actually searching for a member. We redesigned search in order to try and limit this confusion. The changes to the way someone will search for a member are as follows:
There will be a link on member profile pages, next to the search box, that says "Member Search". There will be a link in the left hand column of the Member Center that says "Member Search". There will be a link at the end of search results, and on the "No results found" page that says "Looking for an Epinions member? Search for members."
There will no longer be a tab that says "Members" when you look at a product search results page. We hope that this new design will make our search engine more useful.
New Wellness & Beauty Category Lead
Posted: Monday, December 9, 2002
Since the last round of Category Lead selections in November there has been an open position in Wellness & Beauty. We are pleased to announce that bops_mom has agreed to take over this role. She will be joining Shantel575 as a Category Lead in Wellness & Beauty.
Change in Online Stores & Services
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2002
In order for Epinions to provide the best shopping experience on the internet we need to have a large number of reviews on the online stores which list their products for sale on Epinions. There are a substantial amount of reviews that are written in Online, by legitimate customers of these merchants, which do not appear to logged out users. This is because they are shorter reviews that don't go into much depth about the author's experience and are therefore rated Somewhat Helpful. However, in Online specifically, we feel that these reviews should be seen by logged out users.* Therefore, starting tomorrow evening we are going to show reviews that are rated Somewhat Helpful to logged out users in Online Stores & Services.
Please Note: This change is only happening in Online Stores & Services. It will not affect any other category.
* Through user-testing we have learned that many shoppers are worried about shopping at non-name brand stores because they are afraid of fraud. They are afraid they will pay for but never receive the product they ordered. The main item that helps them get over this distrust is seeing reviews about the store. They don't need a lot of depth (detail) in the reviews, they are more interested in breadth (number of reviews). They want to be reassured that they will receive what they order. This is not to say that longer more detailed reviews are not also useful to shoppers. Simply, shoppers would like to see the shorter simple reviews on stores as well.
Change in Rating/Comment Alerts
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Members will now be automatically subscribed to receive rating and comment alerts when they write a review. We made this change because we found that most new authors were unaware that ratings and comments existed. This meant that the helpful comments left by Advisors and many other members were not being seen by the authors of the reviews.
Please Note: If you do not wish to receive comment and rating alerts on your reviews you can disable this option from your review page.
Third Term for Category Leads
Posted: Friday, November 1, 2002
The 3 month term for the second set of Category Leads is over. There will be a few changes in Category Leads for the next term:
Cntaur5 will not be returning for another term. We are thankful for all the hard work he has done, and look forward to his continued involvement with Epinions.
Diverpam has agreed to move from Hotels & Travel to become the Category Lead for Sports & Outdoors.
Gungian will be the new Category Lead in Hotels & Travel.
We will be going back to the original division of Online Stores & Services and Finance. Mrisch will be the only Category Lead in Finance. Joubert and pluckyduck will share the duties in Online Stores & Services.
We have not selected a new Wellness and Beauty Category Lead. We are still reading nominations and conducting interviews. If you would like to provide us any feedback on this decision, please email epi_nominations@epinions-inc.com.
You can find a complete list of the Category Leads here.
Thank you for all the feedback that we received earlier this month. The constructive feedback has been relayed to the Category Leads.
Buying Guides
Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2002
We will soon be adding a new feature, Buying Guides, to some of the subcategories in Electronics and Computer Hardware. We decided to add this feature because of feedback we received during user testing that was done for the recent redesign.
Our testing showed that people using Epinions to shop desired multiple viewpoints when reading reviews of a particular product. However, users were confused when presented with more than one Buying Guide for a particular type of product. They wanted one Buying Guide with an authoritative voice. We have selected a few subcategories where we plan to present Buying Guides and have chosen a few members to write the official Buying Guides for those subcategories.
Buying Guides will include pictures, tables, links, etc. The first Guide to launch will be in Digital Cameras. You will see links to the Buying Guide near the top and bottom of the main page in that category and also near the bottom of any other pages in the category. Other Buying Guides will launch in DVD Players, PDAs, etc. in the next month or two. If the first set of Buying Guides is well received, we will launch them in other categories.
