The Spring/Forum
April 8, 2008
THE SEARCH FOR OFFICIAL RAFTERS
We have come up with a temporary fix for those of you looking for an easier
way to check out all of our Official Rafters. We have changed all their Fun
Facts to read as OFFICIAL RAFTER. What that means is this: if you go to the
home page and use the keyword search function, you can type in "Official
Rafter" (minus the quotes), and all of their submissions will come up. If you
look under the two rows of pictures, you will see a link that says "Search
Results" and "Next," which will take you through everything. Currently, there
are 48 pages to look at.
STILL MORE RAFTER SELECTIONS
Our Rafter selections continue. In case you missed it, we're announcing them
on the new home page under Our Current Favs. Check out our latest
Rafters: Mz J, Dantes, Tecmo, and Thinker: The Deep. Feel
free to deluge them with praise, congrats,
or the ultimate flattery jealous
whinings. Rafters are chosen based on writing talent, interesting subject
matter and also the traffic they generate for the site. Rafter selections will be
ongoing, so stay tuned. If you haven't been chosen yet, it might be a good
time to increase your chances by submitting some new content. We intend to
choose 200 Rafters before our official launch, so everybody still has the
opportunity to be selected.
OFFICIAL RAFTER LIST
Previously selected Official Rafters include: Natalie Armstrong, Jenoa Scot
Briar-Bonpane, Christopher Bone, Dawn Bonner, Shannon Bullock, Robin
Burke, Candi Calderone, Jean Paul Cauvin, Zachary Collins, Eloy Corral, Austen
Cruz, Etnavibes, fisherking, Game Addict, David Gold, Paul Kaufman, Johnny,
Gregory Kern, Libby, Lit Lush, Vesperae Lux, Anna Nelson, Neil
Paris, Del Phillips, Ralphael Prepetit, Ms. Smalls, Mistress Snark, Tracey Swan,
Tyler Trumbull, Andrew Goldberg, Josh Edelson, Darrah du Jour, CR, Neil
Wagner, Kat, John Armstrong, Nels R. Thoreson, Doc in Blue, Supermom, Ben
Reynolds, Mz J, Dantes, Tecmo, and Thinker: The Deep.
BUH-BYE HALF-MILLION. HELLO, 700K.
This week, we hit 700,000 page views. Obviously, this site is taking off
exponentially. We're so pleased to have this kind of exposure for our Rafters,
and we thank each and every one of our candidates for their talents and
contributions.
Uh, HELLO????
We've been having trouble contacting some of you. So please let us know if
your email address has changed (you can write us at
questions@rafterjumpon.com -- include your Rafter ID number in the email).
Also, be sure to see that our communications are not being banished to your
junk mail file by your spam filter.
REALITY CHECK
We now have well over 1800 Rafter candidates, a fact that we're extremely
proud of. Unfortunately, that means we cannot do any editing of typos,
grammar, punctuation, etc. If we did it for one, we'd have to do it for all.
And this is an audition, BTW. Current site capacities do not allow you to edit
your articles yourself, so proofread carefully before submitting if you want to
avoid coming under attack from the vicious Ninja Grammar Patrol that
frequents our site.
THIS AND THAT
We've been getting lots of questions about how to make additional
submissions. For the time being, you can only do this by re-applying. We
promise this will be easier once the official site launches. For now, just fill
out the new app with your name, stage name and preferences, fun fact,
geographic location and photo. The rest of the application can be filled out
with See Previous Submission. Please include your Rafter ID number, which
is in the top http bar (at the end of the bar) on your page.
WE?RE LISTENING
Other questions and issues? Write us at questions@rafterjumpon.com. Be
sure to include your rafter ID number.
J-son on July 9, 2010
Ah "We've been getting lots of questions about how to make additional
submissions. For the time being, you can only do this by re-applying. We
promise this will be easier once the official site launches."