I am very pleased to announce the launch of the new Open Up website at http://www.open-up.org.uk which Twentyfirst built for Mental Health Media, project managed by me!  This site is the first online networking community for professionals working against mental health discrimination.

As part of the project, Mental Health Media receives training in community management and moderation strategies from Twentyfirst. I will be working with them throughout the next three months to ensure that their community grows and evolves successfully.

The site has only been live for one week and it already has almost 100 members.  If you feel the site is relevant to your experiences or interests, or those of your friends or family, please join up and pass along the link.

http://www.open-up.org.uk Thanks!

Saw this ages ago but just got reminded of it…  cool timeline way of viewing online activity…

dipity / bethgranter

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Today I wanted to log in to my 43Things account so I could show my new colleagues what the site was all about, but was told my username or password were incorrect.  So I followed the ‘forgot username’ procedure and 43Things emailed me ‘bethgranter’ as my username to my registered email account at myemail@somewhere.com.  Then I tried to follow the ‘forgot password’ procedure and was told that username was not registered to that email address, even though 43Things had just emailed me saying that it was.  I tried to visit my page at www.43things.com/person/bethgranter and it seems 43Things have suspended my account.  I was never warned of this.  I have emailed them asking that they re-open my account and let me know why they removed it ASAP, as I have no idea what the reason could be.

Disclaimer: There’s maybe a 1% chance I cancelled my account and forgot about it but I very much doubt it because I love(d) 43Things and had spent time on my profile there.

*edit* Today 43Things.com got back to me to let me know my account had been suspended in error, so they re-enstated my profile.  The suspension was due to an apparent ‘hidden link’ to a site that had adverts on it.  The offending site was ExplorationAge.com, as I had put an ExplorationAge blog badge widget within a comment on 43Things, which contained a link to my profile on ExplorationAge.  Apparently a linked image counts as a ‘hidden link’.  Weird.  I’ve asked if it’s ok to put a link back in, but make it ‘visible’ as a text link, so I’ll see what they say.

Hello!  I did a quick review about Get Satisfaction, the online user support / customer service website over on my work blog for the SPLASH project… some people who usually read this blog might find that post interesting.