I suggest our members give us suggestions..?

/Facepalm

Well, I don't really have worthwhile suggestions; but my problem (as Syko probably knows from when I messaged him about it a while back) is how long your articles can stay in pending. If they are current event stories, the time they go live is when it's old news.

I first suggested altering the ratio of pieces approved to pieces submitted that you have to do, to something that favours piece approvals more. But that could bring down the quality of the pieces making it through. I know you open the floor to us; but what kinds of ideas have you had about the service?

Tech spy forums?
group chats via google+?
interesting videos section.
computer builds section ex recommended builds
show off your swag section? phone, comp, techy equip, man cave?

A database similar to Myanimelist.net
to see how much movies,shows you have seen.
but like a geeky techspy version of it.

http://myanimelist.net/prof...

a sandbox environment for practicing code lol?
... just giving random thoughts

a spotlight section on the site call it "today in tech"

poll systems for a weekly poll?
user reviews and a product database?

a real time tech spy chat system thats on 24/7 and you can chat and have convos anytime on the site.

Some Suggestions I will be attempting to relay to the Bosses:

- User Review's. Much like N4G's User Review Section, this will give the users the ability to review any Gadget or Phone they recently bought and will be a great way to build a community about and around the stuff we are actually using.

- Improved Blog section. A Blog section that acts more like a forum post so you can write up a topic you like and include Pictures, Links and text all in an easy to use, easy to understand format that let's you create great looking blogs quickly and easily.

- Integrated Friend Zone. While this is a feature already I would like to make it a more prominent feature of the site. In such a way that you can view what your friends are up to much like PSN/LIVE does. Currently in Pending...Submitting a story. Reading "X" Story etc. Plus a way to view the last few stories they have read and even stories they have favorited over the past few days.

These are just a few examples of changes I am working on with the bosses but you can give me feedback and tell me what you think. Just reply to this comment.

Sound off Minions!!! Show me your Big Boy Voice! lol

Well, I don't know how exactly this would work given the name is TechSpy. But expanding the range of appropriate stories may help boost the traffic and users.

As mentioned above some sort of politics(although I don't think ti would mesh well with techspy). But things like science/astronomy/nature may work out well.

I submit some astronomy related pieces from time to time since I think that people interested in technology would appreciate them. Science/Nature would expand to other markets, for example a recent story that could grab more viewers.

At least with this it would allow the less serious members to submit stories they find and want to share. N4G is largely comprised of this since while there are members who post their own sites there are much more users who just submit stories they find without having any tie to them. Personally I don't have a website but always try and submit stories that I read on a daily basis that are not already here. However the majority of the time there isn't enough "tech news" to allow more stories/submissions than there already are in a day.