+1. I liked the idea to extend open social friends like Google+. My understanding is circles are like attributes to existing friend model.
On Oct 16, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Chris Geer wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Aaron Gooch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Proposal for Rave-465 Person Profile Connections: >> >> My team is considering implementing this epic. We have discussed how we >> want connections to work but would like to get more information from the >> community. >> >> Management of connections: >> >> We are proposing a Google+ model of choosing connections with other users >> and then having the ability to group connections much like Google+. The >> idea here is that >> > > I like the idea of Google+ circles so that is a good start > >> >> we want to have a way of communicating directly to people on Project X or a >> group of collegues. Users will be able to connect to any other user, place >> their connections >> >> in groups so that they can easily communicate/share with specific groups. >> >> Implementation >> >> >> - Connections are part of the rave core >> - Friends concept implemented in Shindig following opensocial spec >> > > How does the circles match up with Shindig friends? Do they work together > or are they competing? Do we remove the existing friend concept in Rave? My understanding is existing friend network can be extended for circle attribute. Users need to be friends first and then being added to different circles. > > >> - Each user has zero or more circles. >> > > I assume you mean "Each person has...", any social stuff should be attached > to the person not the user. This is important because we've already > discussed there might not always be a one-to-one relationship between users > and people. > > >> - Each circle is composed of zero or more users. >> - Create an api for managing connections >> - Create a connections page for users to manage their circles. >> - Create a “friend” or “follow” button on the person profile page to >> create connections >> > > Chris Thanks Raminder
