For everyone who took the survey, short-lived as it was (awesome and quick response guys), thanks. We'll be making a case to our owners on behalf the community and what you would like to see on ShoutWire.
We've seen some awesome stuff on the site, and just downright horrible (annoying mosquito ad and the time Hanafi tricked everyone into 2girls1cup, I'm looking at you). All in all though, as always, what has made ShoutWire special is the freedom of expression, the colorful comments and unique personality each one of you bring to the community.
Once we have some feedback, you'll hear from one of us (Bulshoy, Zero or myself). We'll go from there. Here are some trends -as promised- from the survey.
1. Do pop-up and pop-under ads on ShoutWire ruin your browsing experience?Yes
67.0% 67
No
4.0% 4
No, I use Adblock (or alternative) and don't see ads.
29.0% 29
Other (please specify) 0.0% 0
2. What would you like to see on ShoutWire?Option For A Classic Style Skin
59.3% 54
A section for video game reviews/editorials/blogs/vids/pics
53.8% 49
No pop-up/pop-under ads
85.7% 78
One super-page, with radio buttons, to submit links, blogs,pics all at once
20.9% 19
Hot Women
41.8% 38
ShoutWire Merchandise (tshirts, beanies)
20.9% 19
Ability To Customize Profile
37.4% 34
Organization of Blog Entries into RSS, page, and your own page with a banner of your choice.
18.7% 17
Print Magazine
12.1% 11
view commentOther (please specify) 16
Other Comments Here:
1. even more hot women Thu, 4/3/08 9:01 PM
2. Destroy hollywire, etc, etc... >_> Thu, 4/3/08 8:52 PM
3. BULSHOY BACK FAGZ Thu, 4/3/08 8:29 PM
4. Naked Hot Women Thu, 4/3/08 8:12 PM
5. a lot of the old features, fixing the submit post problem, not hijacking free speech on editorials Thu, 4/3/08 8:09 PM
6. no articles about britney spears on front page Thu, 4/3/08 8:06 PM
7. FREE SPEECH. No deleting editorials Thu, 4/3/08 7:54 PM
8. Less censored editorials. Thu, 4/3/08 7:53 PM
9. The way it was before hollwire. Thu, 4/3/08 7:51 PM
10. More categories, such as science, religion, space etc. Thu, 4/3/08 7:43 PM
11. Something similar to Democracy, or its original purpose being respected. Thu, 4/3/08 7:36 PM
12. Less Crap MoreMore Articles about shit that isnt wothless.. IE hollywood Thu, 4/3/08 7:30 PM
13. I would like to see Tubearoo, Hollywire and the Outback steakhouse go die in a corner somewhere. Thu, 4/3/08 7:22 PM
14. Freedom of speech Thu, 4/3/08 7:21 PM
15. just let us have a free discourse again Thu, 4/3/08 7:17 PM
16. No lame celebrity news hovering on front page. Thu, 4/3/08 7:11 PM
3. For those who use Firefox: When browsing ShoutWire...You must sometimes hit enter/click link more than once to access a page
69.8% 37
The url http://shoutwire.com does not work for you, but http://www.shoutwire.com works for you.
24.5% 13
Entering 'shoutwire' in your address bar returns a blank page
32.1% 17
4. In my personal profile, I'd like the option to:Choose default category I see on front page (All, Lifestyle, Business, Tech...)
52.6% 41
Option to toggle blue skin/a classic skin
64.1% 50
Filter out offensive language
9.0% 7
Field to send short email message to Tubearoo
38.5% 30
Ability to customize profile (like Myspace or Facebook, but not lame)
35.9% 28
view commentOther (please specify) 5
Other Comments Here
1. Push a button and destroy hollywire! (Only kidding >_>) Thu, 4/3/08 8:52 PM
2. An option to flog the bastards who keep putting these fucking ads on shoutwire. Thu, 4/3/08 8:12 PM
3. nothing to do with this one, but question 4, not recently but in the past i have been hit with "server busy" in firefox thats the only problem i really have incureed (uk). Thu, 4/3/08 7:55 PM
4. don't care Thu, 4/3/08 7:35 PM
5. Leave it ALONE Thu, 4/3/08 7:30 PM
5. Does having a paid Advertisement link on front page upset or ruin your browsing experience?Yes
63.0% 63
No
9.0% 9
Meh, don't care. Just keep bringing me crazy news.
28.0% 28
6. Better Communication: Would you like area of ShoutWire forums dedicated to users being able to openly voice concerns, and Tubearoo powers periodically check in to discuss concerns and changes to site?
Yes
89.9% 89
No
10.1% 10
7. Should ShoutWire find a way to allow user blogs and pictures to be INCLUDED directly in front page article feed after X number of Shouts?
