Hey, everybody, I know we've been quiet for a little while, but I promise it's not for lack of things going on behind-the-scenes. We've been taking the (considerable amount of) things we've learned over the last three months since our launch, and have been applying those lessons to a set of pretty cool features that you'll be seeing rolled out over the next couple of months. I think you'll find that Lootist will become an even more fun, engaging, and interesting place.

In the meantime, this week we rolled out a minor update to the site. You'll notice that the Lootists that we used to refer to as "specialists" we now call "enthusiasts," and "specialties" have become "interests." This might seem like a minor difference in semantics, but we think "enthusiasts" more accurately describes most of the active users on the site.

For those of you who believe that "enthusiast" doesn't quite do justice to your expertise, you'll be glad to know that--on an ongoing basis--we will identify and highlight certain Lootists as "experts" based on a combination of background (i.e., qualifications), endorsements received, and quality of contributions to the site. Meanwhile, all enthusiasts can continue to gain recognition through our newly-simplified endorsement system.

If you have any questions or thoughts on this or any other Lootist matters, please do give us a shout. Otherwise... Happy Looting!