Dear Members:

Today is indeed a special day for all of us at MouthShut.com. After weeks of burning the midnight oil, it's time to say "Eureka", "We've done it". Our Product Team, Designers, Engineers and QA worked overtime to come up with some great changes on MouthShut.com. Over 300 changes - minor and major - have been implemented.

Any guesses where those changes came from - or rather, who suggested these changes? You, dear member.

Most of the changes carried out in this release came from you - your suggestions in reviews, diaries, comments, emails to support and/or Vikram. If you recall, Vikram had, in a previous diary stated how seriously your suggestions were taken up and how they were discussed in internal meetings. Well, now the time has come to see those suggestions actually be implemented.

So here goes:

1. A lot of you wanted the recent reviews and diaries to be listed in the old format. We sat, discussed, debated and executed. Once you click on 'Read More Reviews' and/on the homepage, you will be taken to the 'old look new page' of Recent Reviews.

2. This one again came from a lot of you. The suggestion was to be able to hide some pictures from everyone - especially unknown members. So an option has been created whereby you can now show your pictures in your Photo Gallery to everyone or to only members whom you trust.

3. This is interesting. Let the world know what you're doing at a particular point of time - "I'm reading reviews, so please do not disturb" or "I'm having a ball, anyone cares for a dance?" Your wish, your take. Be factual, be tongue-in-cheek. Go to 'My Dashboard' and announce what you're doing.Psst! Another member suggestion.

4. The scope of your Diary Post has expanded. You can now email your Diary Post to your friends. Share your deepest thoughts to even those who are not on MouthShut.com.

5. In 'My Dashboard', the latest five commentsreceived by you will now be visible.

6. Ah! The colour of your smiley icons has changed. More colour added to our lives. Males are now Blue and Females, Pink. A colourful suggestion indeed.

7. The category search has been set to the old format where you can conduct product search according to categories.

8. You can find more data in MouthShut Local which now includes Schools, Nursery / Play Schools and Coaching Classes.

9. Profile photo will be uploaded automatically. You do not have to struggle to find the 'Done' or 'Upload' button. Previously, there was an 'Upload' button below the preview of the profile photo which was confusing. When life can be simple why not eliminate confusions?

10. Diary and SMS Review comments will now be paginated. Single page comments made the entire thing look cluttered.

11. And finally. Bugged by too many Bulletins? Chill! You can now block bulletins by certain members. Just go to a particular bulletin, and click on 'Block bulletin from this member' and you're done.


Regards,
Jasmine Ahuja
Head - Member Support
MouthShut.com