December 14, 2007
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Cloning in Xanga in two weeks.
For those of you who don’t know, we [the staff of Xanga, including: 8 engineers, 4 product analysts, 2 advertising sales people, Natalia, Eugenia, and the ruling triumvate of Marc, John, and Dan] have been working our collective tails off cloning ALL of the technology of Xanga for a brand new sister site – www.hoodstars.com. What is Hoodstars? It is a collaboration with (Lil) Bow Wow, and
Xanga, to create a social network with an Urban / R&B / Hip Hop
flavor. Think of Hoodstars as an alternate universe, that exists in
the same time and place as Xanga, but with a totally different base of
users. We essentially took turns pulling all nighters and neglecting our respective families/girl friends/boy friends, while we programmed, tested, and marveled at the beauty and horror of it all.Well its done. And it is actually very interesting to see how the exact same technology can evolve an entirely different community from the one that already lives here in Xanga. You should check it out, if you’re into that style of music scene, or if like me, you enjoy studying virtual communities. Anyways – very very tired now. Have a great weekend! I’m going to sleep. ^_^
Comments (7)
Get some rest,you deserve it!!
After the launch of something new, it’s time to rest dude.
Take some z’s and get back to posting….
Laterz
Hey, so you’re the guy who programmed minis? I think they’re pretty rad, but there’s a bug with them in IE6. I’ve posted about it in the Xanga Themes forums, but maybe it hasn’t gotten back to you yet.
Basically, on certain Themed sites, the comment text becomes invisible if a mini is given. Minis changed the background colour of the comment and something in the way it does that is messing with things. It only happens on certain Themed sites though. Strange.
Your efforts r appreciated. I’ll def. check it out when it’s done. Add oil! (Cantonese phrase, means keep working hard.):ssgoofy:
mmm mmm joseph chili… made with special ingredients… a couple of them happen to be love and boogers :ssgrin:
eeww!!!:ssbigfrown:
made with special ingredients… a couple of them happen to be love and boogers