Ok, first post. I am new to the Spout UI development posse. I am thinking I might use the blog here to dabble in vagueness so as not to give up upcoming features, but mostly just to comment on where things are and see how they are working. Also to relate films and life to the evolution of the workings of the site. It may go nowhere or end up headed in a completely different direction as blogs often do. But no whining about personal affairs or going all emo. Strictly curiosities and information.
I have been using Spout a lot lately getting used to its functionality and finding its faults. It is on the cusp of super-cool, which I am sure that all parties involved already know. It is amazing how much time can go into just clicking, for hours, and hours.... and yet more hours. Moving in and out of sections and trying to feel out where we can make things better.
One of the coolest things about sites like Spout that I can see happening, is that the more you use it, the more useful (at least for entertainment value) it is. But how do you translate that feeling for new users. It takes such a huge time investment as a user to build your own catalog of tags, lists, posts, etc. The fun only really begins once all of these things start to criss-cross into each other.
I see so many new users who barely touch the site. Friends of mine who just didn't get it. Upon explanation, things start to make more sense for them.
Anyway, I am off to ponder.
Ciao,
Harmless