Bumpal com Launched Innovative Service Aimed At Finding The Best Forum Threads On The Web
Released on = May 5, 2007, 3:42 am
Press Release Author = George Cozma
Industry = Internet & Online
Press Release Summary = Bumpal.com has just launched and with it the philosophy of user generated content and social bookmarking has finally reached the forum domain.
Press Release Body = May 07, 2007 – Given the ever-growing prestige and popularity that forums enjoy nowadays, a need has arisen for the common forum reader to quickly locate the most relevant and interesting results on a wide range of different forums. Bumpal.com attempts to resolve this issue by proposing a system which allows the forum readers to vote and propose any forum thread worthy of attention.
Despite the vehement opposition, user powered content has proven in the last years to be a valid and reliable model to quickly bring interesting topics into the public eye. Those who oppose this system claim that the anonymity of the vote transforms intelligent users into an unintelligent mob and also that it promotes the values of those who moderate such sites.
Bumpal.com attempts to bypass the inconveniences associated with traditional social bookmarking sites by keeping the moderation at a minimum and making the vote public. Also the entire system is extremely flexible and transparent and has won appraisals for its ease of use.
To further enrich the experience of its users Bumpal.com also employs a complex tag system as well as a search facility. Given the vastness of the topics covered by forums this came as a necessity. The biggest challenges of course are not technical in nature, but rely heavily on the human factor. It will probably take some time for the new users to adjust to this innovative system as forum users tend to be accustomed more with simpler interfaces.
Nonetheless, the overwhelming response that Bumpal.com received during the last days is a sign that forum fans are embracing this new system.
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