Not sure why...

just does that for about 60 seconds and then the sidebar closes

running vista, firefox 2.0.3, no firewall or other ip affecting software.

Try refreshing your page or going to another page... there is an issue with FF where a page doesn't get fully loaded in teh browser - which would cause Cluztr to spin continuously. This is rare though.

Let me know if this is still a problem. 

yeah, seems to be working now

thanks

We'll be looking into this further... but it appears to be a FireFox issue.

now i just need some more friends! 

Go to your friends manager and invite them from your address book. 

it's the fastest way