Yes
78.6% 77
No
21.4% 21
8. What is your favorite aspect of ShoutWire?
view comment 79
answered question 79
skipped question 21
Comment Response (long, but hey...)
1. the news articles that i wouldn't see anywhere else Thu, 4/3/08 9:01 PM
2. crazy news Thu, 4/3/08 9:01 PM
3. used to be the people on it , since everyone is leaving Thu, 4/3/08 8:59 PM
4. news Thu, 4/3/08 8:55 PM
5. Good to see differing opinions, helps me balance myself. Thu, 4/3/08 8:54 PM
6. The odd news stories Thu, 4/3/08 8:52 PM
7. the articles Thu, 4/3/08 8:52 PM
8. Freedom of Speech Thu, 4/3/08 8:51 PM
9. freedom to say what we want Thu, 4/3/08 8:50 PM
10. interesting reads Thu, 4/3/08 8:44 PM
11. The users and their comments Thu, 4/3/08 8:44 PM
12. Nothing, reallly Thu, 4/3/08 8:41 PM
13. News on Global warming, and video games Thu, 4/3/08 8:39 PM
14. [The community members] make this site worth coming to. Sometimes not even the stories are what I come here for but how others perceive them and give their opinions on. Thu, 4/3/08 8:33 PM
15. Free speech, all the cool debates Thu, 4/3/08 8:31 PM
16. FREEDOM OF SPEECH NOT ANYMORE THO COCKTARDS / EDITORIALS AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY Thu, 4/3/08 8:29 PM
17. news Thu, 4/3/08 8:29 PM
18. RSS Thu, 4/3/08 8:29 PM
19. Hearing other opinions in the comments / news articles Thu, 4/3/08 8:25 PM
20. It was user submitted. Thu, 4/3/08 8:25 PM
21. The articles Thu, 4/3/08 8:24 PM
22. Editorials Thu, 4/3/08 8:23 PM
23. the crazy news Thu, 4/3/08 8:21 PM
24. The fact that everyone has the chance to voice their opinion. Thu, 4/3/08 8:20 PM
25. How it used to be. Thu, 4/3/08 8:14 PM
26. the comment section Thu, 4/3/08 8:13 PM
27. Right now, NOTHING. Thu, 4/3/08 8:13 PM
28. Crazy shit and uncensored comments Thu, 4/3/08 8:12 PM
29. Zero. Thu, 4/3/08 8:11 PM
30. Intersting articles and editorials Thu, 4/3/08 8:10 PM
31. the ability to freely combat thoughts on subjects, the fact that users used to dictate what was popular or not Thu, 4/3/08 8:09 PM
32. the people fight back Thu, 4/3/08 8:08 PM
33. The Community and debates Thu, 4/3/08 8:08 PM
34. Editorials, crazy news, unfiltered comments. Thu, 4/3/08 8:07 PM
35. Editorials Thu, 4/3/08 8:07 PM
36. Was the whole site Thu, 4/3/08 8:07 PM
37. freedom of speech... or atleast that WAS my fav part Thu, 4/3/08 8:06 PM
38. The 'whacky' and/or 'funny' news articles Thu, 4/3/08 8:05 PM
39. Freedom of expression of views. Thu, 4/3/08 8:05 PM
40. editorials, freedom to say whatever you want Thu, 4/3/08 8:04 PM
41. xxoozero Thu, 4/3/08 7:59 PM
42. All the different opinions people have. News. Not celeb bullshit advertising Thu, 4/3/08 7:58 PM
43. The wonderful news! Thu, 4/3/08 7:55 PM
44. Nova Thu, 4/3/08 7:54 PM
45. The random, funny, intruiging news I come across. Thu, 4/3/08 7:53 PM
46. editorials Thu, 4/3/08 7:53 PM
47. News from around the world Thu, 4/3/08 7:52 PM
48. The community Thu, 4/3/08 7:51 PM
49. editorials Thu, 4/3/08 7:51 PM
50. Community Thu, 4/3/08 7:48 PM
51. shoutwire itself without censorshit Thu, 4/3/08 7:47 PM
52. Teh Comunitazzzz Thu, 4/3/08 7:45 PM
53. The content Thu, 4/3/08 7:44 PM
54. The discussions. Thu, 4/3/08 7:43 PM
55. The community atmosphere, no matter how many arguments may break out. Thu, 4/3/08 7:42 PM
56. FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!! Thu, 4/3/08 7:39 PM
57. news, ability to debate and voice your opinions. Thu, 4/3/08 7:38 PM
58. community + news of course Thu, 4/3/08 7:37 PM
59. When its not being censored Thu, 4/3/08 7:36 PM
60. the bash button Thu, 4/3/08 7:35 PM
61. the community Thu, 4/3/08 7:34 PM
62. The amazing free speech that is posted. Thu, 4/3/08 7:34 PM
