jonwashburn: New Localism launch date announced: July 9th

COOL....Can't wait!

Caught my attention - can't wait until the public gets a hold of this! Thanks Jonathan and Team!

I'm ready to get LOCAL!! Waiting with baited breath 

I  Can't wait.. launch it NOW

Terrific -- looks great!

Jonathan - I tried to visit Localism from home page and just get this banner - did Localism go down in the re-launch - I know I've been out of the loop however I just posted some things and was curious - thanks {P.S. 100 pts was sweet - thanks!}

I can't wait love localism and all its designed for.     Localism has brought me a pay check more than once.   I am ready!

Very exciting....anxiously awaiting the new site.

Hi Jonathan...This is getting to be too much for me.  I have been known to stay up all night waiting for Christmas morning and for my kids to get up.  I love surprises.  I love anticipation. 

Kathleen

P.S.  Happy Fourth of July tomorrow.  Only five days later and it will be the Ninth of July.  Time for one more celebration!

We are excited to see what is in store. Wishing the AR team a great 4th!

Looking forward to the unveiling. We have several we can contribute.

JOHN!  I am glad to see you listened and decided to wait until I get back from my trip!  Thanks!  I am so beyond excited about this already!

Jonathan- Looking forward to the launch date.

Jon - I am anxiously awaiting the new Localism.  Thanks for the update on the launch date!

Jonathan...

So...Who is in charge of the god button today? :)

OH...Go ahead...You can push that button. I won't tell :)

TLW...ROAR!

Just in time for the 100,000th member of ActiveRain!

Jon, This is great news!! Localism is going to be HUGE. But you know that.

Suggestion for you: It would be nice if I could post some articles ONLY to Localism without them showing upon my AR blog at all. There is a reason for this madness. Now that I have an AR outside blog and of course my own outside blog I want to make my urls specific to a certain type of information. As it stands now everything I post to Localism or my AR outside blog, sellingpoincianaproperties shows up on AR.

I do know we can filter information but my customers don't. I prefer to not have my AR blog cluttered with listings and neighborhood reports and would prefer to direct my consumers over to Localism for this information. As it stands now AR is my industry blog where I write about what I do and where I do it. It's geared towards consumers and my peers. My AR outside blog is being populated with mostly consumer information but not necessarily listings and market reports. I use my own brokerbryant.com for very specific to poinciana posts and market reports. I would like to be able to use Localism for what it is designed to be but don't want all the hyper local stuff on AR. I want to be able to have 4 very unique locations although 3 of them will be with you guys. Make sense?

Ideally this would be my breakdown:

AR: Industry commentaries for my peers and the consumer.

AR outside blog: Consumer commentaries leaning towards foreclosure and short sale info and assistance.

Localism: hyperlocal market reports and neighborhood information

BrokerBryant.com: Commentaries for consumers, market reports and some listings.

Hey, July 9th is my birthday!  How did you know that was what I wanted?

Hey Broker Bryant,

What you are asking for makes total sense to me.  That ability won't be available when we first launch Localism, but we will put it on the list and work on it asap. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thank you Jonathan. There is always a reason for the madness :)

TLW...ROAR!

Exciting!  I look forward to it.

Jonathan, You actually do read your comments, I was beginning to wonder, LOL. This sounds great and can't wait to get started. And Happy Birthday Sherry, see I read your comments, even when I thought you didn't,lol

I hope the points are double  or at least more than the regular posts. It will chase away a lot of the gamers because they don't as rule do local. I mentioned to Rich that if the points were double and then when featured doubled again, a whole lot of people will change the dynamics of the points. That would be good for everyone that participates, don't you think?

Jonathan~ Thanks.  It looks like we are ALL really looking forward to this!

Very cool... and... I'm hoping the new localism shows the posts chronologically... newest to oldest.

William,

I read and ponder over every comment I receive!!! It has just been a very busy week getting ready for the new Localism.

All posts on the new Localism are manually reviewed by a human editor for quality before they can appear on the community/city pages.  Having a post accepted onto one of those pages will be a significant motivation for our members to create good content.  Once it's launched you will see why...

Chuck,

Accepted posts will be shown chronologically.

Wow, Johnathan, I am totally impressed and no worries about the comments, I always did wonder though.  Well, now I know and it is all good!

