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The Giant Squid Community Organizers Are Here to Help You

Whether you are new to Giant Squidom, an old pro, or a Giant Squid Hopeful, I'm here to help!

I'm RMS (aka Robin) and I'm proud to be a part of a wonderful team of lensmasters, the Giant Squid Community Organizers.

Please feel free to use this lens as a sounding board for your ideas, a place to come for helpful tips, and a place to be heard by me and the rest of the Giant Squid Community Organizers.

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Bdkz, Gypsypirate and I are your team of Giant Squid Community Organizers.
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Rating Question

It took me awhile, but after accidently bumping one of my lenses by mistake, I discovered I could rate my lens. Quite frankly, it is not, nor ever has been, my practice to rate or vote for myself for anything. In a lot of venues, people are expected to rate their own work. Is this the case with rating one's lens? What is squid protocol concerning this? If it is expected, I would only want to do what is right.


Answer: The way the star rating system is set up, you should not be able to rate your own lenses. If you are able to rate your lenses, it would mean you have a bug.

Giant Squid FAQ's 

Frequently Asked Questions about the Giant Squid Program.

Got a Suggestion?

Suggestion Box 

We are on the lookout for any great ideas you might have. Please leave your suggestions here.

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Bring Back the Jamboree

I for one really thought Seth's summer jamboree he more...2 points

Changes to Orbitz Module

Text links, lists of hotels, and some updates!2 points

Alphabetize Group Listings

It would be so much easier to locate a specific gr more...2 points

Transferrable Modules

I would love to have modules that could be transfe more...2 points

Let Giants Create Groups

Because Giants are cool!2 points

CafePress Spotlight Module

Like the Amazon spotlight!1 point

Changes to Table of Contents Module

Make it look better!1 point

help making lens series

I'd like a feature to "copy this lens's layou more...1 point

Automatic entry into search engines

It's great being able to twitter when publishing a more...1 point

Format Toolbar for Text Mods

After giving much thought about this, some sort of more...1 point

Help getting noticed on the web.1 point

Feed for Top Lenses in a Group

I would really like a feed for the top rated 20, 5 more...1 point

Inprove the usability of lensrolling. For instance more...1 point

Purple stars -- activate them now!

Ah, you've teased us long enough.0 points

Rating Lens

I am not sure if all Members understand the " more...0 points

Update The Joy of Squidoo

This recipe book is fantastic - it shows Lensmaste more...0 points

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Please leave any other thoughts here:.
If you need a bit more personal attention, please feel free to email me through the (contact me) link above.

If you have a blog where you talk about Squidoo or your lenses, please leave me the link and I'll add it to the Giant Squid Community Showcase.

genglo wrote...

Thanks for all your hard work and I'm so honored to have received a purple star for our rescue!

ReplyPosted May 15, 2009

hlkljgk wrote...

thanks for the info. love the images. :)

ReplyPosted May 01, 2009

Pastiche wrote...

I like the suggestion box and hope it gets some review by development staff. I'd like an easy way to communicate to all my group members at once within a single group but not to all my fans. If there's any way to do that with a group squid cast feature I can't seem to find it (hey, I'm old ... a senior geek giant squid ...)

ReplyPosted May 01, 2009

clouda9 wrote...

I love suggestions and checking out what others are doing.Super lens share.

ReplyPosted April 24, 2009

Wbisbill wrote...

Great info -favorited and bookmarked!

ReplyPosted April 23, 2009

spirituality wrote...

I'm pretty content with the features squidoo has actually. Managing groups is a chore though - I don't get why we need a greasemonkeyscript to get an edit button on a group page. Specific giant features? I'd rather see some of the existing things being done better - like really featuring all the LOTD lenses on the LOTD blog.

ReplyPosted April 22, 2009

MiaBellezza wrote...

Love the Suggestion Box idea and nice lens!

ReplyPosted April 21, 2009

charlino wrote...

It took me a couple of days worth of thought, but have provided input into the suggestion box and Giant Questions. This is a very well made lens. Thank you for sharing.

ReplyPosted April 17, 2009

Jimmie wrote...

I thought your existing suggestions are pretty good, so I voted some of them up! And I added another about making series.

ReplyPosted April 16, 2009

ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...

