New Social Network for FIRST Robotics - Yopyip

[TheCrayButton]

Welcome to the new social network for FIRST Robotics. Its like nothing you have ever seen before.

Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKJpbZINmuc

Give it a look at http://www.yopyip.com/

[Andrew Lawrence]

What does this new website do that aren't already accomplished by Facebook and Chief Delphi?

[nicholsjj]

What does this new website do that aren't already accomplished by Facebook and Chief Delphi?

From just browsing through it I think the idea was to have a website that was a sort of Facebook and CD baby. Instead of Yopyip they might have considered The Chiefbook or Face Delphi? :D It looks like a nice form though.

[TheCrayButton]

What does this new website do that aren't already accomplished by Facebook and Chief Delphi?

It is a new, modern, clean, and simpler kind of social network. It makes chatting with other FRC members much easier with realtime notifications.

[connor.worley]

Honestly I'd prefer vBulletin to a Wix/AJAX forum thingamajig. But I do like the design. It is indeed modern, clean, and simple.

[Nathan Streeter]

Looks quite promising - should be interesting to see if this takes off!

As I'm sure you're looking to improve, just letting you know I found a typo in the last sentence of the "Share" section on the "About" page. Sentence reads "Sharing with easy other could never be more easy." I'm guessing it should be, "Sharing with each other could never be more easy."

[Banderoonies]

I like it . It looks clean but could use a little more "pop of color" to draw the interest in. I think this could really take off given some time.

[protoserge]

Hopefully, it can handle the mass influx of CDers and linked users as a result of this thread ;)


I anxiously await it to load.

[CalTran]

Well, made an account. Time to see if this takes off or not. Looks like a respectable amount of accounts have been made so far.

[TheCrayButton]

Thank you everyone for all the comments. I hope it does get bigger, we will see what happens. Spread the news though! It is the beta version so yes it will be improving throughout the weeks, you will see that for sure. :)

Again, keep checking for updates!

[TheCrayButton]

YOPYIP UPDATE!

There will be an updated version to Yopyip which includes

- Layout update
- Typeface update
- New forum topics
- Theme update

Exciting stuff is coming! The update will hit July 1st!

WEBSITE: http://www.yopyip.com/

[Boe]

Is there a story behind the name or did it just sound cool to you?
also great idea i really hope this takes off

[Kristian Calhoun]

I'm curious, did you research any other forum platforms before deciding to use Moot? What made you choose Moot over an open source alternative like Discourse (http://www.discourse.org/)?

[Sir Legit]

So when one links their Facebook account, it won't make all their information visible to everyone, right?

[TheCrayButton]

Is there a story behind the name or did it just sound cool to you?
also great idea i really hope this takes off


There is a story actually! I started with this idea in my head 3 years ago, and through the 3 years of developing the idea and thinking of what the name could be, I felt like it needed to have its own name, nothing related to robotics. Something that was modern, fun, and cool to say. Yopyip really came from the words "Talk (changed to yop) and hip (changed to yip)". Talkhip meant that you could talk about the "hip" things that were going on in FIRST robotics. But, I chose something else that was more fun :)

[TheCrayButton]

I'm curious, did you research any other forum platforms before deciding to use Moot? What made you choose Moot over an open source alternative like Discourse (http://www.discourse.org/)?

I chose Moot because it is open source. You can modify it and it is totally free, customizable, and different. It just fit the websites needs very well. :)

[SamanthaW]

Made an account, really hope this takes off! It seems a lot easier to talk to other teams on this so good luck!

[TheCrayButton]

Here is the update for Yopyip. Come join the conversation! Over 30 teams have joined!

Website: http://www.yopyip.com/

[seg9585]

Welcome to the new social network for FIRST Robotics. Its like nothing you have ever seen before.

Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKJpbZINmuc

Give it a look at http://www.yopyip.com/

I think the registration should have been a little more FIRST-specific. With everyone using nicknames and no profile or other info, it becomes difficult to know who you're talking to (student from a FIRST team? Mentor? Engineer?). Also, giving the option of linking to facebook makes the community a bit more separated since half the members will have real names and the other half nicknames

CD provides labels and team number associations, which would have been good to add at registration to at least have a profile. Also, CD tracks users in terms of post count and other things, so you can tell if your questions or comments are getting looked at and responded to by "experts".