Choosing one member to write each Buying Guide was a difficult decision. There were many members with expertise in each subcategory who would have done an excellent job. However, we had to pick one member.
Please Note: Visits will not be tracked for the Buying Guides, and they will not be eligible for Income Share. The authors will be paid a flat fee for writing the Guide.
Feedback on the Category Lead Program
Posted: Monday, October 7, 2002
Time is passing by quickly, and the second 3-month term for Category Leads is over at the end of October. We would like to give all members an opportunity to give us feedback on how they feel the program has been going over the past 3 months. The feedback that we received last term was very helpful and enabled us to improve the program. For the next week, we would like to gather both positive and negative feedback from you on both the program as a whole as well as individual Category Leads. Please click here to go to the feedback form.
Please note: The feedback will be shared with the Category Leads, but the source of the feedback will be kept anonymous.
More on Half.com
Posted: Friday, September 27, 2002
Half.com launched a new design today that affects the way Epinions reviews are displayed on their site. (For more information on the deal, please see Nirav's letter from August 2, 2002.) Among other changes, they are now linking to the full text of the review. To see an example of the new implementation click here. They are also featuring our price comparison information on many of their products.
Redesign of Epinions!
Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2002
Over the last few months we have been working on a redesign of a majority of the pages on Epinions. We were focused on making the site more useful for shoppers before the Holiday shopping season begins. There was a lot of work done on this in the past few months, including over 100 hours of user testing. Through the user testing we learned that our site was too complicated. There were too many things on the page, users got distracted and confused. Therefore, we simplified the pages and removed a lot of features. The initial feedback on the streamlined site is very positive, we hope that you all like it as well.
The new design will be launching in "beta" form today. We will direct a small percentage of logged-out users to the beta site for the next few days. We will be measuring activity and gathering feedback on the new design before we launch it for all users. We plan to launch sitewide next week.
For your information, the major changes that are being made are:
Price Alerts have been removed.
Recently Viewed Items have been removed.
"People who like X also like Y" has been removed.
"Email this page" has been removed.
Product Alerts, Wish Lists, and links to the Just-In will only be available to logged-in members.
The product page is greatly simplified. The main content on the page is price comparison information, and then links to Read Reviews and View Product Details.
The review lists are simplified. The ability to sort Recommending/Not-Recommending or by review rating has been removed. We found that users sort by star rating to get at the Recommending/Not-Recommending reviews and the review rating confused them.
The review page has also been significantly simplified. It is designed to concentrate more attention on the review itself. Ratings and comments have been moved to the end of the review, directly underneath the ratings module.
For a short time the Featured Reviewer module will not be available on the category pages, this feature will return soon. We apologize for this mistake.
There are other smaller changes that have been made as well.
New Wellness & Beauty Category Lead
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2002
Jo.com has decided to step down from her position as a Category Lead. We would like to thank her for her hard work over the last four months. She will be missed as a Category Lead but we are looking forward to her continued involvement with Epinions as a Top Reviewer and Advisor in many categories.
We are pleased to announce that Cntaur5 has agreed to take over the role. He will be joining Shantel575 as a Category Lead in Wellness & Beauty.
Top Reviewer and Advisor Selections
Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2002
We have completed Top Reviewer and Advisor selections. All Top Reviewers and Advisors should have received emails yesterday. The new selections will be posted on the site later tonight.
Please Note: We have decided to move to a 6-week/twice every 3 month schedule for Top Reviewer and Advisor selections. Therefore, each 3-month term for Category Leads will include 2 selections. One at the beginning, at one in the middle of the term. The next selection will occur the first week of October.
Half.com and Epinions
Posted: Friday, August 2, 2002
Epinions reviews are being featured on Half.com. For more information about this deal please read this letter from Epinions CEO Nirav Tolia.
Second Term for Category Leads
Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2002
The 3 month term for the first set of Category Leads is over. It has been a hectic but very productive first term, and we are looking forward to the next term. There will be a few changes in Category Leads for the next term. 4-1-1, bluehawq, Lisa_J, macresarf1 and radioguy will not be returning for another term. We are thankful for all the hard work they have done, and look forward to their continued involvement with Epinions.
