The Need For Speed

Wow, has it been an exciting few weeks here at 72! After our official release of 72Photos we’ve received hundreds of new members, thousands of images and a whopping 350% increase in web site traffic.

As our community continues to rapidly grow, we have started to see our existing server infrastructure peak resulting in decreased site performance. Because of this we have installed some new powerful servers, upped our internet connectivity and the time has now come to stretch these bad boys legs.

During Friday the 27th and Monday the 30th our techies will be bringing these new servers online one-by-one as well as transferring gigs and gigs of images and profile data. I’d like to apologize in advance for any slowness or interruption this may cause, but I promise you it is for the greater good.

So Jon, what else does 72 have up their sleeves?

Well I’m glad you asked that question! Besides fixing a few bugs with the previous release, we have a few concoctions coming your way shortly:

• Flickr Import. Ability to import images and tags from your existing Flickr account


• First Time User setup. When a new users signs up an automated wizard will assist you in configuring your profile, uploading images, creating galleries and inviting people to view them


• User to User Messaging. We’ve build our own internal messaging system that will allow you to send each other messages (not comments) which can be read from their your personal dashboard page


• Inappropriate Image Reporting. A more advanced version of reporting inappropriate content or copyrighted material to 72 administration


• Friend Search. Search for friends by name, sex, age, location, e-mail address. If your friend was not found, you’ll have the ability to send an e-mail invite to them to join us.

The 72Photos team and I would like to once again thank all of you for your continued support and wish to remind you that we are always looking for bright new ideas that enhance our overall community.

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