Yes I am Single Experiment
Well, I decided to try out this new-fangled Yes I am Single website thingy. I signed up last week or so ago and am waiting with baited breath to receive my YIS badge.
Tonight was going to be the Sydney Chapter's YIS drinks at the Marble Bar in the basement of the Hilton Sydney. I emailed the organiser saying perhaps he could give me my badge at the drinks night. I received back an email saying he'd had a few cancellations over the weekend and had thus postponned the drinks. He didn't want to run it if less than 10 people were going to show up.
Hmm... there aren't 10 single people in Sydney who want to have a drink.
No, that's not true. There aren't 10 single people who are members of YIS in Sydney who want to go for a drink. Kind of says something doesn't it?
I've spent the last week visiting the site in anticipation of some original interaction. The site is quite basic and a bit clunky. It's just a forum that you can sign in to when you're a member. I posted in the Aus and NSW forums which both had some comments already. Sadly, no one has responded since my post last week. There is also a section for suggestions from members on how to improve the site, I've made 3 comments about ways to improve, with no response.
But I have no background on the people who are running the site, except speculation that they are Scientolgists (and won't that be a bag of fun for me to explore!). The chap who emails me about the event and badges and membership seems lovely and well meaning, I just wonder whether they're in over their head. I have suggested they look at (or ideally adopt) the Ning site style, I'm a member of a number of Ning sites/ forums etc and find they are very useful for the kind of community YIS is trying to establish.
I am not giving up hope, if anything, I might adopt it as a project - it can see it needs fixing, so of course I want to fix it!
And you just wait till I have my 'Yes! I am Single!' badge to wear, should be some amusing tales if nothing else ;)
But for today, it's YIS Fail.
Tonight was going to be the Sydney Chapter's YIS drinks at the Marble Bar in the basement of the Hilton Sydney. I emailed the organiser saying perhaps he could give me my badge at the drinks night. I received back an email saying he'd had a few cancellations over the weekend and had thus postponned the drinks. He didn't want to run it if less than 10 people were going to show up.
Hmm... there aren't 10 single people in Sydney who want to have a drink.
No, that's not true. There aren't 10 single people who are members of YIS in Sydney who want to go for a drink. Kind of says something doesn't it?
I've spent the last week visiting the site in anticipation of some original interaction. The site is quite basic and a bit clunky. It's just a forum that you can sign in to when you're a member. I posted in the Aus and NSW forums which both had some comments already. Sadly, no one has responded since my post last week. There is also a section for suggestions from members on how to improve the site, I've made 3 comments about ways to improve, with no response.
But I have no background on the people who are running the site, except speculation that they are Scientolgists (and won't that be a bag of fun for me to explore!). The chap who emails me about the event and badges and membership seems lovely and well meaning, I just wonder whether they're in over their head. I have suggested they look at (or ideally adopt) the Ning site style, I'm a member of a number of Ning sites/ forums etc and find they are very useful for the kind of community YIS is trying to establish.
I am not giving up hope, if anything, I might adopt it as a project - it can see it needs fixing, so of course I want to fix it!
And you just wait till I have my 'Yes! I am Single!' badge to wear, should be some amusing tales if nothing else ;)
But for today, it's YIS Fail.