Facebook is fast becoming the most popular way of sharing links, photos and other content. Hands down, it is becoming a powerful new driver of traffic for many websites. Your BashBrain profile can now leverage the latest viral tools provided by Facebook. You can now increase user engagement and social interaction between your BashBrain profile and Facebook which leads to increased popularity and growth in profile traffic. These new features allow your BashBrain profile to get branded without expensive advertising costs by enabling you to push your content into Facebook's viral channels. Facebook Like Buttons: - The Like button lets a user share your content with friends on Facebook. When a BashBrain user clicks a Like button on your BashBrain content, a story appears in the user's friends' News Feed with a link back to your BashBrain profile. - Viewers of your BashBrain profile can also add comments while sharing your content on Facebook. - The button shows the BashBrain user which Facebook friends have liked the content. - ALL of your BashBrain content such as your user profile, forum postings, blog listings, and more can be promoted using the Like button. - Implementation of Facebook Like Button for your popular BashBrain content - BashBrain activity feed stories will be published on Facebook when content on your profile is liked. Facebook Social Plugins: Now use several popular Facebook Social Plugins on your BashBrain profile. - Activity Feed: Show other BashBrain users what their Facebook friends are doing with your BashBrain content through likes. - Facepile: Show the Facebook profile pictures of a BashBrain user's Facebook friends who have already signed up on BashBrain. - Like Box: Now Facebook Page owners can attract and gain Likes from their own personal website. You can see how many users have already like your FB Page, and which of their friends already liked it too. Your BashBrain fans can read recent posts and Like them, all with one click, without needing to ever visit the page. - Recommendations: Show personalized recommendations to your BashBrain profile visitors whether or not they have logged in. And if the viewer is logged into Facebook, this feature will highlight and your content other Facebook friends have interacted with on your BashBrain profile. This post was edited by Bash Brain at November 13, 2011 10:13:30 PM EST

We are in the process of converting all present member accounts to Founding Member accounts.  This means that you will will be grandfathered into a Founding Member account if you don't have one already.  If for some reason, you would prefer to keep your present account membership category, shoot me an email using our contact form or by leaving a comment in this posting. If you have any questions or concerns, always feel free to contact a moderator or admin for assistance. BashBrain Administration get.bashed.bashbrain This post was edited by Bash Brain at November 3, 2011 6:28:31 PM EDT

Bashbrain has added a profile field for business names that you can now fill out.  Please continue to use the first and last name fields for your names only and the business name field for the name of your business. I've had people ask about the name/privacy issues and if the option to block the first name and last name fields will ever be available... Bashbrain was built upon the ideal of networking and getting to know other individuals that are also in the creative field.  When meeting someone for the first time, the first thing you do is give them your business card (which incidently, has your name, address, phone number, etc). Privacy becomes somewhat less important at that point as the main focus is networking and making a new contact.  Bashbrain's focus is based on that same principle of having a ACTUAL person with an ACTUAL name that you can network and connect with.  Bashbrain allows you to make connections; it just allows you to do that electronicly versus in-person. Bashbrain Administration get.bash.bashbrain This post was edited by Bash Brain at August 11, 2011 8:29:20 PM EDT

We will be working out a few coding issues in regards to entering location data for international members.  Please look out for an announcement in the next few days with a solution. Bashbrain Administration www.bashbrain.com get.bashed.bashbrain This post was edited by Bash Brain at August 11, 2011 1:58:30 PM EDT