The new Category Leads are:
Electronics - sweeper
Kids & Family and Education - sblaydes
Movies - Vormancian
Restaurants & Gourmet - megugrrrl
We will also combining the Online Stores & Services category and Personal Finance category under 3 CLs, Joubert, mrisch, pluckyduck. You can find a complete list of the Category Leads here.
Category Lead Program
Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2002
Thank you to those who provided feedback on the Category Lead program. We will be reviewing the feedback, and conducting a few phone interviews over the next few weeks. The second round of Category Leads will be announced near the end of the month.
Feedback on the Category Lead Program
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2002
It has been about 2 months since the Category Lead program was launched. During these two months, we have received and learned a lot from feedback on the program. However this feedback has only come from a few members. We would like to give all members an opportunity to give us feedback on this program. For the next week, we would like to gather both positive and negative feedback from you on both the program as a whole as well as individual Category Leads. Please click here to go to the feedback form.
Please note: The feedback may be shared with the Category Leads, but the source of the feedback will be kept anonymous.
Now available: Epinions Shirts/Hats/Frisbees and more!
Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2002
Epinions has partnered with CafePress.com to provide our users with Epinions.com merchandise. You can purchase a variety of items from our store. Unfortunately, we are unable to give these items away, but we will provide them at the cost to us. We hope you all enjoy these items!
After you get your order, write a review on CafePress.com!
New Homepage Design
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2002
We feel it is very important that users understand what Epinions has to offer by looking at the homepage. Through user testing we received feedback that our homepage was not accomplishing this. Many users found the homepage to be confusing. Therefore, we decided to redesign the page. The new design will be live tomorrow night. Our goal was to make the page self-explanatory, as well as help users start their search for a new product. The initial feedback on the new design has been positive. We hope that you all like it as well.
The major changes are: - A graphic at the top of the page which explains the site in simple terms. We figured instead of making a user guess what our site was about, we would just tell them!
- A rotating module with 4 featured products, pricing information, and links to reviews. Click refresh a few times to see some of the groups (i.e. Celebrate Summer with a Backyard Barbecue), we will be adding new groups in the future.
- A new module which highlights top rated stores. We added this module for two reasons. One, some users were confused whether or not we sold products ourselves. We wanted to be clear that we are a comparison shopping site. Second, we wanted to highlight the added value which Epinions offers with the reviews of stores. It is hard to know who it is safe to buy from on the internet, we can help with that.
- Links to New products and New opinions were removed. (You can now access these through links on the left hand side of all pages in the Member Center. You will find a link to the Member Center in the footer of every page.) We learned that users found these modules confusing. We chose instead to link to reviews in the context of products. Therefore, you will see links to review lists in the products and stores modules. This is a change from the older version where we only provided links to the product and to purchase the product.
- We added lists to the Top 10 rated products in a variety of categories. We learned that top 10 lists are a great place for a user to start browsing when they aren't sure what they want.
- The Featured Member module has been moved to the left hand side of the page and looks like the module found on category pages. Like the module on category pages it will only appear to logged-in members. We found that new users to the site found this module confusing.
Writer's Corner is Launched
Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2002
The promised and much waited for Writer's Corner is ready. You will find a link for it on the left-hand side of the Member Center.
The Writer's Corner is a place for Epinions contributors to periodically submit content that would be considered off-topic elsewhere on the site. For example, the Writer's Corner would bea place to submit a short story or poem. We hope you enjoy this new section of Epinions.
Products Seeking Reviews
Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2002
Over the last few weeks, we have begun to supply the Category Leads with some summary information about activity on the site. The majority of this information is aimed at helping them with Top Reviewer and Advisor selections. They have also been given information on the popularity and number of reviews on popular products in their categories.They will be using this information to help us increase the number of reviews we have on popular products. Since each category is unique, each team of Leads will be approaching this in a different way. Please be patient as the Category Leads synthesize and release this information to writers in their categories.
