Hi all. This is the first time I have posted a note rather than a list, but I think the time is right. We are currently getting around 30 thousand visits per day and the site popularity is increasing constantly. So the time has arrived for me to ask you all to tell me what you would like me to do to improve the site. This is also a good opportunity for you tell me the things you most hate about the List Universe and the things you love most.
JFrater, in red, with the List Universe users
So, please use the comments to tell me what you want. You, the users, make a huge contribution already through the comments, and we constantly see new users saying that they love the comments. I have a few idea of my own for ways to improve the site, but before I spend money on developing these ideas, I need to know what you want; that is, after all, the most important thing.
Feel free to be completely candid. Don’t hold back (though I am sure you won’t if some of the past comments are anything to go by!) I write my lists for you and now it is time that you talk to me instead of me talking to you.
In case you are interested, in the last 3 months (since this site started) we have moved from 1.5 millionth popular site on Alexa to 35,771 thousandth most popular. On Technorati we are now ranked in the top 7,000 (from 4 millionth at the outset). I believe that the main reason for this is the enormous amount of great user comments, contributing to each list.
I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to you all; you are the ones making this site great.
– Jamie
ooooh…chocolate pudding! defo a pudding bar. must have pastries and ice cream too tho.
thank god i just had lunch otherwise i’d be drooling. *grins*
Two words come to mind…..WONDERFUL SITE!!!:)
Thanks everyone
Sorry that there were only two posts today. The good news is that the time I wasn’t writing lists was using sorting out a very basic user profile display. So for those of you who have signed up and are posting comments logged in, your user profile is now accessible at this url: listverse.com/profile?USER_NAME, for example listverse.com/profile?jfrater is a link to mine. I have linked the profiles to the nicknames on each comment, so you can just click a users nickname to see their profile if one exists. I will eventually beautify it and add search capabilities. I hope you all like it!
Oh – and if you want to change any of your user profile information, log in and you can click your username at the top right of each page to go to your user profile management page.
Note: there are a few small glitches which I hope to work out tomorrow!
*blushes* my bad. but i’d not registered until now. is there anyway to backtrack comments made since i’ve kept same name..Cyn. also…uh..ratings? please explain. is this something i should be doing?
looking good. thank you.
Cyn: It isn’t really possible to backdate the comments or ratings as they are stored in the DB with the userID – that is how I connect them to your name on the profile page.
The ratings are the five stars you see in the box at the bottom of each list – by clicking on any one of those stars you automatically rate the article for quality
It hasn’t seemed to catch on in a huge way yet.
gotcha.
i’m not so keen on ratings. i kinda like this place not being competitive. any changes should be more about user friendliness not about the essential nature of the site itself. therein lies its charm. lists. lists. and more lists. w/ commentary and contributions by the readers.
I really love the site. thanks so much to jfrater for giving readers like me so much information in a very very organized way. You even give almost daily updates. Hope that you will continue to run the site in the next 124141234 years
I would like to translate your post to Hebrew.
If you are interested in that please reply via email
uh..never mind. apparently can not add images.
Ah i missed so many good suggestions in just one day playing Halo 3! whats all this about taco bars and choco pudding
you play games when you could be here learning something and pigging out on tacos and pudding? heh..your loss.
*snicker*
Lol i wont let it happen again I promise
I love this site. I really would love to see more bizarre lists. I love the history lists. I love the crime lists. I just love it all.
I visit this site almost daily. My only suggestion would be to display all lists in descending order. If I see the #1 at the top of the page, I quickly pan down and read the list in reverse, moving up.
Other than that you’re doing a great job.
cecilia: Thanks
I enjoy writing the bizarre ones so hopefully there will be many more 
rp: I will keep that in mind – I do generally try to do that on the lists that are in order – not all are rated best to worst.
I agree with rp, always make them a countdown from 10-1.
I would suggest finding a better location for the ads rather than in the actual article or right on top. I love the site though, definitely a new favorite!
Amber: I would like to move them elsewhere but the thing is – those two ad positions are the ones that make the majority of money for the site – without the revenue from them I wouldn’t be able to afford the webhosting even. Hopefully this will all change in time though – fingers crossed
Yeah, I figured that was the reason you had them there because it’s pretty clear that you know how to set up a great looking page that is simple, elegant, and easy to navigate. I love the layout and the ads don’t really bother me that much anyways. Besides, it’s obvious the amount of work you put into this website, and I’m sure we can all understand that you deserve to be compensated!
Amber: thanks
I am glad you understand the need at the moment. As I said before, hopefully this is not the permanent solution.
