It's almost here! The new Gomertopia!!!

I've just seen the new Gomertopia!!! Wow, you guys are just going to love it! Dale has outdone himself! Right now, we're testing it out, making sure it's all that we want it to be before we open it up to you all. Boy, is this going to be great!

The new Gomertopia is similar to Facebook, ShoutLife, and MySpace, in that you will have your own profile. When you log in, you will see a feed of what your friends are doing, and you can go to their profiles to visit them. You build up your profile with whatever you want people to know about you, your likes and dislikes, favorite things, as much of your background as you'd like to share, your philosophy of life, favorite scripture, all kinds of things. You even have your own place to blog! And it will be safe from spam and the other nasty things that go along with MySpace.

And you know how hard you work to post your photos in the tour forums and Creative Arts forum, only to have them deleted after a while? Well, on the new Gomertopia, you will have your own photo albums! You can display your concert photos, family photos, all your photos, right on your own profile!

I think of it as each of us having our own little homes, right on Gomertopia. I've always thought of the Third Day message boards as our town square. When you go there, you can see who all is there. You go into the shops to look around (the forums). When you find something that interests you (a thread) you can check it out further and discuss the subject with everyone else. You can private message people and see a little about them on their profile, but that profile is very limited. To know someone well, you have to go to their house and see what it's like, what pictures do they have on the wall, how is it decorated, what kind of a host are they, things like that. So while we'll still have the boards, our town square, to get together and discuss things and chat, now we'll be able to show more of our own personalities in our own Gomertopia homes.

And like the boards, which has a nice, clean, friendly Christian atmosphere without being watered down or so safe that you can't discuss the real issues of the day, crack a joke, or poke fun at a your friends, Gomertopia will also be clean and safe. I know many Christians don't have MySpace profiles because of the spam, X-rated friend requests, and other nastiness on there. But you can be assured that the new Gomertopia will be kept free from all of that, the same way the boards are.

So now you are wriggling in your seat, because you can't wait to see the new Gomertopia and join up, right? Well, just a little while longer now and you will be able to! So start gathering your thoughts about what you will post on your profile, and your photos for your photo albums, and get ready for the new Gomertopia!!!

Comments

[Karen ~Oibts~]

Woooo Hooo I can't wait sounds Awesome! I'm really looking forward to this :)

[Marmoo 68 aka Mary]

Hey, can't wait. This sounds so cool. And you are so right Mama, those are the exact reasons I do not have a MySpace!! I am so excited to think of creating my own little home and inviting my Gomer buddies in to get to know me better. And I can't wait to visit with everyone else too. Sounds like so much hard work and thought has gone into this. Want you to know up front how much I appreciate that!! God bless you Corrine, and all who have worked hard to create the new Gomertopia!!

[Rhonda]

Sounds fantastic, and thanks for all the work to get it set up!

[JanetRN]

Sounds cool! I can hardly wait :)

[Emily aka EmmoGomer]

This sounds almost too good to be true!! I can't wait. If this all works out, I suspect my MySpace will be practicaly defunct!!
A BIG thank you to Dale and everyone else who's working sooooooo hard to please us little gomers! Bless ya!