State of the Potato Vol. 2
By vanessageneSup, friendos!
First things first, we want to thank all of you for your support and feedback over the past several months.
Our goal at Hot Potato is to make it easy to share what you’re doing with friends and connect with others who have similar interests. We’ve been hard at work on some new changes to Hot Potato that we think makes it even easier to do just that.
Here’s how it works. Say you’re watching the England v USA World Cup match.
First, choose your verb — “I’m watching.” Then pick or type your activity — “I’m watching England v USA.” Are you the first one doing it? No problem – you’re a trendsetter – you’ll get to create the activity.
Optionally, let us know with whom you’re watching England v USA (by inviting friends to confirm they’re doing it too) and, if you’re using your iPhone, where you are (using a nifty Foursquare integration). You can also let your friends on Facebook and Twitter know. Once you’ve confirmed, you’re connected to everyone else watching England v USA on Hot Potato. Join the conversation about that activity by asking questions, sounding off, and sharing your photos and videos.
This latest Hot Potato goodness is very much organized around the activities you are doing right now. We still want you to be able to set up future events and we’re working on the best way to do that. Stay tuned. For those of you who have already set up future events on Hot Potato, you should be able to find your event and any conversation updates associated with it by searching the “watching” and “attending” categories.
So why use Hot Potato? Hot Potato activities are an awesome way to discover and share the experience with others doing the same thing as you. You can engage with others by asking questions and reacting collectively; you can keep a history of your activities and events; and now, you can receive Hot Potato awards for being an expert in a particular category (TV shows, the 2010 World Cup, etc.) and build street cred within the Hot Potato community.
We’ve fixed a lot of the buggy stuff, but as you know, these things have an annoying way of popping up. So don’t be shy. Having technical troubles? Got a question? Just want to say hello? Get in touch with us through Zendesk. Or visit our FAQ for more details on the newest release.
Enjoy!
- The Hot Potato Team
