AngryBirdsNest Just Got A Lot More Social: Profiles, Activity Feeds, Friends, Messaging, and Much More!

As you have probably noticed by now we’ve rolled out a huge update to AngryBirdsNest.com! There is a ton of new functionality now available, but don’t worry, if you don’t want to use it you don’t have to. I’ve coined this the “social” update, but as you will quickly see it goes beyond that. Into this update I’ve encapsulated a bunch of user requests, squashed some bugs, and addressed some of my own pet peeves (e.g. for the longest time there were no arrows on the main navigation to signify that it was a dropdown). We’ll be updating the FAQ soon, but for now I’ll try to explain some of the new functionality below.

Activity

There are two main “activity” areas. The first is on the general “Activity” page, which can be accessed via the “Community” dropdown menu in the main nav. The other is on your own profile. For those familiar with it, the activity section may seem similar to Facebook’s news feed. It’s a cool place to check out the latest things happening around the site. You can see peoples comments, status messages, and much more. You can even “Reply” and “Favorite” certain activity items. A “Reply” is much like a comment, but only appears in the activity section. When you “Favorite” something it will be saved in your profile under the Activity -> Favorites menu. This is a great way to bookmark things you like and access them quickly down the road.

Notice the dropdown menu on the top right hand size of the Activity section? By changing these options you can filter activity by: Everything, Updates, Posts, Comments, Friendships, and New Memberships. Now, it’s important to note that the dropdown menu is persistent, which means the next time you come it should be filtered by what you selected previously.

If anyone has mentioned you (@username) you’ll see another tab on this page called, “Mentions”. As the name implies, this tab will only show those activity items where you’re mentioned. You can also see who has mentioned you via your profile: Activity -> Mentions.

Profiles

The profiles have probably been overhauled more than anything else. They are now much more customizable and personal. You can even upload your own avatar! That said, we are still using Gravatar, so you don’t have to. You can quickly access your profile by clicking your user name in the main navigation. You can find other peoples profiles through the Members section and various other places throughout the site, such as the leaderboards.

From your profile you can post status updates, manage your details, change your notification settings, and access to your friends list, messages, and favorites. Head over another user’s profile to view their status updates, send them a friend request, or private / public message.

A quick note regarding messages. While a private message is self explanatory, a public message works much like Twitter. If you chose to public message someone it will post to your activity feed AND show up on the user’s profile under “Mentions”.

Notifications

By default you will receive notification emails when certain things happen on the site. If you don’t want to receive these emails you CAN easily disable them by heading to your profile then clicking: Settings -> Notifications. Currently, you’ll receive notification emails for the following actions:

  • A member mentions you in an update using “@username
  • A member replies to an update or comment you’ve posted
  • A member sends you a new message
  • A new site notice is posted
  • A member sends you a friendship request
  • A member accepts your friendship request

Members Directory

The Members Directory is a place to see and search the existing AngryBirdsNest members. When on this page be sure to pay close attention to the “Order by” dropdown menu on the top right. This will filter the results and is persistent, just like on the Activity page. What you have selected in this dropdown also affects the scope of your search. That said, if you can’t find someone chances are you have “Last Active” or “Newest Registered” selected. If you do, change it to “Alphabetical” and search again. The “Alphabetical” option allows you to search through all members.

A few quick things regarding this page:

  • If the user has a gaming platform entered in their profile it will show up. In addition, if they have scores entered on the leaderboard you’ll see a button called “Leaderboard” under their name. Click this to quickly see jump to their leaderboard.
  • You can search by more than just user name! For example, maybe you want to see all the users who have “Android” entered in their profile. Just select “Alphabetical” from the dropdown then type in “android” and hit “Search”.
  • Your friends will show up under a separate tab.
  • If you find someone you’d like to be friends with click, “Add Friend”. Don’t abuse this or I will remove it and you will get banned.

This really is just the tip of the iceberg and there is much more on the way (hint: new groups and forums!). Your task now is to get out there and explore all the goodies this update has to offer. As I mentioned above, we’ll get the FAQ updated soon, but for now use this as your guide.

Lastly, there will be bugs that need to be worked out. Also, I’m sure there is other helpful info that can be added to this guide right now. For both, please leave your comment below.

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Comments (220)

Rank: Champion with 3070 points
By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

Amazing! Great job to the whole ABN Staff!

