The profile editor is wayyyy cool. But it's not getting a lot of traction, this isn't totally unusual, in the past other cool ideas didn't gel like the pages system which still exists but doesn't get the use we anticipated for the most part. The fact that the AJAX profile editor isn't getting a ton of use doesn't mean it sucks, it just means we haven't shown it in the right light. The following story from a recent WIRED Magazine article gives a good example of how users/readers need the right road signs to see the purpose of a tool:
In "Breaking The News" an article in Wired Magazine documents the new order in media publishing and one paper's attempt to work with the new times. Essentially the news publications are turning to user generated content in order to keep their subscriber-ship up. Within the article Linda Parker a journalist for the The Cincinnati Enquirer noted that (the Enquirer) had created a method for readers to submit their own opinions and stories, at first when they had opened up the submission area no one was replying, they started with a button that read: "Be a Citizen Journalist" but no one replied, then they changed the button to "Neighbor to Neighbor" still no response, finally they changed the button to "Get Published" and now they receive several dozen submission a day.
So folks this is a suggestion box for the day, the profile editor isn't going to much use, "Profile Editor" isn't a very sexy title, I'll admit it. What else can we call it - "The Sexy Profile Tool", "The Action Attraction Thinga-Ma-Bob"? We don't know so tell us!!!!