WhereIstand is a community of opinions on every issue in every language. All of the content on the site is driven by users. Whether you take a stand, propose a new issue for discussion, post evidence of opinions by public figures or compare your stands to others, you're taking part in a unique forum that gathers, tracks and inspires public opinion on the most important issues of the day.

 

Unregistered: Any user can search for topics and opinions, bookmark issues, request the opinions of public figures, take stands and compare their stands to others without registering on whereIstand. However, unregistered users may lose their information after 30 days or when they close their browser.

Registered: Registering with whereIstand is free and requires a confirmed e-mail address and password. Once you're a registered user, your bookmarks, requested opinions and stands are saved, making it easier to compare your stands to others and track the progress of your favorite issues. Registered users can increase their visibility on the site by starting a whereIstand blog, submitting evidence of opinions by public figures, adding a photo and bio to their profile and posting comments about issues.

 

Contributors:

By registering on whereIstand, you can help create editorial content. Here are the different roles:

Editors: Anyone can become a whereIstand editor. Topic editors collaborate with other users to approve hot-button issues that open up new debates.The more you participate in the whereIstand community by proposing issues and participating in their reviews, the more you elevate your public profile. When you have shown that you fully understand how whereIstand's editorial process and possess sound research skills and judgment, you can can be tapped for the position of topic editor by whereIstand administrators.

Bloggers:There are two ways bloggers and opinionators can raise their profiles on whereIstand. If you have an external blog, you can register it on whereIstand. Read how to promote your external blog on whereIstand here. This makes your external blog posts searchable on whereIstand.com. Registered community users can also invited to start their own blogs on whereIstand. After you register you can activate in "settings."

Researchers: When you search the internet for evidence of a public figure's opinion and post it to whereIstand, you're taking part in our collaborative editorial process. The more you contribute, the more you raise your profile on whereIstand. Register now and start driving the discussion. Your research will inspire other users to accept or reject your evidence.