Comments on: Be My Friend (on social network sites) http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/ blogging / programming / technology / lifehacks Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:13:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Onwuzulike http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-154364 Onwuzulike Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:04:58 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-154364 I want to make friends all over the world. I also want to have bussiness partiners. I want to make friends all over the world.
I also want to have bussiness partiners.

]]> By: Crunching the Friend Feed Stats to Find the Most Popular Web Apps « // Internet Duct Tape http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-125774 Crunching the Friend Feed Stats to Find the Most Popular Web Apps « // Internet Duct Tape Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:07:06 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-125774 [...] said before that the average person can only handle up to six social web app sites, and I’m finding that Friend Feed makes it easier for me to consolidate that all to one site [...] [...] said before that the average person can only handle up to six social web app sites, and I’m finding that Friend Feed makes it easier for me to consolidate that all to one site [...]

]]> By: syahidali http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-101912 syahidali Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:16:17 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-101912 @ David Olinsky - That's Social Network Abuse 2.0. @ David Olinsky - That’s Social Network Abuse 2.0.

]]> By: blog-thing : Password Recovery — The Achilles Heel of Your Online Security http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-99484 blog-thing : Password Recovery — The Achilles Heel of Your Online Security Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:11:50 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-99484 [...] aside, I use around twelve different online user accounts over the course of a week, and many more irregularly. When it comes to those dusty accounts I often [...] [...] aside, I use around twelve different online user accounts over the course of a week, and many more irregularly. When it comes to those dusty accounts I often [...]

]]> By: Password Recovery — The Achilles Heel of Your Online Security « Internet Duct Tape http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-89132 Password Recovery — The Achilles Heel of Your Online Security « Internet Duct Tape Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:00:49 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-89132 [...] aside, I use around twelve different online user accounts over the course of a week, and many more irregularly. When it comes to those dusty accounts I often [...] [...] aside, I use around twelve different online user accounts over the course of a week, and many more irregularly. When it comes to those dusty accounts I often [...]

]]> By: engtech http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69586 engtech Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:22:27 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69586 @David: so very true. I don't know if I'll ever be able to swear off of them entirely... but I find that the ones that aren't immediately useful to me definitely don't last on my radar. Out of all of them I think del.icio.us is the one I use the most. @David: so very true. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to swear off of them entirely… but I find that the ones that aren’t immediately useful to me definitely don’t last on my radar.

Out of all of them I think del.icio.us is the one I use the most.

]]> By: David Olinsky http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69585 David Olinsky Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:02:26 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69585 First, thanks for the pownce invite :) So this guy - http://pownce.com/peter/ - has 2710 'friends'....and his 'notes' section is a constant flurry of random posts by the horde at large. Items don't last on his front page for more than 5-6 minutes before they're bumped off. I fail to find any novelty or value in this barrage of information (I use that term lightly). A tool is just a tool. It can just as easily be abused as it can be purposeful. (If you couldn't guess by now, I'm also not a really big fan of Twitter for the same reason. I could care less if IE is someone's bitch. http://twitter.com/alexkingorg/statuses/145954702 ) Instead of these tools filling our lives with pertinent and meaningful information, we're being sucked into a melting pot of social distraction, not social interaction. First, thanks for the pownce invite :) So this guy - http://pownce.com/peter/ - has 2710 ‘friends’….and his ‘notes’ section is a constant flurry of random posts by the horde at large. Items don’t last on his front page for more than 5-6 minutes before they’re bumped off. I fail to find any novelty or value in this barrage of information (I use that term lightly).

A tool is just a tool. It can just as easily be abused as it can be purposeful.

(If you couldn’t guess by now, I’m also not a really big fan of Twitter for the same reason. I could care less if IE is someone’s bitch. http://twitter.com/alexkingorg/statuses/145954702 ) Instead of these tools filling our lives with pertinent and meaningful information, we’re being sucked into a melting pot of social distraction, not social interaction.

]]> By: Terinea Weblog http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69493 Terinea Weblog Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:36:53 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69493 I think I'll keep my Flickr account because that way if Facebook declines I don't have to upload my photo again to another social network. Jamie I think I’ll keep my Flickr account because that way if Facebook declines I don’t have to upload my photo again to another social network.
Jamie

]]> By: engtech http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69443 engtech Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:13:26 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69443 <blockquote>they do have some damn nice default themes, though.</blockquote> That's something I appreciate more and more.

they do have some damn nice default themes, though.

That’s something I appreciate more and more.

]]> By: engtech http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69442 engtech Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:13:03 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69442 I played around with Ning a little bit today. Ning is amazingly not user friendly. One of the few sites I've seen that gets the "first time user" experience dead-on is http://geni.com With ning you're filling out a million things the first time you create a site, plus setting options that are permanent and cannot be changed. Plus once I was done I was kinda "what do I do with it?" I played around with Ning a little bit today. Ning is amazingly not user friendly.

One of the few sites I’ve seen that gets the “first time user” experience dead-on is http://geni.com

With ning you’re filling out a million things the first time you create a site, plus setting options that are permanent and cannot be changed. Plus once I was done I was kinda “what do I do with it?”

]]> By: adam http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69437 adam Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:37:34 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69437 i kinda feel like pownce launched too soon. there are another half dozen features after the lack of a contact importer that are baffling in their absense. and without an API, nobody's going to do it for them. they do have some damn nice default themes, though. i kinda feel like pownce launched too soon. there are another half dozen features after the lack of a contact importer that are baffling in their absense. and without an API, nobody’s going to do it for them.

they do have some damn nice default themes, though.

]]> By: Gordon R. Vaughan http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69434 Gordon R. Vaughan Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:18:53 +0000 http://internetducttape.com/2007/07/10/be-my-friend-on-social-network-sites/#comment-69434 I think we'll keep seeing new social networking sites until somebody gets it right. Social networking is really a form of search. There's a great value to connecting with the right people, if you can find them, but that's still not easy with people on so many different sites, and for different reasons/interests. I can't help but wonder if we'll see just a few "global" networks like Facebook survive, along with bunches of very specialized networks, so maybe that $40M investment in Ning this week wasn't a bad idea. BTW, I haven't tried Ning yet, and would like to hear about others' experiences with it. I think we’ll keep seeing new social networking sites until somebody gets it right. Social networking is really a form of search. There’s a great value to connecting with the right people, if you can find them, but that’s still not easy with people on so many different sites, and for different reasons/interests.

I can’t help but wonder if we’ll see just a few “global” networks like Facebook survive, along with bunches of very specialized networks, so maybe that $40M investment in Ning this week wasn’t a bad idea.

BTW, I haven’t tried Ning yet, and would like to hear about others’ experiences with it.

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