PS, If I understand your message to Chuck, when is the best time to post. Isn't that they way they are shown now, chronologically?

Jonathan - It must feel great to see the finish line in sight! The new concept and design should really re-energize a lot of Rainers to write some solid local content. Really like the human editor element and the level of quality that will bring to the site. What will happen to all of the previous content, photos, and neighborhoods that were mapped?

Is it here yet is it here yet?  Please please please I want to play now!

WooHoooooooo!

Jonathan, You are doing a lot to make this happen and it is a great place, Localism! I am excited to see the unveiling!

OHhh yesss I am looking foward to it!

Hi Jon,

This is exciting, I can't wait to see the format and info.

All the best!

Question:  What happens to the existing posts in Localism?  I have almost a years worth of market data on there that I would hate to lose.

I'm so excited!  Can't wait!  You guys are the best.

Localism posts need to be "accepted?"  That sounds pretty cool!

Glad to hear they'll be in chronological order!

LOVE the ad and I can't wait to upload Charlotte photos again!!  I've missed being able to share them on Localism! 

Jonathan, this sounds seriously cool! It sounds like we will be even more accepted by Google after all this takes place. We are here to listen and learn...show us the way! Later in the rain~Deb

Wow it sounds like I joined at the right time--but still trying to learn about the other localism--will it take it's place or will it be an addition to it--I know this may sound like a dumb question!

Jon- you need to go to Wikipedia an add your word neighborpedia right now!

This is just way too cool!! I can't wait - ok off it find a count-down ticker for my side bar!!!

Jonathan, You are torturing me!!! :0)

Jon.....we can hardly wait for the new localism.  any chance of an early launch?

I can't wait! 

Jon, I look forward to the acceptance of blog posts.  Great idea,  I assume there will be a waiting period for the human editor to "accept".  Have a great 4th weekend!

Jonathan- I'm excited to see the new Localism and I really liked Broker Bryant's suggestions: think of this comment as more of a..."Yea, what he said." type of a comment.

Jon, I am thrilled, so many new things, right in the middle of MI busy real estate time of year, and the makeover2takeover contest !!

I'll catch up, but this is exciting, I listened to Bob's interview yesterday on the radio through Brad's post, being able to eventually post to our WP blogs, my poor little wp blog is being neglected and may eventually have to go away.

Happy 4th !!

Thanks....

I have been saving my market updates for this very fortuitous time.....

I am looking foward to what our Localism has turned into!!

=-)

I must say you guys really have your stuff together and what you have done with AR is simply amazing!

Kudos!

You guys are amazing!  This forum gets better and better.  I can't wait to see it.

Is it the 9th yet?  This has been much anticipated and I can't wait to see the new look and feel.  I can't wait to see all the new bells and whistles.

The front page looks interesting...can't wait to see what's in store.

Another tool, but this has caught my interest. The countdown is on. I'll be checking it all out on the 9th. I'm sure there will be lots of blogs on here.

Good to see.  The success of course in this relies most heavily on member contribution and consumer perception:-)  I do hope both are high.

Jonathan, we just can't wait! This has been a long time coming for you and I would like to say an early Congratulations! I think we will all benefit from this.

Later in the rain~Deb

Wednesday will be here quickly!  Thanks for all the hard work behind the scenes folks!

is it the 9th yet????  

This should be interesting.  When you say chronological order does that mean from July 9th going forward or will select posts be accepted for the launch date?

will guidelines be sent out prior to the launch? Where do we go if we have questions other than a blog q&a?

I agree with Bryant.  Some posts belong on Localism only. 

For example, when I read some of my favorite members, I want to know their opinions about various issues in the industry.  I want to be able to skip local events and market reports. 

I'm probably in the minority, but the idea of "accepting" posts to Localism doesn't sound right to me.  If a member has gone to the effort of creating local content, they should be able to post that content to their Localism blog.

P.S. Good job, guys.

Looking forward to the change. Current version isn't quite working the way it should.

No one has noticed yet, I'm amazed :)

Holy crap - it's up and running!!

Well kinda, it's not officially up until tomorrow morning.  But we needed to bring it up to work out some issues (meaning it will go up and down a lot tonight) 

Love the look of it, but definitely have some questions....who do we direct regional issues to after you've worked out the initial bugs?