63. Different recognizable people with humorous thoughts Thu, 4/3/08 7:31 PM
64. that we can say whatever we want and read news that isnt wothless Thu, 4/3/08 7:30 PM
65. Free speech Thu, 4/3/08 7:30 PM
66. Interesting stuff it brings in Thu, 4/3/08 7:28 PM
67. editorials, comments, free speech, admins Thu, 4/3/08 7:27 PM
68. Sheer scope of information, and lack of candy coated pop-culture Thu, 4/3/08 7:26 PM
69. The political editorials/blogs that get promoted up Thu, 4/3/08 7:26 PM
70. News Thu, 4/3/08 7:25 PM
71. original editorials and user comments Thu, 4/3/08 7:25 PM
72. Flaming. Thu, 4/3/08 7:24 PM
73. Editorials Thu, 4/3/08 7:23 PM
74. Free speech Thu, 4/3/08 7:22 PM
75. the freethought Thu, 4/3/08 7:21 PM
76. editorials Thu, 4/3/08 7:18 PM
77. Discourse Thu, 4/3/08 7:17 PM
78. Editorials Thu, 4/3/08 7:11 PM
79. Editorials. And the comments, of course. Thu, 4/3/08 7:10 PM
Seems editorials, discourse and free speech was the winner here.
...And for the last question, the talk of the day:9. Currently, what is your least favorite aspect of ShoutWire?
Response
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answered question 81
skipped question 19
1. the censorship Thu, 4/3/08 9:01 PM
2. pop-ups Thu, 4/3/08 9:01 PM
3. people leaving because of shithead bear bureaucracy Thu, 4/3/08 8:59 PM
4. They say it's tubaroo banning accounts of good standing people idk , but i will no longer visit this site if this continues. A very sad end to what was a good site. Thu, 4/3/08 8:55 PM
5. Censorship and force-fed stories. Thu, 4/3/08 8:54 PM
6. Hollywire! >_< But I've said that enough... Intrusive ads (ones that make noise, videos that autoplay, etc) are abnoxious - I'm not against the tiny banner ads between the stories, or the popups that show up whenever I click *anywhere*, annoying as they may be. But ads disguised as stories and things that make annoying noises whenever I browse the page are beyond what I will put up with. I doubt the site is dead yet, so long as you listen to the submissions from users. I hope you have some free time, because I'm sure this isn't the only one... Thanks for keeping the site as good as it is, and for reading this whole thing. Thu, 4/3/08 8:52 PM
7. links pointing to youtube Thu, 4/3/08 8:52 PM
8. Censorship and Tubearoo Thu, 4/3/08 8:51 PM
9. ads...non fucking stop Thu, 4/3/08 8:50 PM
10. Ads Thu, 4/3/08 8:44 PM
11. Ads, Ads, Ads! And now cencorship! Thu, 4/3/08 8:44 PM
12. Ads Thu, 4/3/08 8:43 PM
13. pop ups Thu, 4/3/08 8:39 PM
14. How our most beloved leaders are leaving. Like I said, it's the members, and we'll lose the big ones and smaller ones will pursue because of advertising. Hell I'll freakin buy t-shirts and merch, I love this site, I'd do alot of things to save this site........ Thu, 4/3/08 8:33 PM
15. ALL THE DAMN ADS Thu, 4/3/08 8:31 PM
16. TUBAROO FAGS RUINING SHIT AND FUCKING EVERYTHING UP Thu, 4/3/08 8:29 PM
17. full page ads Thu, 4/3/08 8:29 PM
18. Crap Articles Thu, 4/3/08 8:29 PM
19. ads, pop-ups...editorials getting deleted Thu, 4/3/08 8:25 PM
20. Tubearoo keeps fucking it up. I'm pretty close to gone for good. Good luck getting your numbers back up. Thu, 4/3/08 8:25 PM
21. The ads and super-annoying pop ups. Thu, 4/3/08 8:24 PM
22. none really Thu, 4/3/08 8:21 PM
23. Ads. That's my only problem. Thu, 4/3/08 8:20 PM
24. Everything. The ads, the communist overrulers. You know, the usual. Thu, 4/3/08 8:14 PM
25. the pop-up Thu, 4/3/08 8:13 PM
26. EVERYTHING except the few who are rebelling. Thu, 4/3/08 8:13 PM
27. Anything ad related Thu, 4/3/08 8:12 PM
28. The managment. Thu, 4/3/08 8:11 PM
29. At the moment ... nothing. Half the time it redirects to http:/// so I can't even view... And I really don't care about Brittany and her rotten snatch being on the front page. I'll go to cnn if I want to read about that Thu, 4/3/08 8:10 PM
