“All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.”

Posted February 11th, 2009

You may have noticed that we recently released a new version of the site that has transitioned SwingVine into “Open Beta” status.  What does that mean exactly?  Glad you asked…

•    SwingVine is open to the public – Anyone can now come to SwingVine and discover something new, even without signing in.  You’ll still need to create an account and sign-in to contribute on the site and interact socially (add pages, create vines, share with friends) but all you’ll need to do to browse the site is show up.  Enjoy. 

•    Redesigned Personalized Notifications – You gave us a ton of feedback on our “Personalized Notifications” feature.  We listened.  Next time you sign-in you’ll notice a redesigned notifications layout that makes it easier to read through messages from friends and discover new stuff.

•    More Content – With this release you should see a large expansion of our Movies catalog.   And of course if we don’t already have something you like, go ahead and create it.  It’s your site, and judging from all the great content you’ve added so far it’s in good hands.

•    Enhanced Privacy Features – We’ve added some extra privacy features, such as only using initials for last names when non-friends view your content in public spaces.

This is a pretty big milestone for us, so now is a good time to thank all of our “Alpha” and “Private Beta” users whose feedback and contributions have gotten the site to where it is today.  We thought you guys deserved some recognition, so keep an eye out for special “badges” on your profiles.  Thanks for your support.