As of this moment, we have removed the requirement for geo data for registration. You can now remove that data from your profile if you like. The only thing now required is your full name.

!dave, our feeling is that approving followers adds an unnecessary complexity to the system. Would much rather let users make data private, or entirely remove data requirements. Looking into both these latter solutions right now; BRB

Looking into either making required data private, or removing the requirements. Will get back on this shortly – a couple hours.

!dave Our feeling was, if someone wanted to start a second identity, they’d probably all new stuff linked to it. So other than maybe a link in a profile, I don’t see us doing this.

!dave, Right now you can link a pre-existing blog to a channel, but that’s about it. The system is designed to be identity-inclusive – i.e., everything for one user is all linked together….

!dave Do you think this would be a deal-breaker for a lot of people? Problem is, we have some features planned where that data would be necessary. And it would be difficult to only delete *some* data from the display.

What we didn’t get done for launch is custom backgrounds for channels. That’s a top-of-list item for us to finish. It’ll work the same way as the Profile Background does.

!randy , you can have a personal background. Go to the Profile tab on your profile page; if you’re logged in, you ’ll see the ”Change Background” sub-tab. That’ll do ya…

CONK! launched at 7:50 AM Central Time on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.