Comments on: Not the end of social networking! http://bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/ Internet Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Blogger Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:28:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Wouter http://bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-316 Wouter Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:22:32 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-316 Just read about the e-mail based social network <a href="http://hoovers.visiblepath.com/" rel="nofollow">Hoover's Connect</a>, it resembles your suggestion. Just read about the e-mail based social network Hoover’s Connect, it resembles your suggestion.

]]> By: Willem http://bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-315 Willem Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:42:20 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-315 En wat is jullie mening over vertical social networks zoals www.spotajob.com ? ben erg benieuwd naar de haalbaarheid en inzichten En wat is jullie mening over vertical social networks zoals http://www.spotajob.com ?
ben erg benieuwd naar de haalbaarheid en inzichten

]]> By: Joey http://bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-314 Joey Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:13:55 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-314 You are right about recommendations. You would like to know on which basis you match with other people (given by your friends/colleagues) and even search on specific items. But like you mentioned there is a shift coming in the social networking area, about implementing features that really add something to the whole networking-idea. What only can be done by the service on the internet. I wanted to point you to Sossoon (www.sossoon.net), which is a business social networking tool, where you can view each others network, search the whole network and all based on tags and values you'd like to give those tags. So it is not like a list (your recommendations) but more in a visual way it is being presented. Mail is a nice idea, while you use it often, and maybe GMail will incorporate that in the near future? Or Live Mail? Just a thought. You are right about recommendations. You would like to know on which basis you match with other people (given by your friends/colleagues) and even search on specific items.

But like you mentioned there is a shift coming in the social networking area, about implementing features that really add something to the whole networking-idea. What only can be done by the service on the internet.

I wanted to point you to Sossoon (www.sossoon.net), which is a business social networking tool, where you can view each others network, search the whole network and all based on tags and values you’d like to give those tags.
So it is not like a list (your recommendations) but more in a visual way it is being presented.

Mail is a nice idea, while you use it often, and maybe GMail will incorporate that in the near future? Or Live Mail? Just a thought.

]]> By: Raimo van der Klein http://bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-313 Raimo van der Klein Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:46:52 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-313 I agree that social networks lack function. Communication and objects(music, photo, clip) are the obvious route. I am not sure about recommendations. I think the users should recommend(like in LinkedIn since a couple of weeks). Object oriented recommendations are easy to implement if your social network is big enough.. Problem is that on Flickr I am all alone..no network so no recommendations... Otherside.. the social network sites don't have the content( I mean the long tail variant) Raimo I agree that social networks lack function. Communication and objects(music, photo, clip) are the obvious route. I am not sure about recommendations. I think the users should recommend(like in LinkedIn since a couple of weeks). Object oriented recommendations are easy to implement if your social network is big enough.. Problem is that on Flickr I am all alone..no network so no recommendations… Otherside.. the social network sites don’t have the content( I mean the long tail variant)

Raimo

]]> By: Sjors http://bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-312 Sjors Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:09:11 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-312 What I would like to see, is a feature to "own" my contact list and to be able to take it with me to other places. I think it kinda sucks that on every social network I join, I have to start all over again with adding people that I know to my network. Why cant I just import my social network contact list from hyves on myspace and see who matches already. If one of my contacts joins later, he should simply get a reminder "Sjors was looking for you, ad him to your friendlist". Another example I want to share is this one: http://www.threadless.com/profile/15230/svirsk On the Threadless network all the extra things I can do on Hyves and Myspace are imported from services that do it better: Flickr and wordpress (and del.icio.us and last.fm(Upcomming would be a good extra one)). So the only core business of social networks should be: making it as easy as possible for me to manage my contact list. (And not save photos, allow blogging, save videos, share events etc.). I do really like the idea of recommendation, cause it will also allow you to use/blame the system as an excuse to contact someone one business level, on friends level or on dating level. A dutch site who offers that allready is Paiq (still in beta) http://www.frankwatching.com/archive/2006/04/25/Paiq_Dating_20 What I would like to see, is a feature to “own” my contact list and to be able to take it with me to other places. I think it kinda sucks that on every social network I join, I have to start all over again with adding people that I know to my network. Why cant I just import my social network contact list from hyves on myspace and see who matches already. If one of my contacts joins later, he should simply get a reminder “Sjors was looking for you, ad him to your friendlist”.

Another example I want to share is this one: http://www.threadless.com/profile/15230/svirsk On the Threadless network all the extra things I can do on Hyves and Myspace are imported from services that do it better: Flickr and wordpress (and del.icio.us and last.fm(Upcomming would be a good extra one)). So the only core business of social networks should be: making it as easy as possible for me to manage my contact list. (And not save photos, allow blogging, save videos, share events etc.).

I do really like the idea of recommendation, cause it will also allow you to use/blame the system as an excuse to contact someone one business level, on friends level or on dating level. A dutch site who offers that allready is Paiq (still in beta) http://www.frankwatching.com/a....._Dating_20

]]> By: Yme Bosma http://bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-311 Yme Bosma Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:50:58 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/10/31/not-the-end-of-social-networking/#comment-311 Ik vraag me alleen af of het de social network diensten zelfs zijn die zaken als recommendations moeten gaan aanbieden. De reden waarom ik graag een Hyves API zou zien is juist omdat dan iedereen met een bestaande dienst gebruik kan maken van het feit dat Hyves weet met wie een specifieke gebruiker verbonden is. Dus wel 'Powered by Hyves' wat mij betreft, maar niet zozeer 'Hyves Recommendations' zeg maar... Er is zeker een grijs gebied, maar Hyves (en vergelijkbare diensten) moeten in dit opzicht meer een platform dan feature zijn. Ik vraag me alleen af of het de social network diensten zelfs zijn die zaken als recommendations moeten gaan aanbieden. De reden waarom ik graag een Hyves API zou zien is juist omdat dan iedereen met een bestaande dienst gebruik kan maken van het feit dat Hyves weet met wie een specifieke gebruiker verbonden is. Dus wel ‘Powered by Hyves’ wat mij betreft, maar niet zozeer ‘Hyves Recommendations’ zeg maar… Er is zeker een grijs gebied, maar Hyves (en vergelijkbare diensten) moeten in dit opzicht meer een platform dan feature zijn.

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