MORE NEW FEATURES AND SOME INFRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES!

Yet another new version of blogTV has just been uploaded. You will find a great many wishes are being fulfilled, yet again!

1. Separate volume controls for co-hosts!
2. Co-host layout can switch between a split screen or co-host in the corner layout!
3. Chat commands!
4. Page Bans!

Read the rest of this blog for important information!

MORE TOOLS, LESS RULES!

After a few years of tending to the blogTV community and listening to the common issues and requests, blogTV has come up with a new system of moderation for the site.

With the release of the new PAGE BAN TOOL and chat commands, blogTV members will be able to ban other members from entering each other's pages in any way and will be able to control the chat much more easily. That means no more nasty comments, no more chat invaders and much more freedom from moderation.

* The PAGE BAN works from the chat or from the person's profile page. When you BAN a person from your chat room, the next time they refresh they will no longer have access to your page.

The important changes that everyone needs to know about are:

• Mods will no longer deal with minor harassment: Mild harassment includes name calling, trolling, spamming and other less common issues on that same level.
• Mods will be focusing on bigger problems: Bigger problems include pornography (sex acts and nudity), underage broadcasters and severe racism.
• Mods will be paying more attention to the positive: This means that with the time freed up from dealing with petty harassment, the mods will have more time to seek out new talent on the site, promote them and assist them to make the most of their broadcasts. We have been focused on the negative for too long and the good people of blogTV deserve our attention.
• YOU will be trusted with much more freedom: Since we are giving you the responsibility to take care of the law on your own pages, we will also be giving you more freedom. These freedoms include being able to discuss whatever you want without fear of moderator interference, being able to dance a little sexually (still not nude of course) and being able to NOT show your face on cam if you so choose.

Instructions for chat commands:

In order to use the new chat commands properly you will need to type a backslash followed by the command, as follows:

1. /search username

• Available to: ALL USERS
• This will function like the existing search button, but now the name will be linked to the room the person is in.

2. /kick username

• Available to: BROADCASTER, OPS, MODERATORS
• This will function like the existing kick button.

3. /op username

• Available to: BROADCASTER & MODERATORS
• This will function like the existing regular OPs.

4. /deop username

• Available to: BROADCASTER, OPS & MODERATORS
• This will function like the existing regular OPs.

5. /ban username

• Available to: BROADCASTER
• This will function like the existing regular ban today, but will also work if the user has left the room.

6. /unban username

• Available to: BROADCASTER
• This will function like the existing regular ban today, but will also work if the user has left the room.

* When you Unban a username it must be case sensitive

You can use this to kick guests, in the following format:
7. /kick Guest – g_name

If you have ANY questions about the new system, please feel free to contact your community manager, Kara-Hannah, or the Moderation Team.

WAIT...WISH-WHA??

The wishlist is a great way for the blogTV staff and community to make sure they are all on the same page. However, if the wishlist page is not used correctly, it will not yield the results you all may have been hoping for. Here are a few tips on how to make it work best for you, as well as some info about wishes that already exist (obviously those people who wished for them were unaware of the features, so they should be pointed out).

HOW TO WISH SUCCESSFULLY:

• Read the wishes that are currently on the list before you make your wish. This way you will not duplicate an existing wish.
• Vote for the wishes you want to come true rather than writing them yourself. If you continue to break up the same wishes into thousands of similar ones, you will never get the full amount of votes for the wish and therefore it will not look like its been voted for very much and wont get onto the radar of the blogTV developers.
• Write in proper English with fully thought out sentences so that other blogTV members and staff will know what you are talking about (currently there are many wishes on the wishlist that are simply unintelligible and will not be understood, let alone added to the site). This will also help people to not repeat the same wishes. If they understand that your wish is the same as their wish, they will have no need to repeat it.

INFO ON WISHES THAT ALREADY EXIST (DONE):

1. Mobile blogTV: Currently you can use most 3G phones to watch blogTV from m.blogTV.com. Soon it may be possible to broadcast from mobile phones as well!

2. "Where is this person": If you are in a chat room and want to know what show your friend is watching, simply press the MAGNIFYING GLASS icon underneath the username list of the chat, type your friend's name in and it will tell you what chat room your friend is located in.

3. Choose your auto-played video: In order to choose which video plays in your broadcasting screen when you are gone, simply press the "Edit" link above your video section and you will see a link next to each video called "Select VOD for player." more info

4. Vote to ban a user: With the new poll feature shown here, you CAN poll your viewers to see if they want to ban a certain user from the chat room!

5. No more guests: All of you currently have the option to shut off the guest chat in your rooms. Simply press on the PENCIL icon underneath the username list, in your chat window. You will see options to choose who is allowed to chat in your room and who is not. Click here for a visual demonstration.

6. Partner Program: The blogTV partner program or ad revenue share program info can be found here.

7. Sort the Live Now page by viewers: If you look at the top of the Live Now page you will see that there are several sorting options. You can choose to sort the Live Now page by viewers so that you can see who is the most popular broadcaster at all times. You may use any of the sorting features. We are not going to tell you how to watch your Live Now page.

8. GIF profile pictures: You are already allowed to use either JPG or GIF formatted images for your profile pictures. It will not work for animated GIFs.

9. The blogTV Store: If you want to purchase your very own blogTV gear, you can HERE.

10. Private shows: If you purchase a Pro Account for $25 a year, you can do private shows and only invite people on your friend list. Thereby negating the perverts.

As we continue to make the wishlist page work more successfully for you, we also hope that you will take these tips and help make it more successful for yourselves.

HAPPY WISHING!

YOUR WISH IS OUR COMMAND

Today blogTV uploaded the first new version since the Wishlist launched. As the TOP VOTED WISH was for better quality video, we granted it! Now you broadcasters will notice that before you begin your broadcast you have a new option called "Start HG Broadcast." This button will lead you to the highest quality broadcasting you have ever done on blogTV!

Next, we added several new features to the Wishlist page in order to make searching and linking to individual wishes much easier! Now you can send a link to your wish and have everyone you know vote for it!

We can't wait to see next version's wishes! So, enjoy these new features and anticipate a lot more :)