Jamie I am absolutely addicted to your website!!! When there’s sod all on the tv it’s the perfect entertainment!!! Xxx
Steph: hahah – what a great message – thanks
I am glad you like it!!! We have to do dinner ASAP – we are doing all our shopping at Burough Market now – only the best 
Oh – Steph: Check out Heston Blumenthal on UKTV Food at 9pm every night – amazing stuff!
I dislike white, bad for my eyes. But I can live with it.
Im just feel ***** off of some list. Really, really.. really ***** off and i find that giving a opinions will not help to remove some entries or add another entries.
Democracy, anyone?.
I known, it’s fairly impossible to agreed with all the people but still there are room for some balance or at least to put a classic choice up the list, for example if we are talking about best battles and there aren’t a mention about star wars and star wars was truly a easy bet, there are plenty of fanboys around here to find the miss a mistake (and you can read the comments about it).. but over the comments there aren’t changes on the list.
mags: I own this site and pay a lot of money to run it every month – I write the lists and I have final absolute say on what appears on them. The comments are there so you can discuss the lists with other people and mention things that you would have preferred to have seen on it. On a few occasions I have made changes to a list because of the comments.
Democracy is fine in government, but it is not the way this site runs
If you really hate a list you are welcome to write your own 10 and submit it to the comments – if people agree you will have a lot of discussion there.
all hail King Jaime! no, seriously. this is a benevolent monarchy. and democracy is highly over rated.
Cyn heh – I think I am just grouchy because the cat woke me up and I can’t sleep! I am pleased to be thought of as benevolent though
was gonna say, tad early there. and as a former cat slave.. er…mom….you are your cat’s *****. LOL you must do as the cat demands..no matter time of day. or the cat will have its revenge. otherwise cats are a joy to have around. so long as they tolerate us mere humans. LOL
Cyn: I really wasn’t expecting to be so controlled by the cat! Mind you, I could do with a bit of discipline
ROFLMAO! oh my. one must be careful in word choice lest one be led astray. years ago, i use to frequent a site where such a comment re: a need for discipline would be pounced on….and no, i won’t.
but yes..once you are owned by a cat. you are owned by the cat. there is much affection in return though…so for me it was a fair trade back in the day.
Cyn: You know, when I finished writing that comment, the very same thought crossed my mind
uh..nope. i’ll stop now. LOL
Your site is really great
I hope you can include a list of these stuff: [Some are subjective, but we can call it jfrater's fav or something
]
1. most beautiful/handsome celebrity/actor/whatever
2. most popular/best anime
3. most luxurious/awesome-iest [is there such a word?] hotel
4. most budgeted film/highest net gross
5. Richest countries
6. Most hated/loved school subjects
7. best tv series
8. most beautiful cities
9. most popular songs
10. most amazing/advanced inventions
Thanks
and keep rocking 
ap: thanks
Those are some great ideas – I will definitely put those on the to do list 
thanks
by the way, how the hell do you manage to research all those stuff?? Do you have an assistant or something, or you do all those by yourself? God, I’d freak out if I make even just one.
J: I am real new to your site. My best friend set me a link becuse I write lists all the time nothing as grand as you I might say. I loved the site instantly (She knew I would) and I wouldn’t change a thing. It’s great!
ap: all alone mostly
Clues: thanks – I am glad you like it! Keep coming back – more every day
Can you (or I?) somehow change notify mails to daily? I meant, popular lists spam my inbox with 20 replies in one day!
Ozhan: the code as it is doesn’t allow a digest format – I will see if I can find someone that has modified the original to do that – it would certainly reduce the load on the server!
I absolutely love this website.
In the ’10 Ways to Appear Smarter than what you are’ reading this website should have been top of the list!
Although, some of those evil people lists freak me out a bit!
I must say, I absolutely love this site. I stumbled upon it when someone sent me a forwarding email of the 20 Amazing Optical Illusions a few months ago. I am always telling people to look at this site, it is fun, entertaining, and educational as well. It has definitely made it to my top 5 favorite websites!
i appreciate all the supportive comments about listverse. thank all ya’ll for taking the time to do so.
and yes, listverse is addictive! all part of the plan…MU HA HA!
i don’t remember how i found this website, but i absolutely love it. i’m a huge fan of lists myself.
the only thing i don’t like about the website is on the “view all lists page” some of the lists are in multiple categories. kinda makes me think “oooh i haven’t read this one yet… oh… wait… i have.” but other than that, i love it. (i think more travel lists would be awesome, by the way.)
I randomly stumbled across this site about a week ago. It was a link from somewhere. Over the past 3 days I think Ive spent more time at listverse.com than on any other page. The content is fantastic. There is a nice mixture of humor and intelligence. This is my new favorite website.
html tags allowed in postings?
Otherwise, the site is great.
threaded comments would go a long way!
and also a more colorful design, this one is too plain. (I can get you from a designer; email me if interested)
the content is great!
