StepRep Blog

Lately on this blog we’ve been neglecting the specifics of how StepRep works while focusing on bigger-picture strategic stuff. Perhaps it’s time to check in with the friendly technicians at the far end of the building who spend their days making StepRep better, one small change at a time.

What have you been up to lately, friendly technicians?

Well, Michael, you may have noticed that we’ve improved the StepRep login process.

In olden times, there was only one way to sign up  for StepRep – with your Google account. For folks who already had a Google account, this was great; one less password to remember. Everyone else had to go create a Google account in order to join StepRep, which was a confusing chore. Many new users found themselves lost in a labyrinth of signup screens and gave up in frustration.

You can still sign up using your Google info, but now you have the option of creating a completely autonomous StepRep account.

For existing StepRep users, you’ll be logging in like this:

If you want to go on logging in with your Google account, click the little G at the bottom of the green box. If you try to enter your Google info into the fields at the top, you’ll be prompted to create a StepRep-specific password which will be associated with your existing StepRep account.

Exciting stuff! What other improvements have been made in the most recent StepRep release?

Well, we’ve made some pretty significant changes to the Recommendations screen. We want to make it easier for users to build their recommendation networks, so they can promote and be promoted by their colleagues and share in the magic of StepRep rewards. With that in mind, now you can search for StepRep users by keyword and location. Here’s how it looks:

If you know the name of the user you’re trying to find, you can just type it into the first box. If we can’t locate the person you’re looking for in our directory, you’ll be prompted to invite them to join StepRep.

By the way, friendly technicians, I just noticed an error on the Recommendations page: the word “colleagues” is misspelled.

That’s how you told us to spell it, Michael.

Zoiks!