Fun Stuff at Sk*rt

More awesome stuff is happening at sk*rt? Yes! It's true! So much awesome stuff that sk*rt is practically exploding with all the awesomeness.

For example, the very first, very cool, sk*rt newsletter comes out today! If you're a registered sk*rt user — and there thousands and thousands of you — watch for it in your inbox. Not registered? No problem. I'll include a link, as soon as I've got one, so you can get the scoop as well.

Also, just last night Sk*rt was interviewed by the lovely Kristen Chase on her Motherhood Uncensored blog talk radio show. Kristen is a fantastic interviewer and it was a blast to talk about sk*rt with her. Click here to
listen! (Kristen doesn't have our permalink up yet but it's coming soon.)

Also, also. Check in on Monday to hear all about sk*rt's big new contest featuring sk*rt's big new "lose it" button! Now you can vote up your favorite stories and vote down the stories you deem un-sk*rt-worthy — a very useful tool as you browse the "up-and-coming" section and encounter horrid, annoying spam. Click "lose it" and feel the power!


Not sure what sk*rt is? Here's an introduction:

Last summer at BlogHer, I launched sk*rt with two other bloggers I'd met online — Girl con Queso from Houston and Laurie of Upside Up in Charlotte, NC. The site has grown like crazy and we're all delighted with it. I post about sk*rt here at Design Mom from time to time because it's a big part of my online life and I love to talk about it.

Sk*rt is a website where anyone can submit a link of interest. Anybody. Any link. Found a great sale? Instead of sharing it with a few friends through email, post it on sk*rt and share it with thousands. Discovered a great blog? Post it on sk*rt and help spread the word. Read an impassioned political article that left you thinking? Submit it on sk*rt and see what other people have to say. Sk*rt exists to promote every cool website and blog and interesting article out there. Sk*rt is a portal to the best on the web for women.

When sk*rt users see a link they like, they click "love it". If the link gets enough "love it" clicks, it makes it to the main page where it gets tons of attention. Sk*rt is modeled on a highly popular site for men called Digg. It's the same concept, but designed for women, with 9 categories that appeal to women.

If you're interested in voting, the thing you need to know about is the two main sections: Popular & Up-and-Coming. When links are first submitted to sk*rt they show up in the Up-and-Coming section. Only those with enough "love it" clicks make it the the Popular section. The Popular section is the first thing you see when you get to sk*rt — the Main page or Front page, it's sometimes called.

To vote, comment or submit a link, you need to register. It's super quick and easy, and totally free of course.

But there's no registration needed to see the super-cool stories that have made it the front page — made it through the filter of savvy sk*rt users — all you have to do is click here.

More questions? See Getting Started with sk*rt, sk*rt faq's, and the sk*rt about us page.