Comments on: Do You Want One Social Networking Profile to Rule Them All?

By: gie

gie — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:55:15 +0000

it would be great to find one great tool that will be able to consolidate all my social network accounts but there are dangers in doing that as well so if and when there is one, I would have to think twice before registering myself there.

i think it's okay if you are not personally involved with your social media accounts but if you are filling all those personal information there then it's quite risky..

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By: Henri Duong

Henri Duong — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:31:37 +0000

Wayne- I wouldn't be doing this if I was constantly afraid of competition- I have seen the Thing and I think it is very impressive.

I know the founders of Techstars and I haven't met the guys at the Thing- I do apologize for indirectly calling Techstars "ripoffs" as they both have a lot more merit for innovation that I give them credit for...I have made it sort of a personal feud and its definitely out of character of me to bash my own Web2.0 contacts in such a public forum.

Call it envy if you will but I am very happy to test out my own team on their abilities with all the competition. For the record- TechStars is the real deal and anyone who gets to work with the founders are going to get more than what they would dream out of it as a young entrepreneur-

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:56:52 +0000

Henri, I have seen the SocialThing!

If I were you, I would be afraid. It is very different from your offering.

By: S. Srinivasan

S. Srinivasan — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:09:41 +0000

My Yahoo, iGoogle, etc. were all started to consolidate your web-1.0 in one place, and they are both unsuccessful in adoption rates. An aggregation of apps/content simply does not provide a better user experience.

The explosion of socnet sites has parallels with the dotcom boom, and aggregating something that is going to go bust is a really bad idea. What the world needs is a better, simpler app that addresses issues of compartmentalization, privacy, interactions, etc. in one place. First simplify, then enrich.

An uber-networking site is going to be dragged down into the socnet implosion. Apart from socialthing, there is a CMU Socialstream project also which you should check out (i am not associated with either of these)

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:34:23 +0000

I’m not sure?

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Socialthing, Inc. » Blog Archive » Viva La Revolution — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:57:45 +0000

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By: bueller

bueller — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:38:15 +0000

This all sounds way too complicated…..I am going to go take a nap.

http://www.drunkenpanda.com

By: codhitz

codhitz — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:31:29 +0000

A site to keep track, or oversee, all the others? This is complete overkill. When it becomes a hassle to maintain, then too much energy has been put into it already. Would these people come to your aid, when called upon, if you are stranded with a busted car? Most would not. Social sites are just that. They should be kept apart. Not all of your friends and family are of equal importance in your life. Face to face is real.

By: xpherion

xpherion — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:43:36 +0000

We don’t need another Social Networking site.to track all the other social networking site. This is getting Lame.

By: Matt Galligan

Matt Galligan — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:52:42 +0000

@Johnny Drama

8Hands is a great app and great concept, but it being tied to the desktop presents a few problems:

None of the information is portable, and you won't have a good idea as to the true "social graph" which a user would then be able to take with them to new sites.

Finally, the actual use case isn't portable, meaning that unless I'm on my own computer and using the 8Hands app, I'm not going to be able to do everything from one view.

@everyone talking about FOAF and other open formats

socialthing! is going to integrate those open formats where it makes sense. OpenID is obvious, unless there is a better solution that comes out in the near future. FOAF is a possibility, we just have to see how we can best integrate it in our infrastructure. And finally, microformats like hCard and hCal make total sense. We're also releasing an API that will take the FOAF thing a bit further, and it will also be an open standard. Our dev team keeps wanting to dub it "Open Relationship" but we'll see how far that goes...

By: beth

beth — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:17:00 +0000

Personally, I’d love to see a bunch of these tools combined so I’d only have to log into one place. Half of the sites I have membership to are for a single friend who uses that service exclusively. On the other hand, having multiple profiles allows me to separate my personal and professional lives, though for a web worker that line becomes more and more blurred each day.

By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:13:25 +0000

I've been banging on about Social Network Fatigue for some time. And there's already someone out there who could take the pain away.

I'm pretty sure OpenID could do a pretty good job of creating an open, secure and portable profile format. Certainly something better than FOAF.

It's taken some time, but we're finally seeing people take this issue seriously...

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