Over at Youth Ministry Exchange I finally got around to finalizing the launch of a cool new feature called Rate Your Stuff. Honestly, it’s the coolest feature I’ve ever added to the site. I think that it may actually become as or more useful to youth workers than the forums themselves.
Basically, it’s the only spot I know of where youth workers can submit and rate the stuff they use to do their ministry. The reality is that there is just mountains of stuff available for us to purchase for our ministries and we have a hard time telling what is good and what is just… for sale. "Rate Your Stuff" is just a simple place where youth workers can tell other youth workers what they thought of a product they’ve used. Since we’re not linked up with a publisher… we think that our users will pick up on the fact that "user ratings" are really and truly independent. For me, when I see a review of a book or resource in a magazine and it’s advertised or even publishing that resource, books, DVD, CD…. I always wonder if that review is reputable.
Plus, I want to know what my friends think about what I’m thinking of buying.
Want to help get this thing off the ground? The #1 way people can help is simply to go to the site and rate a few things. We’ve got books of all sorts, movies, and a bunch of "to be filled" categories. All you have to do is be a registered member of the site. (Free) If 4-5 members would review 3-4 things… that would help greatly.
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