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How to build a high-traffic topic 24 Apr 2009 | 06:48 am
A few months ago, we started to display how many views a topic had. At first this seemed to go unnoticed, but lately I’ve had a lot of questions about this. The most common is, “Why does this user’s l...
Digg your ultimate dinner party 21 Apr 2009 | 10:49 am
Our office is a bit of a steam-bath today, and we’re really feeling it. And as much as I love the sun, I have to say that my allergies are getting in the way of enjoying the warmth. (I’m currently wor...
Winners, high school and a “leaner” M5 HQ 17 Apr 2009 | 03:04 am
There are good things happening at MakeFive HQ. We moved, we’re lean(er), and we’re working like bananas on new features. Lean and mean Lately a big time-suck here has involved moving and getting sk...
Reviews add to the community 4 Apr 2009 | 03:03 am
As some of you may have noticed, we’re really encouraging reviews on MakeFive these days. It’s great to see what someone has picked, and it’s even more interesting to know why. This is particularly ni...
Traffic and sex changes 1 Apr 2009 | 05:02 am
We’ve had stellar traffic recently, breaking any of our past records. In fact, a whopping 140,000 people visited MakeFive last week. That’s a lot, and we’re happy to connect with so many new people! ...
Tweet it! 27 Mar 2009 | 11:16 am
We’ve had a number of users ask us about the ability to automatically tweet the lists they vote on. Today we’ve activated this function in MakeFive, but it’s taken us a while to get here. Our hold-up...
Speak up and win cash, sucka! 24 Mar 2009 | 09:14 am
Sometimes the notion of giving away money seems like fun. (Well, at least we figure that’s how it must feel.) Regardless, it’s a crappy Monday afternoon, the rain is coming down in buckets, and we wan...
Show off your lists on Facebook 18 Mar 2009 | 04:57 am
We just released an update to the MakeFive Facebook app! We think it’s a pretty neat one, as it shows your friends on Facebook what you are voting on. (It also lets you showcase your favorite lists in...
February brings a new “Queen of MakeFive” 3 Mar 2009 | 06:44 am
So… February has come to a close, as has our first month of weekly winners on MakeFive. It’s been an interesting experiment to date, and we’re pretty happy with the results. For those of you who are ...
January winners announced and the iPod is dead and done 3 Feb 2009 | 01:25 pm
That’s right; the January numbers are in, and we have our winners: 1. ryankoziel (38,374 points) 2. joshwritescopy (25,720 points) 3. webdesign (17,808 points) 4. DGfromMTL (12,267 points) 5. dan...