Add a Product Launched
Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2002
One of the most exciting parts of the Category Lead program for many members was that the Category Leads would have the ability to add products. We are excited to announce that this feature is ready in limited areas. We have enabled this feature in a few areas and will be launching the rest in the next few weeks. As we enable more areas we will update this page. The Category Leads in the corresponding categories have the ability to add products in the following areas:
Category Lead Program Launched
Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2002
The Category Lead program has been officially launched. You will be seeing the new red "Lead" badge appearing next to the Category Leads' names across the site. We are very excited about this new program and hope that all the members are as well.
We are still working on some components of the program. One component which I know many members are very excited about is giving the Category Leads the ability to add products. We hope to have this working in the next few weeks. We thank you for your patience. We will post more information here in the Member Center when the feature is ready.
Top Reviewer and Advisor Selections
Posted: Friday, May 3, 2002
Top Reviewer and Advisor Selections are currently in process. This month the process is slightly different than it has been for the last year. With the selection of the Category Leads last week, we were able to add more of a human intervention to the selection process. The selections are proceeding as follows:- Epinions ran and completed the regular automated selection.
- A list of the new Top Reviewers and Advisors was given to the Category Leads.
- The Category Leads went over the list and submitted a list of recommendations.
These recommendations may include but are not limited to items such as:
- These members should not be selected as Top Reviewers since they have not posted a review in this category during the past four months.
- This member has consistently written great reviews for the last nine months, we recommend she be given Top Reviewer status.
- These members haven't written comments on any reviews they rated, they should not be Advisors.
- This member rates all reviews VH across the board and should not be an Advisor.
- These members have consistently written great reviews though they have not posted in the last 2 months. I understand there are extenuating circumstances (death, birth, illness, etc...) to contend with and should be given another month to resume normal activity before forfeiting their titles.
The recommendations of the Category Leads will be taken into serious consideration when the final selections are being made.
The selections are going on at this time. We plan to have them completed and in place by early next week.
Category Lead Selections
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2002
We have been spending the last few weeks narrowing down the selections for Category Leads. Many, many hours have been spent reading nominations, interviewing candidates and perusing the site. After many tough decisions we have come to a final decision.
The Category Leads are as follows:
Autos - scmrak, vara
Books, Magazines and Newspapers - gracef, redlass
Computers and Business & Technology - amykhar, opalman, opinionated3
Electronics - dkozin, howard_creech, radioguy
Games - 32_footsteps, slusy
Home & Garden and Pets - ladysmom, pogomom
Kids & Family and Education - lisa_j, marytara
Music - kcfoxy, lambchops
Musical Equipment - sparkospunky
Movies - macresarf1, psychovant
Online Stores & Services - bluehawq, pluckyduck
Personal Finance - joubert, mrisch
Restaurants & Gourmet - 4-1-1, bruguru
Travel - diverpam, tombarnes
Wellness & Beauty - jo.com, shantel575
Note: We were unable to identify a Category Lead for the Sports & Outdoors categories. We are looking for more nominations, or self-nominations. Please email epi_nominations@epinions-inc.com with any nominations for the Category Lead in Sports & Outdoors.
Over the next week, we will work with the new Category Leads to select Top Reviewers and Advisors. When this is complete, the program will officially launch on the site.
We are very excited for this new program to get underway. We believe it will do tremendous amounts to help the lack of communication between Epinions and the community that has plagued us for the last year.
Most Helpful Rating
Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2002
As of this evening, the Most Helpful rating will only be available for Advisors and the soon to be appointed Category Leads. Since we launched the "Most Helpful" rating a few months ago we have received substantial feedback that it is hard to use and has not been used as intended. We realize it is time-consuming to read all the top reviews on a product and then make a determination on which one is most helpful. We feel that with their extensive reading and rating experience Advisors and Category Leads have the expertise needed in their categories to use this rating. Therefore, they will be the only members with access to this rating.
Off-Topic Rating Launched
Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002
We neglected to mention in the Site Changes announcement posted last night, that we also launched the "off-topic" rating. You will find the rating button in the ratings module below the "helpful" buttons.
The off-topic rating should be used when a review follows the Epinions Rating/Writing Guidelines except that it is not on the stated product or severely digresses from the stated product.
