December 2023 in nearing its end and Lipcrack have finished the year with some positive outcomes and yes I have to admit it, if I can find an app that does something handy I am more than willing to put it to test and see how it goes. That doesn’t mean every app I test works. In fact good apps really require a lot of testing and that includes the new messaging service.
The news is, it’s running well but you might have noticed a few missing posts. Some of those will soon return but in the process of testing a lot were deleted. As you know, Lipcrack were inundated with fake sign ups over the years and as a part of the process of making sure that things were kept in good running order time was spent locating a range of user check mechanisms that allow for easy account deleting. Believe or not over the years there were 8000 inactive accounts. They’re now gone without having to go through accounts one by one, which if you wanted to achieve what has been done, you’d have to do. Currently I’m using a simple program but there are apps that can do things like remove accounts which haven’t been used for 5 months as an example so you can really fine tune what is and isn’t necessary. The email’s were saved however and are still apart of our mailing lists and everyone will be invited back to join us for the updated site platform.
The new affiliate update was a bit of a disaster but at the same time we had a lot of interest in individuals that wanted to be a part of the networking service with their own social media platforms and that is what the focus of this months testing also involved. You might have also noticed the newly integrated shopping cart.
Some of you might be saying, “you’ve already got a shopping cart”, that’s right but this one is quite easy to update and will have different items for sale to the main site shopping cart. I’m not going to go on about it the plan is to have a fun little off beat place to find some interesting items for sale. I like the interface, you can press the shop image to get a more detail description and the shopping process is very simplified and easy to use. It also has a local pick up function so items can be sold from the front door so to speak. Not only that, if you are a site member, and click on “my account”, you can find a list of orders purchased in a really easy to read electronic space. It still is going through some testing but so far it’s gone very well. And once again I have to say, if anyone has any difficulties they can just email the Band@lipcack.com and we will follow up as required.
I haven’t mentioned any of the difficulties experienced that resulted as a part of all the checks because the technical gear can get a bit overwhelming if you don’t keep checks on servers, where artificial business is coming from and all range of development issues but the intention is always to only have what works on the site. So with that said I am going to mention, mail outs will now once again commence and in between time you may notice some further updates and testing. The plan is also to expand social networking in January by getting involved with some of the music release sites online. Hopefully 2024 it will be a growth year as far as our audience goes. I’ve deliberately put aside some time for it and now will have an opportunity to see … “What else goes on out there”.
In the meantime if you are looking for a new space to get involved with digital networking you are all most welcome to join the site and start actively participating.
Have a Great New Years Eve and welcome to 2024 with Lipcrack see you all in the New Year.
Lipcrack