If you have not noticed, I am trying to label each blog entry I have musically (I am Muzzikmann after all LOL)

In this one, it's What's Going On? Just a simple Blog entry to let everyone know a few things happening with the site.

Some great news is we have 3 new members since my last blog entry, and it seems more to come just from these three, Thanks to RC for inviting two of them!
The other is an American Samoa teacher from CA. I met this person on BluBets, which is a site that sometimes puts out controversial topics in bet form, you bet on what you think will win and win Blu Dollars to keep betting with. It is kind of interesting and sometimes I find heated debates on there.

But what about here and ParentsRPeople2?

Well, I have just read that the owners of grou.ps have been bombarded with questions, suggestions and help for the sites. This is both good and bad. Good because it shows that they are working and trying to answer all questions and that they are getting some help to accomplish that. bad because they are so overwhelmed with things to do that it has slowed them down some.

They have talked about hiring more people to help.

The subgroups section is a huge undertaking that will eventually, in my opinion, blow away most other sites because, although you can still belong to the mass majority of the group, you will eventually be able to create sub groups. Like Bakers for cooking, Genealogy, Single Parenting, Twins, Or even a group for each state or country, all the way down to a group for YOUR area!

When I asked Emre (one of the owners of the Grou.ps site about it this is what he said;

It's our latest module and we're constantly adding new features to it. For now, the point is it allows you to cluster your group members according to their interests - or they can do that by themselves too. This creates more engagement. In the future, each group will have its own wall and other modules will get more integrated with subgroups - so for example, you'll be able to send a message from the Talks module to only the members of a specific subgroup.

That said, a sub-group will eventually have all the features of the main group! That will be awesome, to have ONE place to go to talk about any topic.

Therefore, it should be known that this site is no longer JUST about parenting. Although there is a focus on that, we also will be adding a household tips section. Kind of like a Heloise's hints type thing. Hints and tips on everything from cooking and cleaning, to gaining more storage space in your home.

Just like Emre, I have a lot on my plate. so please be patient with all of it. The best way you can help is to join and get others to join in, even without all the cool features they are working on. This way you get to learn and see the site grow and you will never be considered a Noobie.

So come on in, check us out!

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