30. dictation of the site soley upon the principal of financial gain Thu, 4/3/08 8:09 PM
31. Tubearoo Thu, 4/3/08 8:08 PM
32. That fucking piece of fucking shit no good fucking link that occupies the first slot on the front page. FUCK THAT SHIT. Thu, 4/3/08 8:08 PM
33. Censorship, ads, deleted posts & articles, main page has too much stuff. Thu, 4/3/08 8:07 PM
34. The new administration Thu, 4/3/08 8:07 PM
35. Sellout Thu, 4/3/08 8:07 PM
36. censorship Thu, 4/3/08 8:06 PM
37. How seriously people take the site (in the forums). Thu, 4/3/08 8:05 PM
38. Interference by site owners in the running of Shoutwire. Thu, 4/3/08 8:05 PM
39. censoring said editorials and free speech Thu, 4/3/08 8:04 PM
40. people who owns it Thu, 4/3/08 8:04 PM
41. hollywire Thu, 4/3/08 7:59 PM
42. Hollywire, popups, Hollywire. Thu, 4/3/08 7:58 PM
43. tubearoo Thu, 4/3/08 7:58 PM
44. The pathetic attempt at site construction Thu, 4/3/08 7:55 PM
45. People deleting Editorials Thu, 4/3/08 7:54 PM
46. Staff being censored/crazy amount of pop-ups. Thu, 4/3/08 7:53 PM
47. tubearoo!!!! Thu, 4/3/08 7:53 PM
48. ads Thu, 4/3/08 7:53 PM
49. Immaturity of editorials Thu, 4/3/08 7:52 PM
50. Censorship Thu, 4/3/08 7:51 PM
51. hollywire Thu, 4/3/08 7:51 PM
52. Censorship Thu, 4/3/08 7:48 PM
53. Hollywire Thu, 4/3/08 7:47 PM
54. Shpam, shit, holly Thu, 4/3/08 7:45 PM
55. The ads. Thu, 4/3/08 7:43 PM
56. The arguments that break out... Thu, 4/3/08 7:42 PM
57. CENCORSHIP Thu, 4/3/08 7:39 PM
58. too many changes in the layout, ads and censorship!!! Thu, 4/3/08 7:38 PM
59. ADs ADs and more ads, i'd say around christmas time is when it started going to the pooper, possibley a little earlier. Just remember anytime christmas was in the description and i accidently rolled over it with my mouse a loud and annoying ad came up Thu, 4/3/08 7:37 PM
60. Everything Thu, 4/3/08 7:36 PM
61. all the ads Thu, 4/3/08 7:35 PM
62. tubearoo and ads Thu, 4/3/08 7:34 PM
63. The damn advertising. Thu, 4/3/08 7:34 PM
64. Everyone left today Thu, 4/3/08 7:31 PM
65. trying to sell me crap.. I supported your vendors, Now, I BOYCOTT THEM Thu, 4/3/08 7:30 PM
66. Can't bash articles Thu, 4/3/08 7:30 PM
67. the new skin and home page Thu, 4/3/08 7:28 PM
68. ads, tubearoo owners, bullshit, bulshoy leaving, censorship, Thu, 4/3/08 7:27 PM
69. Growing presence of candy coated pop-culture Thu, 4/3/08 7:26 PM
70. The entire site is like a grab bag; there is no real organisation to anything, and the site is now centered around advertisements rather than material Thu, 4/3/08 7:26 PM
71. Pop ups Thu, 4/3/08 7:25 PM
72. censorship Thu, 4/3/08 7:25 PM
73. Ads. Thu, 4/3/08 7:24 PM
74. Celebrity stories and advertising in random spots Thu, 4/3/08 7:23 PM
75. Lack of free speech (currently) Thu, 4/3/08 7:22 PM
76. the censorship and selling out of the site Thu, 4/3/08 7:21 PM
77. everything Thu, 4/3/08 7:18 PM
78. Censorship Thu, 4/3/08 7:17 PM
79. Ads Thu, 4/3/08 7:11 PM
80. Censorship. And that whole fascism thing. Thu, 4/3/08 7:10 PM
81. the blatent censorship that seems to be affecting shoutwire Thu, 4/3/08 7:07 PM
The take home message there...no one likes pop-up ads and everyone loves Bulshoy. Good thing we got him drunk and tagged during our last crazy Tijuana getaway weekend, so we won't let our bro get far away. That's the plan, we'll always be a band of brothers.
If you didn't get to chime in for the survey, use the comment section below. Keep it clean, give this a Shout for all things democracy and state what you do and don't want to see on your ShoutWire.
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