Comments on: Aspire to your missionary position?

By: Ski

Ski — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:19:52 +0000

While I agree that there ARE unattainable goals on the site, the concept is great. Hopefully the more bizarre missions are weeded out as time goes by, using the idea of self-governance. Just yesterday, I saw an inappropriate mission, reported it, and it was removed quickly. So far I see it as a great tool for “social achieving.” Need to run that marathon? Given enough users, you’ll surely find someone who wants to join you, or at least point you in the direction of a good training regimen. We also have to keep in mind that this _is_ still a BETA. I’m witholding my written appraisal until I get at least a week’s worth of experience, but so far I’m digging this.

By: David Ashford

David Ashford — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:36:18 +0000

Yes, a great title for the original post by Mike … tastefully selected from the link to league tables on our homepage

Jas, sorry the site was down when you visited … we must have been releasing some updates at the time (we are in beta after all). Our stats show that the site is up over 99% of the time … even while we are publishing updates.

Great feedback from Mike and others. As Nigel says, we’ll see how we can better communicate why we need data about people … we need to be more up front about it as people aren’t going to first check out the Help – getting started section.

Happy missioning everyone!

By: jas

jas — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:53:05 +0000

Site is down,finished before getting started or just a restructure ??

By: shafqat

shafqat — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:39:57 +0000

Brilliant title for this post. Someone had to say it!

By: Nigel

Nigel — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:52:32 +0000

That point is well made, I think, so perhaps we should be even more in your face about why we need this data about you . That’s why this is a beta, after all. I am sure we will have plenty of feedback as people start to hammer the site…

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:41:59 +0000

From your blog: “we asked him all sorts of seemingly irrelevant questions…. [but]… that is where the data we asked Mike for comes in. If that person lives in South London say, and Mike had told us that he lives in that vicinity, and worked as a Spanish teacher… we’d have matched them up by now…”

I take your point, but the value to me as a punter that your promise is not at all explicit. It just feels like lots of forms…

By: Nigel Cannings

Nigel Cannings — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:52:42 +0000

Mike, if you’ll run the Marathon, I’ll do it with you. There you go, dream fulfilled!

My slightly more considered response here:
http://mymission2.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/crunch/

Enjoy Amsterdam…