Site Changes
Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2002
We made a few changes to the site tonight that we wanted to give an update on. First of all, you will see the name "Category Lead" popping up in various places. This is to get ready for the launch of the Category Lead program. The final selections have not been made yet. We are still in the process of conducting interviews. Thank you again to all those members who submitted feedback and nominations for Category Lead candidates.
We also changed the layout of some of the pages on the site. Following are some of the changes that were made: - On almost all pages, the links to your account information are now above the tabs.
- On almost all pages, the search box is now on the side of the page.
- On product pages, the links to wish lists, review alerts and write a review were moved and icons were created.
- On product pages, the width of price-comparison table was increased. This will allow for more information to be included in this table in the future.
- On product pages, reviews were moved above the product details section.
Update on Contributor Changes
Posted: Monday, April 8, 2002
There has been a lot of progress made on the contributor changes that were announced last month. We wanted to provide an update, and also let you know about the changes that will be hitting the site this week..- Thank you for your feedback on the naming changes. The name of the new role on Epinions has been changed from "Head Editor" to "Category Lead". Also, the role of "Editor" will be renamed "Advisor". We feel the new names better describe the role these members have on Epinions. The new names will be reflected on the site later this week.
- The "New Member" designation will also be launched later this week. Members who have been on the site for less than 30 days will have a small "new" tag next to their member id. The tag will appear in almost all places that their member id appears across the site. We hope this will help more experienced members identify and mentor new members.
- We are currently in the process of selecting members for the Category Lead position. We are conducting phone interviews with each potential candidate. As a result, the selection process will take several weeks.
- There will not be another round of Top Reviewer and Editor (Advisor) selections until the Category Leads have been chosen. We plan to have the Category Leads in place, and the Top Reviewer and Editor (Advisor) selections completed, by the end of April.
New Privacy Policy
Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2002
The site has been updated with a new Privacy Statement. Changes were made in order to simplify the language as well as make it consistent with the new User Agreement. We will alert all members to the new Privacy Statement and User Agreement next week. At that time, there will also be a FAQ which explains the changes to the two documents. If you have any questions about either the Privacy Statement or the User Agreement, please feel free to email us at epi_useragreement@epinions-inc.com.
Clarification on Site Usage Policy
Posted: Monday, April 1, 2002
There has been a lot of discussion over the past few days about the “offensive” and/or “pornographic” stipulations in the new site usage policy. Specifically, there are concerns around Epinions including sexually explicit products in our database. We hope to give some clarification on our policy. (The site usage policy has been updated to try and better explain the stipulation as well.)
The main presumption behind our policy is that if someone is looking for information on a non-sexual product vs. a sexual product, his/her reaction to finding sexually explicit content will be very different. Imagine that a new member is looking for information on a vacuum cleaner. He/She is reading reviews and comes upon one by member x. If the profile picture that member x has chosen is sexually explicit in nature, it is likely to offend, or at least worry, the average shopper who is looking for information on a vacuum cleaner. If a member is searching for a book on sex, he/she will not be offended by finding sexually explicit content. Therefore, our goal is not to ban all sexually explicit content on Epinions. It is to contain it to the places it is appropriate.
Update on Contributor Changes
Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2002
We want to thank all the members who once again took the time to give us feedback on the proposed changes. There are a few items that we would like to provide an update on:- The nominations are pouring in, thank you to everyone who has taken the time to submit them. With your help we have identified great candidates for the "Head Editor" role. Over the next few weeks, we will be conducting interviews and doing our own research on these candidates. Nominations will be open until Thursday evening, so please make sure to send in all your feedback before then.
- Thank you for your feedback on the naming choices. We will announce our final decisions on the naming next week.
- We will begin to enforce the new abuse policies tomorrow, March 27th. The site has been updated with the new User Agreement. We will alert all members to this new Agreement in a few weeks. At that time, there will also be a FAQ which explains the changes to the Agreement. If you have any questions about the new Agreement, please feel free to email us at epi_useragreement@epinions-inc.com.