I blog and I write about my lenses and other that I've come across on a regular bases but The Bumpy Road is about the ups and downs of everyday life.
Great lens.
I have some ideas forming in the back of my brain. Once I figure them out, I'll be back.
Lizzy

ReplyPosted April 16, 2009

rms wrote...

I'll be updating the blog again over the weekend with all the new links I've gotten lately.

ReplyPosted April 16, 2009

EuroSquid wrote...

Hi Robin:

You wrote "If you have a blog where you talk about Squidoo or your lenses, please leave me the link and I'll add it to the Giant Squid Community Showcase."

Is http://valleyofthegiants.blogspot.com/ in the Giant Squid Community Showcase? I do not see it there.

ReplyPosted April 16, 2009

JJNW wrote...

Hi Robin! Thanks for the Congrats on my becoming a GIANT SQUID at last! I am thrilled silly and SO glad and honored to be swimming with the big kids! Thanks for the support!!

ReplyPosted April 09, 2009

MikeMac wrote...

Great info. Thanks for efforts in putting this together. Very helpful

ReplyPosted April 06, 2009

kiwisoutback wrote...

Great work! I might be working on a blog in '09 featuring Squidoo lenses/talking about Squidoo. I'll keep you posted on what comes up. In the meantime, I'm lensrolling this to my Giant Squid Mentor lens.

ReplyPosted January 06, 2009

awelldressedbullet wrote...

Robin! I wanted to drop by and wish you a wonderful holiday season and health, happiness and prosperity for 2009. Thank you for all the time, effort and hard work you so generously give us on Squidoo! - Kathy aka "Pretty Bullet"

ReplyPosted December 18, 2008

blue22d wrote...

Great lens. I have set my date to become a Giant; March 31, 2009. It will be my year anniversity at Squidoo and I am going for it. I have set up a Sandy's Lens so that my family and friends can find my lenses easily. I hope you will stop by and let me know what you thank. Five stars and a lensroll to you. Good squiden!

ReplyPosted November 24, 2008

S-Ahsan wrote...

great stuff indeed

ReplyPosted September 16, 2008

S-Ahsan wrote...

thanks for the info! your lenses are worth reading! hope it helps :D

ReplyPosted September 16, 2008

Margo_Arrowsmith wrote...

I love the photos!

ReplyPosted September 06, 2008

Home-healthcare wrote...

Hey Robin! This is awesome, and the rest of us really appreciate all the help you and the other Giants are giving us. Appreciate your following me on Twitter, too (MargHamp) and tried to follow you (_rms), but Twitter is cutting up again. Wanted to know, though- How do you get the notices of Squidoo page updates to post as tweets? Cool! Thanks, Margaret

ReplyPosted July 02, 2008

JaguarJulie wrote...

Hey Robin! Who designed that cool logo in your intro module? Gosh, they should have participated in my logo design contest! Well, just dropped by to see what you are up to and say HI. Girl Power!

ReplyPosted June 27, 2008

JohannTheDog wrote...

What a great job all of your are doing for the Giants! Thank you for your hard work...Woofs, Johann

ReplyPosted May 24, 2008

KimGiancaterino wrote...

Ah, I love the suggestion box! You and the other Giant Squid organizers are doing a fabulous job. Thanks very much for your hard work and fine example.

ReplyPosted May 15, 2008

About the Author 

Lensmaster rms, aka Robin S, has been a member since May 8 2007, has rated 4,263 lenses, favorited 853, and has created 258 lenses from scratch. This member's top-ranked page is "Best Mother-Son Dance Songs". See all my lenses

My Bio

Hi! I'm Robin, one of Squidoo.com's Giant Squid Community Organizers and the Squid Citizen, Giant Squid Mentor which means I'm ready, willing and able to answer any and all questions about the elite group of Squidoo writers known as the Giant Squid Lensmasters.

I write The Giant Squid Community Showcase, where the Giant Organizers feature, the best and most helpful lenses made by the Giant Squids.

I also enjoy cooking and finding new recipes. If you're like me be sure to check out my Cabaret Squidoo Best Recipe Blog where I feature the best recipes from the pages of Squidoo.

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Don't miss the Giant Squid Showcase at: www.giantsquidshowcase.com

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