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Hi Carsten,
Thanks for writing about us! Since you registered (which I believe was before the 1 Feb launch last night), We’ve done a lot of work on positioning Webjam to make it easier to understand for new users. To try to tackle the issue of being perceived as complex and especially not knowing where to start, we’ve made the following changes – When you register Webjam does not automatically create these 3 pages for you anymore. Users are now encouraged to create one of these 3 types of pages from our homepage and also proposed example topics on 3 key verticals – local community, media and small business. These are created through a 4 step page creation wizard asking the users a few simple questions in order to get them going with a fully working site, thus easing them into the process of creating a site. We’ll be working on some more key improvements for the interface over the next few weeks.
We’ve also realised that some users will register so that they can be parts of communities within Webjam and not actually have any of their own sites. This is also fine – and to make things simpler for these users, we’ve simplified the top bar which goes at the top of all Webjam sites – some people said it was a little overwhelming!
We’d very much appreciate any feedback you have that would help us to make the product better. We now have a dedicated discussion forum on the site where we are asking users for suggestions on how to change and improve the product:
http://www.webjam.com/webjam/webjamtalkback/Regarding you not having any use for Webjam – Remember, it is not just a tool for communities. Webjam basically enables people to create websites with no technical expertise required. We are just as much a blogging platform as we are a social network as we are personal homepage (startpage
Anyway, thanks again for your post.
cheersMarcus (co-founder, Webjam)
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