When you're posting a new comment, you'll now see a checkbox labeled with:
"Tell me when someone makes a new comment!"
If you select this box, you will receive an email when someone else comments on that particular upload! So go ahead and ask a question or engage in a discussion -- you'll be notified when someone answers you!
We have a lot more coming, so stay tuned!
Here's two nice little features for you:
You can now make your webcam friends-only, which means that only people who have been approved as your friend can request a video chat. Do this from your profile edit page!
Also, if you've been wanting to change the flag on your profile, you can now do that through your settings page
Collections are a great way to gather your favorite movies, pictures, and even friends, all in one place! We've revamped the way they're displayed: bigger thumbnails and an scroller to easily view all the items in the set. Collections can even contain other Collections, which can lead to all sorts of fun.
Here's a cool Collection of Wallpapers so you can see what we're talking about.
Tip: When you embed a Collection, (for example, on MySpace) it shows up as a slideshow! Try it out.
Spymac visited South Beach last week to film an upcoming TV show (details announced soon). Last month's jackpot winner SOCOM12 made an appearance!
We're currently making some changes to the way the system works so this week's payout is going to be a little bit delayed. We apologize for that, but we're sure the changes are for the better!
Stay tuned!
We wanted to address some questions we've been receiving since yesterday's weekly payout, and to use this opportunity to talk about our revenue sharing in general.
Spymac has new people joining every day, and the number of total uploads keeps increasing. With more uploads, there is more competition! So you're going to have to keep kicking it up a notch every month if you want to hold your position in the charts! Granted, it's hard to know your position in the charts since we currently don't reveal that information, but we're going to change that!
The Spymac Charts is where you'll be able to see who's winning the big money each month. The Charts will make Spymac feel more like a monthly-competition, because that's what the site really is! For each payout, our system automatically ranks every uploader, and the higher they are on the Charts, the larger their share of the jackpot will be. We're also working on ways to let members have more say over who wins the jackpots each month. If you know of members who SPAM, or upload copyrighted stuff, you'll be able influence their ranking and allow for higher-quality content-producers to rise to the top.
Spymac's revenue-sharing model is unique because the top uploaders get the lions-share of the weekly and monthly jackpots. If you see quality content, it's very important that you rate it and share it with your friends! Such simple actions will ensure that the members who most deserve the big jackpots will get them!
The audio section was already pretty cool, but now it's even better! When you upload your latest music or audio creation, you now have the chance to add a picture to be used as its cover art! This picture will be shown instead of the traditional light-show thumbnail, so use this feature to really stand out! Slick!
We have a lot more goodies coming, so stay tuned!
If you live in Germany, you've probably heard of comedy star "Hannelore" from Freitag-Nacht-News on RTL. Guess what? She's moved to Spymac! This is a special treat just for our visitors from Germany, but everyone is welcome to check out what's going on:
http://www.spymac.com/monika/
Just a short note: It's a holiday in Germany today, and our team is taking a much-deserved break! We'll be paying out the large monthly jackpot when the office reopens on Wednesday. (Update: It's past midnight in Germany and the payout is out! You should have received a Wednesday Winners newsletter if you won, and a separate Money Makers newsletter if you have any Money Makers that won this month.