Comments on: 3 Problems with Social Networks http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-problems-with-social-networks/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: links for 2007-12-27 | Ed Tech Hacks http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65463 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:36:42 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/02/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65463 [...] Web Worker Daily » Archive 3 Problems with Social Networks « (tags: social_networking) [...]

]]> By: dylan http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65462 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:40:18 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/02/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65462 I just wanted to point to the work that Barnraiser.org has been doing. One of their projects AMPi is free software that provides you with your own OpenID account and a completely customizable website around that identity. Anyone with an OpenID can log in or be made a part of your “friends” network. It seems to be a great start on the road to the decentralized social networking.

]]> By: WWD Coffee Break « Web Worker Daily http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65461 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:44:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/02/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65461 [...] Says OpenID is Useless? – I was just complaining that social networks aren’t leveraging OpenID, and along comes EnThinnai to prove me wrong. [...]

]]> By: Los usuarios encuentran posibles problemas en las redes sociales - elWebmaster.com http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65460 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:25:29 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/02/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65460 [...] Fuente: Webworkerdaily [...]

]]> By: Aswath http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65459 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:58:56 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/02/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65459 Some of your readers may be interested in a web application called EnThinnai (www.enthinnai.com) that we recently introduced for public alpha testing. EnThinnai addresses all the three points: it uses OpenID exclusively for authentication; it allows for any number of friends, but you decide what information you share with which friend(s) and finally the design allows for (the deployed version does not) each user to run an instance in their own server, but collectively will be able to realize the services of social networks.

]]> By: Jamie http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65458 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:19:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/02/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65458 Your criticisms of social networking certainly apply to short-sighted attempts at social networking, such as MySpace. But, you are missing why Facebook became the highest quality social networking site. Unlike MySpace and most other social networks, Facebook began as an umbrella of smaller social networks formed in the real world: college campuses. Membership in a campus network requires that a member is actually a student of that university. This exclusivity set it apart from other networks because it created an “in-crowd” of individuals who were already friends or acquaintances in real life. Facebook has been very valuable for me in keeping up with friends I have in real life and those I have met from other universities during internships, etc. It’s allowed me to keep up with professional contacts, addresses, email changes, birthdays, and general “this is what’s happening in my life” information. For me, Facebook has done exactly what I need it to do. The same cannot be said for MySpace.

]]> By: Anthony Russo http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65457 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:01:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/02/3-problems-with-social-networks/#comment-65457 Here’s one. I need a universal AFK tool. If I get up from my computer for lunch or something, I have to let my Skype, Bitwine, Tangler, LivePerson or whatever other little thing that is showing me “Online/Available” that I am not there for a while. I need an app or widget or something that can set all those notifiers and status symbols to AFK for me, and then back to normal when I return.

Anthony

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