Because I love COLOURlovers…
April 12th, 2007. Published under General. No Comments.
COLOURlovers is a site that I’ve been a huge fan of and a member of for a couple of years now. They just updated their site to a “Web 2.0″ style and added a ton of functionality.
They’re up for a Webby Award for “Best Community Site” and they’re up against some HUGE players: Flickr, del.icio.us, Threadless and Yahoo! Answers.
To quote Darius Monsef, the creator:
If my competitors don’t win a Webby Award this year, I don’t think they’re going to miss any sleep over it. This isn’t “I Win, They Lose.†All of them have already won. They’re worth millions of dollars. They’ve made it.
Yahoo! has 3 sites in this category: Flickr won Best Navigation/Structure & Best Practices last year and is nominated for 2 other categories this year. Flickr & Delicious creators were treated to a nice multi-million dollar acquisition not to long ago, and Yahoo! Answers is a mega project by one of the internet’s biggest companies.
Threadless is a great site, no denying it. But there’s also no denying the Empire that Skinny Corp. has. Those guys have made it. More power to them and their success.
COLOURlovers on the other hand is a grass roots site, Nowhere near acquisition, Still largely in debt, and Facing sites with x50 the traffic and membership.
So, this is the favor I ask of you, nay, my call to action! Help our little community beat 4 of the biggest communities out there.
So, my friends - go and vote!! Please!!! :-)
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