Name changes and channels

January 30th, 2008

Name change

Earlier this month we changed the name of our social network yoMedia to yoFriends.com, to make a clearer distinction between the social network and our company. We have been talking about it for a while, but the actual switch was a bit of a rushed thing, as there were press releases going out for a conference where our company website was mentioned as yoMedia.com - which was at that point still our social network. We made the switch in time, but the transition was a little bumpy.

Now, a week later we tuned and tweaked things a bit to make the name change more convenient for our users. There are automatic redirects from the yoMedia to the yoFriends domain, and the yoMedia business website now has a link to the social network yoFriends.

Channels

Today we opened up Channels to the public. They have been visible as a 'future feature' for a long time now, and we had actually forgotten about flipping the switch to allow everyone to have their own channels. Now everyone can enjoy them.

Channels allow you to group content of different types. Whenever you are watching or listening to content, there will be a link below it where you can either create a new channel, or add the content to an existing channel you have moderator access to.

When you view one of your own channels, you can move the content around or remove it.

As a channel owner, you can even assign moderators who can help you maintain the channel.