Five years zamani today, I was sitting in my living room with link, link, and link when together we pressed a button on a keyboard and released fanpop to the world. We had no idea what was in store for us au for the site, but we had a dream to build something really cool and we hoped others would like it. For months and months we toiled away at our computers designing and coding what wewe all see today. We talked endlessly about features and ideas. Papa and I mocked them up and Cliff and Michael programmed them into reality. wewe grow pretty tight when wewe spend that many days and nights together. We went from being Fansters to Fanspots and finally launched as fanpop on August 1, 2006. We had a small number of test users that had been using our closed beta site but now we were opening the doors to the public and it was scary. What if no one came? What if people hated the site? What if we had to give up and go get dawati jobs at some office cube farm again? So many "what ifs" overwhelmed us that day.
After our initial launch and some press from sites like link and link the first few months things were pretty quiet and we were honestly pretty scared that it wasn't going to work out. We knew that we had a good product, but we didn't know how to get users to come. Slowly but surely though, the mashabiki found their way here. Twilight mashabiki came. Harry Potter mashabiki came. Justin Bieber mashabiki came. One mti kilima mashabiki came. Glee mashabiki came. Michael Jackson mashabiki came. zaidi and zaidi mashabiki found their way to fanpop and before we knew it we had thousands of klabu and millions of mashabiki coming to the site. The best part about it was that mashabiki around the world were connecting with fellow mashabiki who shared their passions and were making new friends. fanpop was actually growing into a bona fide community and the ultimate site for fans.
Fast mbele to August 1, 2011 and today we are the #372 biggest site on the internet according to link. According to our internal metrics we have over 13 million users a mwezi around the world visiting Fanpop. But zaidi importantly, when I interact with users au read maoni on our wall, I hear all the time how much people upendo the website and how they really feel at nyumbani here. It means zaidi to the fanpop four that we created a place on the web that didn't exist before which people can't live without now. That's pretty special and so are each and every one of our fantastic Fanpoppers. We feel like proud fathers who have watched our little website grow into this amazing network of shabiki klabu which are alive with excited mashabiki who upendo to talk about all sorts of topics that we could have never imagined. We know that without all of our awesome and dedicated users, we wouldn't be where we are today. It's the mashabiki that make fanpop and we will never forget our commitment to wewe guys. We've spent the past five years building features and designing the website for you. But we're not done yet folks! So keep on Fanpopping, because there's much zaidi in store for the years to come!
After our initial launch and some press from sites like link and link the first few months things were pretty quiet and we were honestly pretty scared that it wasn't going to work out. We knew that we had a good product, but we didn't know how to get users to come. Slowly but surely though, the mashabiki found their way here. Twilight mashabiki came. Harry Potter mashabiki came. Justin Bieber mashabiki came. One mti kilima mashabiki came. Glee mashabiki came. Michael Jackson mashabiki came. zaidi and zaidi mashabiki found their way to fanpop and before we knew it we had thousands of klabu and millions of mashabiki coming to the site. The best part about it was that mashabiki around the world were connecting with fellow mashabiki who shared their passions and were making new friends. fanpop was actually growing into a bona fide community and the ultimate site for fans.
Fast mbele to August 1, 2011 and today we are the #372 biggest site on the internet according to link. According to our internal metrics we have over 13 million users a mwezi around the world visiting Fanpop. But zaidi importantly, when I interact with users au read maoni on our wall, I hear all the time how much people upendo the website and how they really feel at nyumbani here. It means zaidi to the fanpop four that we created a place on the web that didn't exist before which people can't live without now. That's pretty special and so are each and every one of our fantastic Fanpoppers. We feel like proud fathers who have watched our little website grow into this amazing network of shabiki klabu which are alive with excited mashabiki who upendo to talk about all sorts of topics that we could have never imagined. We know that without all of our awesome and dedicated users, we wouldn't be where we are today. It's the mashabiki that make fanpop and we will never forget our commitment to wewe guys. We've spent the past five years building features and designing the website for you. But we're not done yet folks! So keep on Fanpopping, because there's much zaidi in store for the years to come!
Most of wewe probably don't care because wewe have a PC au don't pakia picha that much.
It didn't really get on my nerves before, but now I want to pakia Heroes screencaps to the Heroes spot which I have a die-hard medal in and I know PC users can pakia much zaidi than five picha at a time; especially if they have a die hard medal in the spot they want to pakia in.
I know wewe can open loads of tabs but then again it is zaidi work and annoying.
It's unfair on people who like to contribute anyway, so I hope there is some change in the image uploader for mac users.
P.S. If wewe joke and say I should have a PC au whatever, then very funny but no.
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ATTENTION: This is just a user opinion's on what could be cool for Fanpop.
1. Customize Profile: Everyone likes to have a nice profaili homepage, so my first idea is we have a chance of customize our own profile, with backgrounds, colors, fonts etc...
2. Medal Meter: I think every Fanpopers like to know how much are they far to get a medal on the spot, so my 2nd idea is FP give us the chance to see if we are far au close to get our medal.
3. profaili Viewers: How many and what users did check our profile.
4. maoni Reply Notice: Be notice in wewe sasisho when someone reply wewe in a comment.
5. Possibility to Change User name: Sometimes people don't like their user names...a opportunity to change would be nice ;)
Hope wewe Enjoy It
1. Customize Profile: Everyone likes to have a nice profaili homepage, so my first idea is we have a chance of customize our own profile, with backgrounds, colors, fonts etc...
2. Medal Meter: I think every Fanpopers like to know how much are they far to get a medal on the spot, so my 2nd idea is FP give us the chance to see if we are far au close to get our medal.
3. profaili Viewers: How many and what users did check our profile.
4. maoni Reply Notice: Be notice in wewe sasisho when someone reply wewe in a comment.
5. Possibility to Change User name: Sometimes people don't like their user names...a opportunity to change would be nice ;)
Hope wewe Enjoy It