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Attention Shapelings! Remember how, a while back, we asked you what you wanted to see next out of Shapely Prose, and then you told us all kinds of things, and then we got stressed out and stopped posting much? Good times. Well, one of the most frequently expressed wishes was to have a place where Shapelings could connect with each other off-blog for chatting, meetups, and just generally extending the community we’ve built here.
Good news, everyone! Starting now, such a magical site of happiness exists. Rev up your clickin’ finger and head on over to:
If you don’t have a Ning account already, you should be able to join here.
Obviously, we still encourage your participation via comments here on the blog! But when you want to hook up with other Shapelings, talk about something off-topic, post photos, or do whatever, we think you’ll like the new Ning site. And if you don’t, there’s a forum thread called “Suggestion Box” where you can tell us how to make it better.
We expect the community site to be largely self-regulating. If it is as useful to you as we hope it will be, then it will be too busy for us to monitor all the forums. Obviously, there won’t be a benevolent dictator there as there is here, but we hope that you will abide by the community guidelines established in our comments policy in terms of language, respect, and trolls. If things get out of hand, we’ll revisit the idea of moderation.
So head on over, try things out, and have fun! You’ll notice some content on there already, as we invited a few Shapelings to test drive for a while before opening it to all y’all. Thank you to our fabulous beta testers (you know who you are) for helping us out. See you on Ning!
If you have any questions or concerns about the new site, please direct them to me via email (my address is in the sidebar).
Woo hoo!
I’m also going to mentally take personal credit because I think I suggested making a Ning site at some point. :)
Yes, thank you Liza! Everyone thank Liza now!
Kewlness. All signed up :)
yay! all signed up as well :)
Woo, I’m all signed up!
lol, I’m sure someone else must have suggested it, too.
Well work doesn’t like it but I’ll def. sign up when I get home!
Thanks, Liza! And everyone else who suggested/supported the forum idea!
All signed up, now.
Ooh cool that site should be fun :)
Also, this is OT but lookit!
http://www.igigi.com/shop/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.display/product_id/678
I want to get it!
Igigi is having big sale. Had much trouble picking item to order. Decided on that one.
Thanks Liza!!
This is AWESOME. Thank you!!!
I signed up last night and already chatted with some Shapelings. As if I didn’t need another reason to stay on the Internet!
*GLEE*
Over 200 already? Sweet. Hehe
YAY!
Once the computer is fixed I can join and start being active again. Have you guys missed me? ;)
Mom’s computer basically committed suicide so it’s been in for repairs. I get online here and there where I can.
I am an idiot, and did not clicky over until now, and the linked invite has expired. When ya’ll have time, can you wave the benevolent invite stick at me and send an invite my way? Thanks!
I too, have wanted to join Ning, but I’m not invited.
It’s like middle school all over again :(
Here is a working invite link (hopefully). We had to up the privacy levels a while back because of a troll influx — sorry to legit people who haven’t been able to join!
This is fabulous. Thanks, SM.
Thanks! Now I just have to be approved…
Also, thanks for keeping out the trolls.