Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Comments are no longer required on Fireviews

You will no longer be required to leave a comment on every profile you view on Fireviews in order to get your own profiles viewed. We noticed that the majority of comments on Fireviews tend to be short, and not very helpful. That's not really helping anyone. We have considered methods to improve the quality of comments, but in general comments have remained very short. This is simply because not everyone has something to say about everything they see on Fireviews. There is a lot of great, original, creative content, but sometimes there's nothing to say about it. So we decided it would be better for everyone to simply remove the comment requirement, and instead, users will leave only ratings and short reactions. This will let users view profiles much more quickly, while still leaving some feedback to show that they really did view the profile.

So if you are disappointed that you won't be receiving as many comments on your profiles, take solace in the fact that it will be easier to get a lot more total views. You will still know who exactly viewed your profiles, and what they thought of it. But you won't have to read through dozens of comments that all say basically the same thing. We think this will benefit everyone on Fireviews (the people viewing profiles as well as the profile owners). Please let us know what you think in the comments section, or send us an email with the contact form.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Youtube Functionality

Now you can connect your Youtube account to your Fireviews account so that all your comments on Fireviews show up right on your Youtube videos. If you like a video it will also register as a 'Like' on Youtube, and soon you will have the option of subscribing each video, and more youtube features.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Even more changes to Fireviews

We've been working on a lot of things lately. The front page is simpler and easier to navigate, and new users will get helpful messages between viewing profiles that explain how to get the most benefit from Fireviews. We also may be slashing premium account prices in the near future, and increasing the amount of benefit for each upgrade, including the ability to earn more than 2 views per view.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Changes to commenting on profiles

Some improvements are being made to the commenting functionality. More info to come. These improvements will enhance the visibility of each profile (increasing the likelihood of it being discovered/becoming popular) as well as improve the quality of each view on Fireviews.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Premium Accounts

Today Fireviews is introducing two new account types, plus a restructuring of the free account. New users will now only earn one view for every profile they view, instead of one for each view. The reason for this is that many active profiles were not getting viewed quickly enough. They would sit with a handful of remaining views and not get the rest of their views. This way, there will be enough room for everyone to get viewed more quickly and efficiently. It is still a very good way for users to earn views for free. However, if any users are impatient and want to earn a lot more views a lot faster, there is now an option to upgrade their account so that they can earn 1 view for every view, or even 2 views for every view. These upgrades will be priced affordably and according to the length of the subscription (1 month to a year, with increasing discounts for longer periods).

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Change to the way Fireviews gives priority to profiles

When viewing profiles, users are usually taken from one to the next after they rate and comment on each one. We've changed the priority each profile gets so that profiles with the most remaining views will get top priority. So if you want your profile to start getting viewed faster and sooner, earn more views for it. The speed of your view fulfillment may slow down as you run out of views, but you will still be able to use up every last view eventually. This will be a big improvement in the efficiency of the site.

Some minor appearance improvements

We've been working on some minor aesthetic improvements around the site. The main thing to note is the improvements on the profile management page, where you add views and edit or delete profiles. More improvements are still coming to that page and other pages.

We have some great new things in the pipeline, so expect more news on these in the near future. One thing which you may see very soon is premium accounts, which come with some great benefits to the user. Stay tuned for more info.