Live Vista

We’ve received great feedback regarding the communities feature and thought a little further information on it’s wondrous possibilities might be nice.  A community by definition is "a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists."(dictionary.com)  So, by it’s nature, community access is restricted to those outside of it.  However, Expo gives community members the choice to restrict their listings or not… and many choose not to.

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You requested the ability to send messages to other users without using a Live ID… and now Expo delivers with the new Anonymous Messaging feature…   Next time you post a listing, you may notice the new option under the Communications section.  Leaving it checked will allow anonymous users to contact you via email about your listing, without having to sign in first.  Benefits of selecting this option include widening your potential buyers market to many new people, including those who have not yet signed up for a Windows Live ID.  

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The Expo team has been busy.    First, a few things about Team Expo: - we are a small development team within Microsoft that focuses on what we think is cool technology and cool consumer experiences.  We don’t have a marketing budget.  We believe in providing a positive consumer experience that we hope will earn word-of-mouth and some notion of viral.

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