Massively http://massively.joystiq.com Massively http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Massively http://massively.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[The Daily Grind: How are we doing?]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/the-daily-grind-how-are-we-doing/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/the-daily-grind-how-are-we-doing/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/15/the-daily-grind-how-are-we-doing/#commentsFiled under: , ,

The last time we checked in with you all to ask this question, you gave us some really great feedback. Since then, we've worked hard to incorporate some of the things that you asked for, and have found ways to change up some other things so as to make the site more friendly and enjoyable overall.

As some of you may have noticed, we've changed our back-linking policy so that every first mention of a game in our recent posts now takes you to that game's website. (The second one still goes to the category for those who want more news.) Another thing that was talked about was the density of Second Life postings on the front page, which we had to find a more creative workaround for. We actually opted to test out feed-specific postings, using the Second Life category combined with their morning "newspaper" post. So far, response has been good.

Beyond that, we've also added more great folks to our staff covering even more games. From seasoned blogosphere veterans to relative newcomers, we've tried to make sure our staff is a good mix. We've snagged interviews and exclusives -- something we're continuing to ramp up even now. On top of that, we added both our Massively Speaking podcast and a Twitter feed, for those who like to get their news on the go interspersed with a healthy dose of us being very silly!

But as before -- we want this site to be all it can be for you, our readers. You've helped us grow like mad, and we want to be sure we're doing the best we can possibly do in return. So tell us, how are we doing? What do you think is good? Where can we improve?

MassivelyThe Daily Grind: How are we doing? originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For those of you who were with us from the very first day, you'll undoubtedly remember the huge, nay Massive giveaway we did for the launch of both Massively, and Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa! After a full 24 hours of giveaways, requiring some tag-team lead work to ensure all day and night coverage, many pots of coffee, and many (no, really -- many) emails later, we wanted to make sure we listed all the people who won something on that very first day. (If we missed anyone in the listing, we sincerely apologize, but there was quite literally a small army of you!) Congrats to all of you!

Winners: DJTyrant, Mike, Scott, Moragaine, Burgdorn, Phillip, Efigyuge, Kyle, Aaron, rshum, Jaime T., BooLeiU, Rex, JackFrostt, Rudy, lavagoat, TwistedBishop, Chris, Finalpro, Jerry, Ryan O, Hammerfel, Squatch, Ghen, Sam, Xavier R., Arlendor, Bigfoot, Darrel H., sevendegrees, Pidge, Tom, mrbitter, Phillip, tecnocrat, Hardtarget, juicehandy, Steve, Nuleren, David, fattycop, davee, Chok, Bryce, VerticyX, Alex, Reise, Sam (another Sam), Psyclerk, UnknownGamer, mrbitter, Sil, sevendegrees, Finalpro, Robert H., Demolina, JD, nothingshocking, and finally, our lucky iPod winner, Shawn!
We'd like to thank everyone who has helped our first few months here at Massively be as massive as they've been! It's only going to get better from here. We just closed up another round of applications yesterday, we've got some insanely cool things coming this next week, (we bet some of you can guess what's going on!) and we're working on things that you all told us we needed to work on in the last round of "How are we doing" questions.

Good things in store as we build Massively up -- more coverage, more interviews, more unique content and most of all -- more fun. Stay tuned!

MassivelyMassively's Massive Giveaways: Tabula Rasa winners! originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Normally we try to open the Daily Grind up to different topics either floating around in our collective brains, our mailing lists, or on great forums/blogs/etc that we visit in our daily crawl. But today we'd like to revisit something we've done before, and we will occasionally do. Primarily our question today is this: How are we doing?

The last time we heard from you all, we had requests for ways to remove certain MMOs from the mix, and thanks to a bit of digging, we got some specific RSS pipes set up that give you our content in lots of different ways. Another thing we heard in roundabout ways was that we need to try to reach out into the existing community of MMOers, and we're working on that now, highlighting great content from personal blogs as well as game news. The one thing we've recently heard was about the changes to the RSS feeds, but Mike Schramm did an excellent job of explaining that in his first Ask Massively column just last night. We are trying our best to fix things that many people feel are wrong with the site, because without you, there isn't much point in us being here. So let us know! What can we improve on? What are you really enjoying and want to see more of? What isn't working well for you? We want to hear from you.

MassivelyThe Daily Grind: How are we doing? originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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