Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Jeff Gimzek
Thanks Dmitry ! Response has been overwhelming - we are all over the news. We have had over a million page views a day, with over 20,000 contributing members already ! I would love to hear from the community on the Survey Interactions and the Give to Get model in general. We think we

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Will Evans
The site is cool, the user generated value stream and networks effects could really propel the business forward. Just don't let your marketing folks destroy your vibe and credibility by using buzzwords like disruptive, long-tail, user generated value stream, Revolutionary, Gestalt, or anything

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Vishal Iyer
Jeff, Can you talk a little bit more about the 'give to get' model. No doubt its interesting, but its not uncommon that only ~10-15% contribute in many online communities and even less do so actively. Isn't attrition going to be a problem under this model, no matter how fun/ small the surveys

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Jeff Howard
Jeff Gimzek wrote: I would love to hear from the community on the Survey Interactions and the Give to Get model in general. In other communities with the give-to-get mentality, I've seen the phenomenon of throwaway comments where a new member posts the bare minimum simply to gain access to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Jeff Gimzek
On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Martin wrote: Hi Jeff, I was put off becoming a member because I work for a fairly small company. I figure that it would be pretty easy to identify me by what I write. And I'm not sure my employer would look too kindly on that... Maybe the model could be

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Jeff Gimzek
On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Vishal Iyer wrote: Jeff, Can you talk a little bit more about the 'give to get' model. No doubt its interesting, but its not uncommon that only ~10-15% contribute in many online communities and even less do so actively. Isn't attrition going to be a problem

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Meredith Noble
I was put off becoming a member because I work for a fairly small company. I figure that it would be pretty easy to identify me by definitely an issue - but if you employer is too small, basically, not indexed by Hoovers, we are giving you access but holding your review from display. so,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Loren Baxter
The site is a very cool concept. It does seem to me that anonymity can be very tough to find for niche positions such as Interaction Designer. Say a large company has only a few interaction designers at most. I think it would be very easy to figure out who made the anonymous review based on

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Paul Eisen
I also like the concept. But following on the theme of trust raised by Meredith, how can I trust the accuracy of the information provided by people, some of whom may be solely motivated to put in information just to get access. Or worse, who are motivated to create an inflated view of the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Jeff Gimzek
we have a research staff that is full time on salary and review approval if it looks bogus, fake, inflated, out of market context, etc. - we reject it, while the user still gets access short, useless reviews, or ones that name names are rejected also. jd On Jun 12, 2008, at 12:49 PM,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:. In other communities with the give-to-get mentality, I've seen the phenomenon of throwaway comments where a new member posts the bare minimum simply to gain access to locked features. Is there a check in place to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Jeff Gimzek
Peer ranking is coming for sure - we couldnt do it with this release on this schedule. In the meantime - we can tell junk content easily, and we reject it. On Jun 12, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Jeff Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:. In

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-12 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
Oh, so you do have cheating mechanisms already. Sounds pretty good! Personally, I have a very good feeling about this model. It mimics the way human cooperation works in general (give some to take some combined with trust) , and systems that mimic the way our mind works just... work. Yes, there

[IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-11 Thread Jeff Gimzek
As you guys may have noticed in the MSM and the blogosphere, the project I have been doing IA, UX, UE, concepting, wireframing, interaction design, logo design, naming, branding, graphics, interface design and more for during the past year went live last night. So what is it?

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live - Site SLAMMED !

2008-06-11 Thread Jeff Gimzek
sorry guys, we have close to a half million views already and are bringing more servers online. sigh. On Jun 11, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Jeff Gimzek wrote: As you guys may have noticed in the MSM and the blogosphere, the project I have been doing IA, UX, UE, concepting, wireframing,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live - Site SLAMMED !

2008-06-11 Thread Apar Maniar
it hit the front pages of TechCrunch, Digg and reditt so thats gonna keep the views coming On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Jeff Gimzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sorry guys, we have close to a half million views already and are bringing more servers online. sigh. On Jun 11, 2008, at

Re: [IxDA Discuss] [PLUG] glassdoor.com goes live

2008-06-11 Thread Jeff Gimzek
We got over the bugs, and are running well with thousands of pieces of content. Apologies to those that couldn't get in before. jd - - Jeffrey D. Gimzek | Senior User Experience Designer http://www.glassdoor.com Welcome