Update on Abuse Policy Changes
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2002
The new Abuse Policy will not be enforced on March 20th as previously announced. Epinions is unable to enforce new abuse policies without a new User Agreement in place, and we are in the final stages of completing the new User Agreement. We will announce the new User Agreement and begin enforcing the new Abuse Policy early next week. We apologize for this temporary delay.
Update on Proposed Contributor Changes
Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2002
We want to thank all the members who took the time to give us valuable feedback on the proposed changes. Over the past week, we have read all the message board posts and continue to discuss the changes internally. We feel we are getting closer to finalizing all the changes, and wanted to give an update, as well as gather some more feedback.
Message Board Feedback
Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Epinions would like to thank all of the community members who participated in the message board discussion about proposed changes to the site. We received some great feedback. We plan to make announcement based on this feedback in the next two weeks. Members who have not visited the board, can view it here.
Upcoming Chat Details
Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2002
March 7, at 6:30pm PDT, Epinions will host a special moderated chat with Epinions CEO Nirav Tolia and other members of the Epinions team. The purpose of this chat is to discuss announcements that will be posted in the Member Center on Thursday morning. These announcements will detail proposed changes to the contributor experience in response to feedback Epinions has received from the contributor community. We encourage all members to read these announcements prior to joining the chat. All members of the Epinions community are invited to participate. For details on how to sign in, please visit the pre-chat page.
March 7th Chat Transcript
Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2002
Epinions would like to thank all of the community members who participated in tonight's chat session. For those members who were unable to join us or who could not stay the entire time, you can read a transcript of the entire session.
Epinions Welcomes Feedback on Proposed Contributor Changes
Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2002
Epinions is proposing a set of changes to improve the contributor experience on the site. Please see the letter from Epinions CEO Nirav Tolia for an overview of these changes.
Nirav will be available to discuss these proposed changes starting with a live chat tonight at 6:30pm PDT. Based on feedback we have received from community members, we have decided to make tonight's chat unmoderated. All users will be able to view all questions posted real-time. As a courtesy to other chat viewers, we encourage chat participants to post new questions only after Nirav indicates that he is ready for the next question. We look forward to hearing your feedback on the program tonight.
New Books and Magazines & Newspapers Category Lead
Posted: Sunday, March 3, 2002
We have decided to add a third Category Lead in Books and Magazines & Newspapers. We are please to announce that owling will be joining gracef and Redlass.
We added a third Category Lead because Redlass has been spending a lot of time working with publishers to get free copies of books for reviewers. This has been a wonderful addition to the categories, but has been very time-consuming. In order to ensure that the categories are receiving the attention they deserve we decided to add a third Lead.
UPDATE: Reposting of Reviews
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2002
At this time an author's ability to repost their reviews to other websites is restricted by the Epinions User Agreement. We are aware that this has become a topic of much controversy in the last few weeks. Epinions has decided to review this topic internally to ensure both Epinions and the Epinions community's best interests are met with this policy. Until a decision has been met we have decided to put a moratorium on issuing any tickets for this offense.
UPDATE: Reposting of Reviews
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2002
At this time an author's ability to repost their reviews to other websites is restricted by the Epinions User Agreement. We are aware that this has become a topic of much controversy in the last few weeks. Epinions has decided to review this topic internally to ensure both Epinions and the Epinions community's best interests are met with this policy. Until a decision has been met we have decided to put a moratorium on issuing any tickets for this offense.
Review Visits Updated Every 24-Hours
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2002
A Feb. 13th site status message announced that visits-to-reviews updates would move to a 48-hour cycle. We made this change to accommodate a new back-end system designed to make tracking more reliable.
Member feedback indicated the importance of daily updates. As a result, we have optimized the new system in favor of 24-hour updates, at the cost of regular morning updates.
Future updates will occur a few hours later in the day. Effective Feb. 14th, 24-hour updates will be posted in the early afternoon rather than the morning. Thanks for your understanding during this transition.
Member Advisory Board Progress Update
Posted: Friday, February 1, 2002
Epinions is in the process of collecting feedback from contributors in the community. As a result, the creation of a Member Advisory Board is taking longer than expected. We are happy with the feedback we are receiving and will continue to speak with more contributors before moving forward.
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