Jan 19th 2008 11:45:52 pm

I have a few updates to tell you about…

1 - “Your Swaps” has been changed to “My Swaps”. It is just a word change and the link still goes to the same page. It is a change which lays the ground work for the site to be consistent as we add features in future.

2 - We have implemented a new user swap sign up limit. All new users of Swap-bot now start with a five swap limit. They can only sign up for five active swaps at a time at first. This limit lasts until they have received three positive (5) ratings from their swap partners. Once they have received three positive ratings, the swap sign up limit is completely removed and they can sign up for as many swaps as they would like. This is the first time we have implemented any type of swap limit, so we may make adjustments as we receive feedback. Also, this new feature is not retroactive.

3 - Swap-bot Groups are slowly being tested and released. To learn about being a group beta tester go here. There will be much more info about groups provided once we get closer to officially releasing the system. They will basically be a way to organize swapping and chatting among communities with similar interests. Any members with over five “5″ ratings will be able to create groups, and each group will have a home page, private forum, and group-only swaps. Pretty cool. We are excited about the possibilities!

4 - The FAQ page is constantly being updated, so check it out when you have questions. If you don’t see your question there, please let me know so that we can add it.

Ok, that is about it for now… but stay tuned for info and announcements about GROUPS!

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Jan 18th 2008 08:43:33 pm

Like many Swap-bot users, I received an outrageous “investment opportunity” message in my Swap-bot inbox on Thursday morning from user, sand208karaka. If you received a message from sand208karaka please know that it is a scam and delete the message. This bogus user was able to spam hundreds of Swap-bot members in a very short time. However, the account was quickly shut down and the user can no longer log into Swap-bot or participate in any way on our site.

We do not allow spam of any type on Swap-bot. I you receive any other messages that you believe are spam, please forward them to me at rachel [at] swap-bot.com. We may implement additional security features in the future which will further prevent spam from being sent to our users. I will keep you posted.

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Jan 12th 2008 01:10:25 pm

Hi swap buddies!

Just wanted to let everyone know that we have created a few new swap and forum categories. Here are the additions we made:

• New “Ephemera” swap category
• New “Children’s Items” swap category
• New “Tag and Trade Problems” forum sub-category under the “One-on-One Trades” main category
• New “Real Life/Off Topic” forum sub-category under the “Fun” main category

These are all in response to user suggestions. Thanks for all of your help!

Also, we are currently working on a new user swap limit and a groups feature which will hopefully both be released in some capacity on Sunday. For more info on the groups feature, check out this forum thread.

Happy Saturday!

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