Jerry Seinfeld is creating and executive producing a reality show tentatively titled ‘The Marriage Ref‘ in which comedians, celebrities, and sports figures will provide commentary on marital disputes of real-life couples.  It is slated to have 6 episode run on NBC possibly starting in the fall.

He has several people as celebrity guests in mind including Stephen Colbert, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Stewart, Oprah, Ellen, and Denis Leary to name a few.

Will it be a hit?  Who knows.  I do know this.  Jerry, if you feel like using SideTaker.com as an online component (since it pretty much does the same thing) to your show, I would be more than happy to work with you.  Don’t give me the ‘no soup’ answer.

Just a note…SideTaker.com was mentioned in the Telegraph.co.uk.  Thanks!

You can now select from 7 days to a full year to keep your argument open on SideTaker.  Only the person adding side 1 can do this…

Well, it happened.  We’ve decided to open it up to more than just dating and marriage but still hold a focus on relationships.

Now, most spats can be shared anonymously through SideTaker.

Enjoy!

Some people (including myself) would experience a problem with comments not loading.  We hope the issue has been fixed.  Apparently, it was just a URL issue and should be automatically corrected for everyone so there’s nothing needed for you to correct it!!!

However, if you still are experiencinig problems with it, please be sure to contact us and let us know what’s going on.

Well, you got it.  Any story started where the first side is entered, but the second side has denied you of adding theirs and allowing the story to go live will now be viewable on its own…after 10 days.

Those sides will have their own comment threads and will of course be one sided but will outline the overall problems they are having.  Give them some advice on their situation.

Of course, since there is no second side, there is no vote so Side 1 always wins!

Another big feature coming shortly…stay tuned.

This was a feature request by one of our users wishing to have the capability to view comments only one gender at a time.  He felt that the guys side with the guy and girls with girls.

Now you can see who’s for who based on gender.  Maybe registered users stats from voting based on gender in the near future…?  Well, we haven’t recorded the gender based vote because you don’t have to be registered to vote and the result wouldn’t be accurate.  Maybe we’ll start now.

SideTaker.com is what you make of it.  If your argument has some crazy issues you have to add to make your sides complete, then by all means do it!  If it’s simply a small lovers’ spat that doesn’t require many facts then keep it simple.  You’ll get better advice based on how you write your story.

If you really want help, I’d say go with only the facts and try to word your side so you are looking for actual help and not to get a rise out of people.  If you want a rise or have some audacious attribute, add it only for fodder, but not to sway the vote.

Some may say voting only increases the tension in an argument and doesn’t serve to mediate.  Really, it’s not supposed to find common ground.  People voting do not and will never know you so just be honest.  Let them decide and use their decision any way you wish, but don’t solely base your own decisions on it.  If the vote is close, then chances are you you both need to work on things.  If it’s swayed completely to one side, then it may be OK to put stock in one side being wrong.

The reason there is not a “you’re both wrong” option to vote is because though both sides may be wrong, you still have to choose from only 2 sides.  If you feel strong enough that both are wrong, don’t vote and just comment on why each is wrong.

Cheers!

As you know if you’ve used the comment system, the little thumbs up/thumbs down rating system allows helps readers decide which comments are best, whether for advice or simply entertainment purposes (preferably the former).

Now you can view your sum total of these ratings for all your comments within your account.

What’s this mean?  Well, we want you to give good advice!  We want you to help these people and give them some fodder they may not have thought of for their situation.  So, ratings will act as points.  Points will be used in contests and giveaways to be implemented later.

So, make sure you’re giving good advice so others will make note of it!

We heard you!  :)  We’ve eliminated the requirement to add your sexual orientation on sign up.  You will, however, have to declare it if you wish to add a story.

We’ve also added support for bisexuals.