With photo sharing, you’ll be able to upload any photo from your computer and post it with any status update. All you have to do is click the “Photo” link under the status update box and upload a photo. Our plan is to allow mobile photo uploads so you can upload them on the go…and maybe videos someday.

Our second update (which was decided upon just a few nights ago) is changing the 140 character limit to 200. We did a lot of research and discovered that in just a text message with a 160 character limit, people still went over it. So, 200 seemed definitely reasonable (since we still wanted a limit).

You’ll also notice some other small changes to the interface, too. We hope you enjoy!

Thanks,
The Yazzem Team

First off, the new search tool will enable anyone to search status updates and topic comments quickly and easily. Just visit search.yazzem.com and enter any search term. You can choose to either view all status updates or all topic comments. Within the next few weeks, we plan on enhancing search to it’s full potential.

The new index page takes search and integrates it, along with adding Latest Activities and some cool links and reviews we have gotten.

Hope you like the new updates to Yazzem!

Thanks,
The Yazzem Team

If you have any questions regarding this or anyting else, feel free to drop us a line in the support center.

Thanks,
Yazzem Team

Here is the list of new features:

Twitter integration – Since you can update your status on Yazzem, we thought it would be cool if you could have those updates posted to Twitter, too. So, now you can connect your Yazzem account with Twitter by going into Settings > Twitter > and then entering your Twitter credentials.

@mentions – An @mention is when you mention/reply to someone in a comment or status update by putting an @ symbol before their username. So, for example, @dustin would link to Dustin Snider’s profile. You can keep track of all your mentions by going to the new Mentions page, found in the navigation.

Status Comments – Status updates now show a link called ‘comment’, which allows anyone to leave a thought on a status.

Latest Activity Filter – We noticed that the Latest Activity timeline can become crowded with updates about topics. So, we created a filter that filters out the updates you don’t want to see. Meaning, you can view just statuses, or just topic updates.

The ability to delete comments/statuses – We added a small blue trashcan next to your comments/statuses, just in case you make a mistake, etc.

Hope you all like the new updates, and let us know what you think!

Thanks,
Zachary Collins
CEO/Founder

The Redesign – After much planning, we decided a new redesign would definitely fit the launch of 2.0. This new look brings in new functionality, such as designs you can choose from.

Latest Activity – This is the main feature 2.0 was built around. Latest Activity brings in the real-time feel to Yazzem, so you know when people (you subscribe to) start new topics, join topics, and what their latest status is.

Designs – Yes, you read that right. Just go to Settings > Design > and choose a theme to further customize Yazzem to your likings.

A Minor Detail – URL’s will now link so you can share links to a website or article you found. After using the new 2.0, you will notice some other minor improvements too.

Also, great thanks to Daniel Brusilovsky for the great Techcrunch article about Yazzem 2.0!

Thanks,
Zachary Collins
Founder/CEO

Thank you all who have signed up, and if you have already, sign up now!

Thanks,
Zachary Collins
Founder, CEO and President

Also, I should mention that I uploaded a new screencast that shows off all of the new features and things you can do. You can find it here.

Hopefully you are as much excited as we are!

Thanks,
Zachary Collins
Founder, CEO and President

What’s New?

Groups are now called Topics – not much to explain there.
Dashboard – There is a now a user Dashboard with quick links to things you can do on Yazzem.
Descriptions and Keywords – You will now be able to add a description and keywords to your topics.
Better Search – Search used to be weak and just plainly boring, but now each result shows a group description and a “join” link so you don’t have to visit the topic first and then join.

I’ll be uploading a new screencast showing off all of the new features within the next few days.

Thanks,
Zachary Collins
Founder, CEO and President

Click the link to see the screencast: Yazzem Screencast

You can tell it was my first time doing a screencast…so give me a break. Haha. =)

Thanks,
Zachary Collins
Founder and Inventor

P.S. Can anyone who is planning on signing up for Yazzem please leave a comment on this post or send us a tweet @yazzem.

This is what a group will look like (you can click the image for full size):

As you can see, there is a 140 character limit. Also, when you update, your message will be displayed in a “timeline” under the textarea, even though this is not shown in the current screenshot.

Then, this is what the process will look like to create a group:

You can easily see that creating groups will literally be as simple as 123.

I’ll have some more screenshots soon, so check back later.

Thanks,
Zachary Collins
Inventor and Founder