I just discovered your site and every day keep coming back to read more of the lists.I think it is great just like it is and as long as you keep it current like you have been,then I will be back every day and will tell lots of people about it.Keep up the good work.
Modifying a few of old lists to keep them more Up-to-date will b cool..
Hell! Id be damn lucky if you see this comment it hasnt been touched since July 13th LOL
Was introduced to the site 3 months ago and Ive been addicted to it since. I LOVE the new lists and still go through some of the old ones.
I have no idea what would need improving or whatever! Im on here most times during work (when Im not busy) but our system sux so I cant always see the lists I want too
Im not fussed. I like it the way it is..
Hi Jamie,
You created something really special, thanks and congratulations.
Personally I would love to see only positive and beautful lists, since they are in fact influencing people’s thoughts.
Still, hats off and all the best.
I would just like to say that I love lists. I would always read the random lists on aol.com. But now….I have listverse. Lists are just so perfect. The give you information in a concise way about a very specific topic or a very broad topic. The organize data so wonderfully. Since my discovery of this site, about a week ago, I read dozens of lists per day. And all I can say is keep them coming. I love this website, it is on my toolbar, and I just want more lists to read.
ur site is v. useful, i use it every nyt 4 da radio show i’m on as a feature.
If you are truly the only person putting this entire site together then you would have to be the most interesting, itelligent, intellectual, and coolest person on earth! I salute you, all mighty J. Frater.
Dear Sir,
Im just another one of the 30k vistors who check out ya site every day.Thanks for the knowledge, and may the noble triple gem bless you for that.
And Mr.Frater since youve already mention that its ‘Time ‘ i think that its Time that you make the content more ‘Global friendly’ ( Derived from the term ‘User friendly’ ..:P). I still enjoy your site i mean this should be banned coz its more addictive than crack, the only improvement i can think of is that now since Listverse is Official, now You can Step out from the western world and explore the other parts as well. Lets take your recent lists for example, People Made Famous By Their Deaths
More Great Quotes of Mark Twain
Greatest Strategy Games
Lost Works of Literature
Torture Soundtracks
Infamous Recorded Outbursts
Most Influential Jews In History
these are all western-oriented, I mean most of the past lists are all Based on the western culture aswell. So if you could broaden your horizons it will Benefit the site in Astronomocal proportions and it will benefit the vistors equally. Thank you Very much for your time.
Can you make the top 10 most used websites and top 10 computers and top ten most known dinosaurs if you can and finally do the 10 ten candie companies these would be really good!
I think there should be more warnings when needed, and the warnings should be more specific.
Offend in what way.
Hello,
I like this sight and do recommend it to many people. If you would like to broaden your audience I would suggest making a few more mainstream lists. A lot of the music lists have great songs, but many are underground and not known by the masses. Maybe that is the way you like it. I have a few ideas for you.
Top Guitar Riffs
All Right Now: Free (Paul Kossoff on guitar)
No One Like You: The Scorpions (1982, Matthias Jabs)
Running Down A Dream: Tom Petty (1989, Mike Campbell & Petty)
Crazy on You: Heart (1976, Nancy Wilson)
Sunshine of Your Love: Cream (1967, Eric Clapton)
Eye of the Tiger: Survivor (1981, Jim Peterik)
Beat It: Michael Jackson (1983, Eddie Van Halen)
Santeria: Sublime (1996, Bradley Nowell & Eric Wilson)
Spirit in the Sky: Norman Greenbaum (1969, Greenbaum)
Island in the Sun: Weezer (2001, Rivers Cuomo)
Sweet Child O’Mine: Guns (Slash)
Ozzy: Crazy Train
There are many more that could be added to the list, but these are some of my favorites.
Top 10 Youtube videos you have to see. I find myself searching for this through Google from time to time.
I find the photo lists great, War Time Photo’s (including all wars even Gulf War) There are a few Civil War photo’s that are amazing including the only photo taken of live action. You could do a mug shot list.
You could do Top Innocent People found guilty and sent to jail (Ruban Carter), List of most infamous people murdered in jail.
You could do a list on best sports movies, top blown calls and fixed matches. That last one would be very controversial and would be strickly opinion based so I don’t know if that is what you want.
You could do top BigFoot videos. I would find that one facinating. You could do art heists or just robberies in general. You could do top curses. I hope I was of some help and let me know if you would like my help in writing any of the lists I mentioned.
More humorous/light heated lists please! The mistimed sporting photos is what brought me to Listverse and the other funnies kept me coming back. Sadly, it seems recently very doom and gloom so something fun would be great! Thanks.
‘Heated’ *tuts* Ment hearted. :p