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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
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I noticed that today actually, and I have to say the addition of some small llama icons on your site is welcome ;)
Hope it works!
Of course I have to try that…
That was a really easy sign-up process!