So I’ve made it to Lincoln Center for this week’s Personal Democracy Forum. Later today, I will be on a panel entitled “Building a Better Debate, With and Without TV.” I’m really excited about the conference, esp. since I think communityCOUNTS has a lot to offer this crowd. I’m particularly excited about the ability of small media outlets or community organizations using communityCOUNTS to engage local politicians in a meaningful discussion around their concerns.

In preparation for this week, I’ve been doing a lot of tweaking to the site. So please share the URL with your friends. Also, if you experience any problems simply click on the icon to place a bug report.

So the cat’s out of the bag, and we’ve reached that point where we ask friends to comb it for lice. Mixed metaphors aside, communityCOUNTS is finally a publicly available web application. That’s right, let the bug/user testing begin. The next few weeks are an exciting time as we already have tentative users ready to launch major forums in early May (plans changed). Now we just need your help kicking the tires.

If you’re looking to learn more about communityCOUNTs, check out our About page. Otherwise, here’s what we need from you; be a user.

Play around with some forums and tell us what you think, not about the forum content but about the communityCOUNTS platform. What do you like? What doesn’t work? What would you like to see added. To help start things rolling, I’ve created a feedback forum. Better yet, create your own forum.

To let us know what you think, simply click on the “Contact” link found at the bottom of this or any other page.