In the interest of bringing more traffic to my site, I joined Qassia earlier this year. For those of you not yet familiar with Qassia, here's an explanation from their website:
 
"Qassia is a credit-driven intelligence engine coupled to a cascading tag-based web directory. At Qassia, you can add your websites for free, and without having to add reciprocal backlinks. You'll get unlimited quality backlinks (as opposed to "no-follow" backlinks). You can also add intel. Short for "intelligence", intel is a tidbit of information."
 
I won't pretend to understand how all this works, but I am enjoying being part of the Qassia community. I haven't written a lot of intel yet, but it has been interesting to read what others write.
 
Since the site is still in Beta, you have to be invited to join. The person who refers you gets credits, which then improves their rankings for backlinks.
 
So if anyone wants to join, here's the link to my page:  
 
<http://harmonygardens.qassia.com/>
 
As others of you join, you can post your link so that others can join through you, and so on. That way we pass around the credits.
 
Dustin

Thanks, Tom. Why don't you post the link to your page on Qassia so the next person can join through your link.
 
Dustin

The next step is to write some "intel" on Qassia, which will have a link to one of your sites at the bottom of the page. Intel can be about any subject that interests you, and if the reader finds what you have written interesting, he or she will most likely click on the link to your site.
 
Once Qassia comes out of beta they will have a search function, so more people will be reading the intel. We'll see if it goes anywhere, but it has the potential of giving our sites more traffic.
 
Dustin