Off topic: "Personal" tab on the profile page (D) Thread poster: Jaroslaw Michalak
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Jaroslaw Michalak 
Poland
Local time: 23:20
Member (2004)
English to Polish
SITE LOCALIZER
ProZ, as the name suggests, is a place for professionals. It IS a perfect place to seek opportunities and to establish business contacts.
But it is much more... oh, so much more! A colorful, vibrant, fascinating community lives on these pages. People who share not only professional interests, but their passions! That is why it's extremely easy to make friends here... It would be nice to enhance those links.
I fully agree that our profiles should maintain business-like a... See more ProZ, as the name suggests, is a place for professionals. It IS a perfect place to seek opportunities and to establish business contacts.
But it is much more... oh, so much more! A colorful, vibrant, fascinating community lives on these pages. People who share not only professional interests, but their passions! That is why it's extremely easy to make friends here... It would be nice to enhance those links.
I fully agree that our profiles should maintain business-like appearance. I would be wary myself of an associate who gets too frivolous on his/her presentation page... But freelancers are free spirits by definition, and no matter how they try, their lighter side shines through here and there.
I say: let make it shine fully! More specifically, let's make another tab, after "Profile" and "Kudoz", titled "Personal". This would hold another profile, but not for agencies, but for fellows and friends. Blogs, artwork, hobbies and such would be appreciated. But also translating quotes, examples and resources, which for one reason or another could not go to the main page. One could even have a photo significantly different from the one on the front page! I know we can add a link to such a page on the main profile, but not everyone would like to do that, besides getting personal and staying _here_ would further enhance the spirit of the community.
One issue would be accessibility of such profiles, but I think a reasonable solution can be found. My suggestions would be: access to ProZ users only, access to freelancers only, or a whitelist.
What do you think? Is it a good idea or should I grow up already?
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I think it is a great idea. Would others agree?
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Netherlands
Local time: 23:20
English to French
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It could be like Portfolio, people would be free to put something or not. But one page would be enough.
| | | | Gilda Manara
Italy
Local time: 23:20
German to Italian
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a sort of guestbook?
Gilda
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Serkan Doğan
Türkiye
Local time: 00:20
Turkish to English
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A very good idea really.
Serkan
| | | | Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 23:20
Member (2000)
German to Swedish
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In memoriam | Super idea already realised | Apr 9, 2004 |
At http://www.lunarstorm.se (unfortunately only in Swedish) where my daughter Anna 'of Sitges' (16) dwells every day, they have created a vibrant community with all the meeting and communication solutions we ProZers can dream of:
Träffa (Meet)
Tycka (Opine)
Snacka (Chat)
Mobilt (Mobile stuff)
Skoj (Fun stuff)
Radio (Radio s... See more At http://www.lunarstorm.se (unfortunately only in Swedish) where my daughter Anna 'of Sitges' (16) dwells every day, they have created a vibrant community with all the meeting and communication solutions we ProZers can dream of:
Träffa (Meet)
Tycka (Opine)
Snacka (Chat)
Mobilt (Mobile stuff)
Skoj (Fun stuff)
Radio (Radio stuff)
Mitt krypin (My corner)
Inställningar (Settings)
Hjälp (Help)
Logga ut (Logout)
News
My visitore
Monitored diaries
Cellphone top list
Pres(entation)
Guestbook
Diary
Friends
Hot stuff
Roots
Quiz
Lists
Collage
Gadjets
Party stuff
Status
Points system:
Variable points
Logins
Guestbook
Lunar Mail
Discus
Recruitments
Diary
What's up
Voice
Live (postings)
Quiz
Fixed points
Photo
Cool facts
Roots
Months online
Check'it subscriber
Months as PRO ('Platinum')
Bought LunarParty hit collection
835 million web page showings/month
2.9 million unique visitors/months
Approximately 500000 registered members
A lot of links lead you to commercially viable URL:s giving the creators enough money to continue to develop the site.
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| | | | LJC (X)
France
Local time: 23:20
French to English
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| I like the idea too | Apr 9, 2004 |
A very good idea.
| | | | | Splendid idea | Apr 9, 2004 |
I love it and am looking forward to it.
Happy Easter!
Lucinda
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Özden Arıkan
Germany
Local time: 23:20
Member
English to Turkish
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this is truly a great idea! And, please never "grow up"
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