[TheCrayButton]

I think the registration should have been a little more FIRST-specific. With everyone using nicknames and no profile or other info, it becomes difficult to know who you're talking to (student from a FIRST team? Mentor? Engineer?). Also, giving the option of linking to facebook makes the community a bit more separated since half the members will have real names and the other half nicknames

CD provides labels and team number associations, which would have been good to add at registration to at least have a profile. Also, CD tracks users in terms of post count and other things, so you can tell if your questions or comments are getting looked at and responded to by "experts".

I do agree with you. While Yopyip does not have some of those things, it does however have a clean look and feel. It also makes communicating with others in FIRST more seamless and makes it simpler to share information. I don't intend to replace Chief Delphi, but I do intend to give FIRST a better place to communicate. :) Thanks for the input!

[CalTran]

I do agree with you. While Yopyip does not have some of those things, it does however have a clean look and feel. It also makes communicating with others in FIRST more seamless and makes it simpler to share information. I don't intend to replace Chief Delphi, but I do intend to give FIRST a better place to communicate. :) Thanks for the input!

If it were to replace something, it seems closer to replacing the sub-reddit then CD. Yopyip is a good place for basic chit chat or simple questions.

[TheCrayButton]

Check out Yopyip. It is a simple chatting forum that makes communication with other FIRST members easy!

http://www.yopyip.com/

[coalhot]

I do believe there already was a thread for this site...

[Starke]

I do believe there already was a thread for this site...

You are correct.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117455

[E Dawg]

Is there a time lapse between when you create an account and when verification is sent to you? I was told I would get an email but none has arrived yet.

Otherwise, this looks great. Hope it takes off and good luck!

[TheCrayButton]

Is there a time lapse between when you create an account and when verification is sent to you? I was told I would get an email but none has arrived yet.

Otherwise, this looks great. Hope it takes off and good luck!

Thanks! Yes sir, you should have gotten an email notification when you signed up. When you sign up you put your email in there. If it is not working, try again for me. Thanks :)

[TheCrayButton]

Here is a new promo video we came out with a couple days ago. Check it out!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_nVpdaPxoM

[yash101]

I love the aesthetics of this new forum. However, I do not think that it will be as succesful as this forum. The reason why is because this forum already has the community built up. I'm willing to help a little bit, but it will require some hard work to get the community. Also, I am unable to log in. The log in tab automatically closes and I haven't been signed up. Otherwise, Good work and keep the effort.
:] :]

[TheCrayButton]

I love the aesthetics of this new forum. However, I do not think that it will be as succesful as this forum. The reason why is because this forum already has the community built up. I'm willing to help a little bit, but it will require some hard work to get the community. Also, I am unable to log in. The log in tab automatically closes and I haven't been signed up. Otherwise, Good work and keep the effort.
:] :]

Thanks! We really appreciate it! We are working hard to get this out into the FIRST community. We understand it is not Chief Delphi, but it is another simple alternative to it. We are working on growing our audience. We already have over 300 signed up.

And for your login problem. Once you create an account, you will get an email conformation. Lick the link provided and you should be logged in. Logging in normally you just click login, and then it comes up with another window. After you fill out the information it should redirect you to the forum. :) Did that help?

[yash101]

Great Job. 300 people in not less. It is equal to ten teams complete. I will be recommending this to my team.

[bam-bam]

Reported user jeas due to number of suspicious replies in threads.

May be spambot, can't tell- but doesn't hurt to be safe.

[TheCrayButton]

Reported user jeas due to number of suspicious replies in threads.

May be spambot, can't tell- but doesn't hurt to be safe.

Could you repeat that please?

[Gregor]

Could you repeat that please?

There was a spambot late last night named "jeas" that posted in this thread. bam-bam reported it.

[TheCrayButton]

There was a spambot late last night named "jeas" that posted in this thread. bam-bam reported it.

Wonderful. Thanks so much!