Snapvine Blog

Here's a few things you wanted

Snapvine let's you connect in more personal, expressive and powerful ways than anywhere else.  Our widgets let you take that experience anywhere on the web.

Today we're releasing a host of improvements that you Snapviners asked for in recent weeks.

Voice Blog Widget
More than a blog, Snapvine voice blogs help you keep up with friends and gives you a place to express yourself and feel a sense of freedom.  And starting today, you can add your voice blog to your MySpace page, your TypePad or Blogger blog or practically any other online site where your friends are.  Get a voice blog widget 

Friend Search & Invite
Snapvine is more meaningful when you can use it with people you care about.  Now, you can find your friends, add them to your Snapvine and "say it out loud" together.  Find your friends

Privacy
Sometimes you don't want the whole world to hear what you have to say.  As of today, you can set your Snapvine to "friends only" so that only your friends have access to your profile, your voice blog and your comments.  Privacy settings

Better Mobile Blogging
Since so many of you are voice blogging while away from your computer we decided to improve that experience by adding the ability to listen to and interact with your subscriptions and blog replies from your phone.   My mobile

New widgets
Now anyone can express themselves and get a taste of Snapvine more easily than ever.  Anyone can create a Talking Photo or a Voice Drop in about 2 seconds and post nearly anywhere on the net.  Check out the new widgets  

 
Community Policing
You made it clear that you'd like ways to report inappropriate content and help protect younger Snapviners.  Today, we're launching "flag" links so that everyone can help us uphold basic standards and rid the community of inappropriate content such as harassment and porn.  "Mature content" warnings weren't quite ready yet, but they're coming soon.

Tons of other goodies...
We've made lots of other improvements such as new share buttons, added support for RSS/i-tunes and the ability to remove subscribers.  Surf around and see how many you can find.

p.s.  please let us know what you think -- we're listening.

Singing about Snapvine

We love it when we come across users performing somehow about Snapvine.  Here are a few of the recent favorites we've been playing at the office.

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Even 50 Cent dropped an original freestyle just for us (never before heard, so check it out).
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New ways to share and publish

Today we released some improvements to the website include an improved voice blog creation page that's easier to use and a new way to share your posts.

Now, voice blog item pages have a mini-player that includes the ability to pause and skip fwd and reverse
within a post.  This will make things much easier to use.

Also, the new mini-player itself can now be shared around the web.  You'll be able to post these on myspace pages, send in myspace bulletins and post them to your text blog.  This is our first small step towards allowing you to take your snapvine to where your friends are.

Here's an example of the mini-player:

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Comedy Central Comedian Mike Birbiglia Snapvining

Mike Birbiglia is on tour and using Snapvine from the road to stay in touch with his fans.

In December of 2002, Mike made his debut on The Late Show as one of the youngest comedians to perform on the show.  In 2004, Mike premiered his first Comedy Central Presents half-hour stand-up special which was such a hit that Comedy Central asked Mike to do another special within two years.

On February 7, 2006, Mike released a CD/DVD compilation, Two Drink Mike`, on the Comedy Central Records label, placing Mike on the Comedy Billboard chart.  He is also taping a new special for Comedy Central.

Check out his Snapvine Voice Blog.