Happy Birthday Shine!

Brenda, Shine Community Manager


Guess who reached her terrible twos - it's Shine! Since our launch on April 1, 2008 we've had some unbelievable accomplishments, and I especially wanted to highlight some of our recent successes from Q1 2010:

Growing Reach: Shine hit 17MM unique users in January comScore results

Staying Relevant: Shine's article on Vanity Fair's March issue received over 18,000 comments in one day.

Empowering our Community: The 20th Shine user post appeared on the front page of Yahoo! in February.

In the News: Shine's Editor-in-Chief, Brandon Holley, was featured in the New York Times Style section!

We couldn't be more proud of Shine and our users, and Brandon wanted to personally thank everyone for "making this site such a fun, inspiring place to be". We can't wait to hear how you celebrated Shine's 2nd birthday, so write a post and tell us! If you need inspiration, Shine's own Mira Jacob shares her tips on "How to write a good blog post", and also check out these standout posts from our Shine regulars:

"~Life after 40...Better or Worse?" from Shine user Peapod

"THE CHANGING ROLE OF MOM" from Shine user RIVER

"Watching my son die, slowly" from Shine user GirlyGirl©

Have fun!