Comments on: Unsocial Networking: The Next Frontier? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/ Fri, 25 May 2012 10:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Weekend Reader « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62719 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:34:30 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/08/06/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62719 [...] Bookmark Sharing – The folks behind Hikkup (which we looked at a while back) have now released a Firefox extension to allow easy use of their service with any [...]

]]> By: roupen nahabedian http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62718 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:10:46 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/08/06/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62718 Hi Tish…. Hikkup is fire and foremost about communicating with friends and people that you know. So the “troll” shouldn’t enter the picture. Its peer initiated, to addresses that you know. Soon, we will be adding verified “unmasks”, so you’ll know who is who on the other side of th conversation.

]]> By: Asocial networking: de eerste stap in online anonimisering | HRlog.nl http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62717 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:00:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/08/06/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62717 [...] tegengas) hierop ook toe. Webworker Daily presenteert dan ook de ‘nieuwe doorbraak’: unsocial networking. Met de dienst Hikkup kan anoniem (en dus asociaal) genetwerkt worden. Vragen kunnen gesteld worden [...]

]]> By: Tish Grier http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62716 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:34:36 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/08/06/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62716 Honestly, this sounds an awful lot like the early days of ICQ. I was in college at that time, and housemates used to use it as a conversation starter, as well as a place to just look for people to chat with. Perhaps it’s not just that we’re getting social network fatigue, but that we’re getting a social network redundancy.

And if it’s totally anonymous, how can you guarantee you’re not getting an answer from a troll? I’d hesitate to make any business decisions based on anonymous answers.

]]> By: The next phase of social networking? — Life’s a bit like this… http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62715 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:16:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/08/06/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62715 [...] it looks like it could already be here, according to this great post from WebWorkerDaily, who are espousing the potential virtues of new start-up Hikkup, which promotes anonymous networking. Bookmark [...]

]]> By: TextAdSearch http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62714 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:01:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/08/06/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62714 What ever happened to using good old fashioned forums to network. That’s the problem these days the art of conversation (spread over days/weeks/months) is dead.

]]> By: Logical Extremes http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62713 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:33:16 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/08/06/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62713 Nice idea. I’ve always thought the social networks are a limited beast. We don’t always need more relationships, but we do always need more information.

]]> By: roupen nahabedian http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62712 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:44:40 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/08/06/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62712 Hi Brian, thanks for the comment…

Mike summed it up well. Hikkups are easy to create, easy to distribute, disposable, scoped, private spaces where you can have conversations with people you know. Therefore, the random rapist scenario is hopefully not likely…

So two uses for Hikkup in social settings are: Get honest answers by letting friends respond anonymously. Ask questions without the risk of embarrassment by masking yourself.

Like Mike mentioned, we also see professional verticals for Hikkup. We just released a widget as a first step.

Roupen N.
CEO, hikkup.com

]]> By: Brian Purkiss http://gigaom.com/collaboration/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62711 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:49:41 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/08/06/unsocial-networking-next-frontier/#comment-62711 Hm…
That does sound like it could be a good idea…
but…
If you’re asking for advice – it could be anyone! “Duh – that’s the purpose of the site” is what you may be saying – but look at it this way.

If I ask for advice on lets say, dating. For all I know – I could get advice from a rapist. Or end up getting a bunch of porn links.
The possibilities are endless.

But on the flip side of the coin, welcome to the web.

I dunno.
Just my first thoughts of mine.

It does have potential though!

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