April 10th, 2017 by James
You Can Now Login And Register Directly
Originally, Social Savanna was designed for the imgur only community. We quickly grew out of that and as we did almost every week someone would ask to be able to login to the site directly without needing Facebook / Twitter / etc. This sounds like a basic thing these days but as a young startup
April 4th, 2017 by James
Minecraft Server Has Gone Live
Early last year we were testing community servers on Social Savanna. We got such a great response that we’ve launched them for real now! Minecraft is the first server to go live, all you need to do is login, visit: https://socialsavanna.com/games and if you have a subscription – sync your IP, if you don’t just fork ...
March 1st, 2017 by James
Happy 3rd Birthday!
Just a few days ago we hit our 3 year anniversary. For the last two, I’ve talked about how Social Savanna has affected me and my life and how the community has changed me, whilst that never stops being true, Social Savanna is about the community. It’s more than me. It’s about you. It’s amazing
January 1st, 2017 by James
Welcome To The Team Umbrena
Most of you should know her already, Umbrena is a staple of a healthy SoSa diet and we’ve decided to give her a job! Over the next few months, you will see Ena causing trouble on Twitter, Instragram and Youtube as she helps us to grow Social Savanna. ...
July 25th, 2016 by James
Two weeks of Sosa – July 25th 2016
It’s been a fun two weeks here on Social Savanna, we’ve had a bunch of newbies, we played SoSa hide and seek (You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Qxm2dO6BE) and the mobile site is almost rebuilt! finally! This Sunday we’ll be playing Cards against humanity and possibly some other web based games, if you want ...
June 27th, 2016 by James
The Internet Is Dark And Full of Spoilers
With the last AMAZING episode of Game of Thrones behind us, it occurred to me. So many of our members want to talk about Game of Thrones but are cautious about spoiling it for other people. Well fear no more! In record time I’ve added a Spoiler chat room where you can have ...
June 11th, 2016 by James
Two weeks of SoSa – Things You Might Have Missed
Every week, we’ll be posting a “Community Digest” like this to the blog so every know what’s going on, see discussions and blog articles they might have missed 🙂 Over the next few weeks, these will include great members, conversations we enjoyed, things inside the community and even meetups! A more personalized version of this
May 28th, 2016 by James
We got through! Also Kickstarter and Games!
We did it! Last week, I asked you all to vote for us in the VOOM competition. Well guess what? We’re through! and now in just a few days, I get to pitch to Peter Kelly (MD of Virgin Media Business), Andy Fishburn (Head of Investment at Virgin), Julie Deane (Founder of the Cambridge ...
April 5th, 2016 by James
We Need Your Vote
We have entered a voting competition, run by Virgin. Voting ends 23rd of May and we need your vote! How do I vote? Visit https://www.vmbvoom.com/pitches/social-savanna and click the “Vote For Project” button then follow the instructions. What do I get out of this James? Getting through to the next stage helps the community ...
March 15th, 2016 by James
A little more discussion.
Chat can be a bit fast sometimes right? and discussions a bit lacking. Well, I have great news for you! We’ve updated the discussions area 🙂 The biggest revamp has been the design and it now has much more focus on discussions. You can now comment to your hearts content (previous a limit of 3 levels),
March 7th, 2016 by James
SoSa Credits
A little while back I spoke to some members about introducing credits on Social Savanna. Something that would let you give back to the community and something that would reward you for amazing comments, discussions etc. Also as a way for those who can’t afford a subscription to still be able to support ...
February 28th, 2016 by James
Two years of connecting people
It’s crazy to think that I launched Social Savanna 2 years ago as a way of bringing imgurians together. In those 2 years over 80,000 of you have used the site or app to chat, meet and play with people all over the world! 2 years on we’re not just for the ...