I was looking at the page yesterday and it was way too “busy” or cluttered. It’s sometimes hard to walk that line between tools that make the site more effective and tools that make the site over bearing. Well I have decided to remove 2 things from the main page. The live stream is gone from the right widget bar and the Friend Feed submission box is gone from the posts.
I have decided to move away from the live stream because I have started to notice that it takes a huge amount of time investment to make it effective. People I have spoken to about this in person seem to think that I a referring to monetizing my efforts when that couldn’t be farther than my point. Effectiveness for me in this arena is the development of a following. Having people participate in the stream or blog is more important to me than receiving compensation for my time. The latter wouldn’t be unwelcome, but that’s not how I wanted to measure success at this juncture. So not only has the live stream been taken off the main page but I have removed the link to the live page as well.
