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  1. New face on the blog, and a new list on the way…

    Hello, I’m Dan.

    I’ve been asked to come and join in more with the lovely Ditto team as I’ve stalked them from the other side of the company that is behind our employment.  And because, in addition to working with communities and forums, I’m also obsessive about videogames (Xbox 360), cult films, and obscure music (Ever heard of Varsity Drag?).

    And I’m also helping out with some new lists and various other bits which will helpfully tie in with the ‘Former Editors Letter‘ , which not only explains Ditto, but also shows why i’m so excited to be involved!

    Posted at 12:34 pm on 6/06/08

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  2. Loads of details… and a pic

    Woohoo! We’ve had our first bit of press. OK, so it’s a bit ‘industry‘, a bit earlier than we’d planned and not entirely accurate, but you know what they say, no publicity and all that… Anyway, we thought it was a good time to fill you in a bit more on our plans for Ditto Beta. Here’s what’s coming:

    • The idea of ‘picking your favourites’ has been replaced by voting, and our topics have been replaced by charts.
    • What does that mean? Well for a start there’s no more limit on the number of things you can vote for…
    • …or against.
    • Just by voting for stuff, whether it’s your top 100 movies or the one album we should be buying tomorrow, we’ll save the votes to your profile, where you can edit, rearrange and annotate your list to your heart’s content.
    • And if you can’t find the thing you want to vote for on our chart, add it yourself, using our streamlined search engine - now featuring Oli’s amazing predictive text witchcraft!
    • Ditto Beta will be much more useful, recommending stuff based on your votes as you go along. So it’ll be incredibly easy finding exactly the type of movie, album, band, book, TV show, game… (we could go on) you’re looking for - whether it’s an all time classic or a brand new release.
    • We’ve got a brand new look and an even more user-friendly interface. Here’s a sneak preview of our new homepage:

    NewHomepage

    (click the image for a bigger version)

    • We’ve mentioned it before, but we think it’s important so we’ll mention it again - starting your own chart will be a matter of a few clicks.

    All in all, it’s quite a big leap from the Ditto we know and love - but rest assured none of the features that already exist are being lost, though it’s true, very few of them aren’t being improved.

    So, over to you. What do you think?

    Posted at 3:46 pm on 4/03/08

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  3. Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes…

    You may have noticed we’ve eased up on adding new features and content to the site over the last few weeks. We haven’t been hibernating (though it’s a nice thought…), quite the opposite: major changes are afoot, and instead of our usual ‘add it when it’s ready’ (or, sometimes, just before) approach, we’re going to be overhauling and re-designing the whole site and launching it as ‘Ditto Beta’ in the near future.

    So what changes can you look forward to? The most obvious thing will be Ditto’s focus. Although our members will still have all the features and benefits they’re used to (and Ditto beta will both add more and refine the ones we’ve got), our primary goal is to make Ditto useful for everyone, members and casual users alike.

    We want Ditto to be somewhere people can come and both make, and get recommendations - whether it’s a new all-time favourite or just something to watch this weekend. It’s always been our intention to make Ditto the best place on the web to discover new stuff – hopefully the new changes will get us closer to that goal.

    So what do you think? Is Ditto moving in the right direction? Got any other thoughts on things we should be working on? Tell us below…

    Thanks,

    John

    PS. I’ll be back soon to explain in some more detail the changes we’ll be making, and how all our recommendation witchcraft will work…

    Posted at 2:43 pm on 12/02/08

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