As BlinkList continues to grow and gain more traction we are starting to see more and more "bad guys" that are trying to abuse the system. While we believe that "people are basically good" there is always a few bad apples that will try to ruin everything for the rest of us.

However, we are committed to keep BlinkList spam free so that we can continue to have the freshest and most interesting discovery pages on the web.

To help us, the BlinkList community can now start to flag spammers by just going to the user page and clicking on "flag user as spammer."

Users that have been spammed will be reviewed and if they are spamming BlinkList their accounts will be immediately deleted. No worries, if you are a good user and get flagged by accident then your account is safe since every account that is flagged is reviewed before any action is taken.

We hope that together we can ensure that BlinkList will continue to be one of the single best places to discover interesting new articles, sites, and resources online. If you have not checked out the discovery pages in a while just go here to learn more about "ajax" for example.

So, lets get started and start flagging! It's actually quite satisfying.

As BlinkList continue to grow and gain more traction we are starting to see more and more "bad guys" try to abuse the system. While we believe that "people are basically good" there is always a few bad apples that try to ruin everything for the rest of us. However, we are committed to keep BlinkList spam free so that we can continue to have the freshest and most interesting discovery pages on the web.

For example, if you are trying to learn about "Ajax" you just might find far more interesting, fresh, and relevant content on BlinkList than anywhere else. However, that will only be the case if we can ensure that we keep the "bad guys" out and for that we need the help of our community.

To help us, you can now start to flag spammers by just going to the user page and clicking on "flag user as spammer."

Users that have been spammed will be reviewed and if they are clearly spamming BlinkList their accounts will be immediately deleted. No worries, if you are a good user and get flagged by accident then your account is safe since every account that is flagged is reviewed by our security team.

We hope that together we can ensure that BlinkList will continue to be one of the single best places to discover interesting new articles, sites, and resources online.

I just wanted to sent out a quick thanks to the BlinkList community! You rock and make our day! Here is just a couple of the testimonials and user comments we have received over the past week:

First user comment:

"I like BlinkList more and more. I am blinking more seriously than before and I'm getting my QuickBlinks and tags sorted.

After having had a look at the other options (sorry I realized BL is actually the better choice and it exceeds all the rest in functionality, looks, intuitiveness, usability, etc. Even your community is anything but weak.

So, I'm staying, not purely because I 'like' your brand, also because it's the best around. Is that a compliment, ey?

Meantime, I'll do my bit in evangelizing BlinkList around here. If it's worth anything, you saw the replies to my post: people are definitely open to your product!

Good luck and talk to you later!"

Second user comment:

"Mike, I like Blinklist, I really do. I think it's one of, if not THE
most easy to use sites on the web. I don't use it every day, I use it
ever hour!

Merely a suggestion, but you know how Yahoo got del.icio.us?
And what's Google missing? A decent social bookmarks manager! ie:
Blinklist!" ~ Jonathan

Third user comment:

"I've tried more than half a dozen social bookmarking sites in the past. None have had the usability and features of Blinklist. It'll be a couple more months before all my bookmarks are uploaded, and of course, new ones added daily, but i just wanted to say: you guys rock!" ~ Anne

I cannot tell you how much the above feedback means to us! This is exactly what keeps us going and is what makes us work hard to keep making BlinkList better and better.

We just had a big strategy retreat (you can see pictures here) that helped us to create a much much more crystalized vision of BlinkList and the innovations and improvements that are on their way are truly getting us more and more excited. I personally sometimes have problems falling asleep at night because I just can't stop thinking about all the exciting things we have planned for BlinkList. Fortunately, we have a very vocal and active community that is helping us along the way.

We have moved into a new office at Plaza Sentral, right in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. We have also redesigned our main company site and are now actively hiring new people to grow our development office.

If you would like to learn more about us here is three good sites to get started:

1) MindValley company site
2) MindValley ecommerce blog
3) MindValley social blog

We just wanted to publicly congratulate Khailee, one of MindValley’s newest hires. Khailee did it again - this time winning the REGIONAL HSBC Young Entrepreneur Award  in Hong Kong and beating 674 teams and 1700+ other competitors from the Asia-Pacific Region.

He’s now in Silicon Valley, as part of his worldwide tour and visiting local entrepreneurial legends. He’s going on to do some pretty big things!

But just to keep things in perspective and avoid giving him a big head. Here are some amusing/embarassing pictures of him.

——  Below is an extract from the Local Press ———

HONG KONG: A passion for art, an innovative idea and a solid business structure helped the Malaysian team clinch the top place in a regional contest for undergraduates. 

Team mates Ng Khai Lee, 22, and Samuel Wee, 20, both from Taylor’s College in Subang Jaya, beat the competition from Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines to win the HSBC Young Entrepreneur Regional Awards 2005/06. 

Their business plan “Artbank Co-op” which involves the collection, printing and sale of digital art as posters and their excellent presentation skills wowed the judges and won them the Best of the Best Award.  

This is the first time Malaysian representatives have won an award in the contest since its inception five years ago. 

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