I think thats a good way to go quite right. A 5 day free subscription is more than adequate too so that's also well judged.
You'll have to be sure on the criteria though Bossman, i.e; to encourage more home-made clips or, photos - stories is something that really captures my imagination and is engaging. Stories are a very different medium to visual culture. As I mentioned, I've invited someone along to look at the site to contribute and share his foot stories. Some of these authors, it strikes me, takes writing stories very seriously if even it maybe a career for some. So to facilitate a stories section could be an idea - a little like the supermarket you have various sections ie somewhere to find dairy products, toiletry etc etc so people can navigate easily
These are all vague and sketchy ideas. The beauty is that the site is still yovng and theres so much you can do which is exciting i'm sure! There was well over 2000 visitors online last night as you may have noticed so i'm sure the word on the foot streets is spreading gradually
Though saying all that... a quality control system is a good idea. Polls and votes for the best material posted so that they can be quantified and measured.
Post edited by: ikebana, at: 2006/02/09 04:34