We’ve added some exciting new features to JealousBrother.com
Don’t forget to become a Facebook fan and to follow us on Twitter. (Links are on the right) Staying involved in the energetic debates just got a whole lot easier. Here’s some of the great new features we’ve added to the site.

Profile Notification System: Your profile has received a very cool notification system. Look for the “Recent Activity” link on your profile. This cool new feature will inform you whenever someone leaves a comment on rivalries you started, replies to one of your comments left on a rivalry, and when a new shout has been left on your profile. This feature takes the guesswork out of figuring out who’s interacting with who.

Email Notification System: The new email notification system will promptly notify you whenever you receive a JealousBrother private message, a new shout on your profiles wall, or a new reply to one of your comments. As always, JealousBrother respects your privacy and you can turn email updates off at any time by navigating to “Edit Profile” section of your profile.
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On behalf of the JealousBrother team, we want to thank everyone who has supported our website. We hope you all had a wonderful 2008 and we wish each and everyone of you the best in 2009. There’s a lot going on in our world today and there will certainly be a lot of things to discuss and debate on JealousBrother. We’ve been busy working on the site and wanted to let you know what we’ve been up to. Thanks for your ongoing support and we look forward to seeing you on the site.

-Ryan Kazinec

Recently Added Features:

• You now have a JealousBrother EGO!
  That’s right, the more you participate the bigger your Ego gets. Just don’t get too cocky.
• It’s now easy to Invite your friends to JealousBrother
  We’ve added a friend invite box to your profile. Just enter your friends email and we’ll let them know you think they should check things out.
• The People page has been redesigned
  The people page has an whole new look that recognizes the users with the biggest Egos and also highlights the ten newest comments added to rivalries.
• There’s now an Upcoming tab on the main page
  Now you can view the newest rivalries that are on there way to the top. Just click on the Upcoming tab.
• You can now label and describe your photos
  Soon you’ll be able to leave comments on photos as well.

5 Things you might not know about
JealousBrother.com

1. You can start your own rivalries—In any category, about anything you’d like.
2. You can add music, videos, comment images, and more to your profile by inserting html code into the “About Me” and “ShoutBox” sections of your profile.
3. You can send private messages to your friends as well as public shouts on their profile.
4. Don’t like what someone has to say? You can vote their comments up or down.
5. The search bar at the top of the website will find both people and rivalries that match your search terms.

Want to know more about the founder of JealousBrother.com?

We have a lot plans for JealousBrother in the future and we sincerely value our users opinions so if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or critiques please let us know. Contact Email – service@jealousbrother.com

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Where did the name Jealous Brother come from?I am the youngest of three children with a brother and sister. My brother and I have always been competitive but in more recent years we both became homeowners and our competitive nature has sky rocketed since then. Most notably we began competing over lawn mowers; I received an old riding mower from my mother-in-law and was sure to rub it in my brother’s face that I no longer had to push mow my grass. He then purchased a more powerful riding mower than mine and the cycle continued. The name JealousBrother.com surfaced as I was leaving my brother a boasting message on his voice mail. I jokingly said, “I posted new pictures of my mower on jealousbrother.com you can check out.” It wasn’t until several relatives asked if it was really a website that I realized it could be a good idea.

The JealousBrother Logo was Loosley Designed from this Picture.