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By Bird Leader (@birdleader)

Thanks @bigbrotherbird97! Notice that @mentions now work in comments too! Just use the username that appears in parenthesis above (e.g, for me it’s @birdleader). Mentions will show up on the activity page and on your profile. Neat way to keep track of stuff.

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By Gregorie (@gregorie-bird)

Really, it`s very amazing!

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By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

Awesome features BL! Thanks! It’s like a Facebook and Twitter ABN! :)

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By alfredhartojo (@alfredhartojo)

This new feature is wayyy awesome,Thanks,Loving it :D

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By kathi17 (@kathi17)

Fantastic! Thanks to the ABN team for doing so many nice things for us!

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By Peatree2 (@peatree2)

Yeah, thanks BL and Slim! In-site Avatar uploading is great for those who haven’t added an avatar yet!

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By Adrian McShade (@adrianchau)

Such a fantastic feature! Great!

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By Mr.Potato (@mr-potato)

I’m impressed, best AB site that just outdone itself

Rank: Master Slinger with 6195 points
By rdnzlrips82 (@rdnzlrips82)

This is absolutely wonderful! You guys continue to outdo yourselves with this site. I’m not sure what other improvements you have in mind, but there is only one way to go, Up. Kudos to all of the Admins for their great site. Thanks guys!

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By Oobgular (@oobgular17)

“You an quickly access your profile by clicking your user name in the main navigation”

I think you meant “You Can”

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By Harrystar6 (@harrystar6)

Awesome update thank you ABN

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By MUFC (@mufc)

Awesome!!! Thanks BL for doing ABN to a real social place!!! :) Now we have a ABN Facebook style!!!

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By CC Jolly (@cc-jolly)

ABN :-) THE Social Network. Good idea :-)

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By darthvader (@orangebird09)

Ca-caw!!!!!!!!

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By wrw01 (@wrw01)

Very impressive update.
It’s intuitive.
Logical ideas and suggestions have been implemented.
This is what is great about ABN, not satisfied and making it better.

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By Han_Solo1617 (@enrico-carl-andrei)

Like the new update!
Now you can send public messages,private messages and add friends!
This is awesome !

Rank: Hardened with 675 points
By Mikkor (@mikkor)

So cool! Been wanting for this kind of social network! Now I’m going to explore new features. –>
Huge thanks for everyone who run this site, this has been really great for my Angry Birds playing.

Rank: Champion with 3295 points
By Laurence (@laurence)

Some very cool new features, awesome work! Guess I’ll have to find out whats new now! :)

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By Dr. Omega (@dr-omega)

WOW!! Nice job, ABN team!!! Happy to have more free Avatar control as well. No offense to Gravitar, but I just didn’t want to sign up for another site..

By MonsterBigBro12

Nice! So ABN will turn to a social network?

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By GFish (@gfish)

This looks good!

But I can’t upload an avatar from my ipad…

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

True, the upload feature requires a computer.

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By nascarboy (@nascarboy)

This is something I won’t have to get used to.

By SuperMad_BlueBird

Wow! This is very good! Thank you ABN!

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By sal9 (@sal9)

Simply Awesome!

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By Gab196 (@gab196)

wow! it’s so nice! I love this social part of AngryBirdsNest!

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By lostgreybird (@lostgreybird)

One word, WOW

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By Silent Assassin (@silent-assassin)

Thanks for this guys. It’s so much better. : )

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By Twylatime (@twylatime)

Oh WOW oh wow OH WOW!!! I abirdolutely love it! You don’t know how many times I’ve wanted to do something such as “friend” someone I see here frequently cause they seem like my kinda slinger….Unlike Facebook, I know I have at least ONE very important activity in common with everyone else…WE HATE GREEN PIGGIES!! Or at least, we know we love to kill ’em. I wish I could express in words how awesome I think the whole Nest crew is. You guys have taken my obsession to a whole to level, and it just makes it all so much more fun. Thank you thank you thank you

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By alden (@alden)

DEFINITELY the #1 angry birds fan site on the web

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By Mighty Eagle (@mighty-eagle)

Absolutely Brilliant! Kudos @birdleader and @AMslimfordy!! :)

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By wanda (@wanda)

This is truly a vast undertaking! Great job :). As someone who has not, and most likely won’t, jumped onto the Facebook bandwagon, I will have to spend a bit of time figuring out all of the features, but it seems pretty simple (I hope). I noticed several friend requests starting last night, so I did get the hang of that portion. Now to spend some time looking at all the rest. I have to say “thank you” again for all of the hard work on this site; awesome job!!

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