What is the 6.5 measuring? Is that a 10 scale as a website? As a conversational tool?
Here are my thoughts: 1. The conversations there are much more rich media friendly. I can embed images, links, videos, etc, right into the page, making it more likely to be seen. 2. The conversations are three dimensional - a "Reply" can be fully fleshed out as a separate thread using the comments below it, while not interrupting the stream of the original topic. 3. The influx of people being driven by Gravity's marketing efforts means that our conversations get to a wider audience. As I've previously stated, I don't think Gravity will ever be a replacement for the ME list, short of Google shutting down the service. I think it's a fantastic augmentation, however. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Ulysses here, wondering what any of you think about the new > Gravity.com arena. > > Here are some of my thoughts. A plus is the ability to explore other > conversations while partaking in a few of your own. In comparison > with ME there are thousands more participants so one can move out of a > room into another without have to log into a new place and change > parties. However, I found that most replies don't get answers right > away and some don't get any. One can easily get too spread out in > there and forget where they were. I'd rather just be able to Tag the > conversations I took part in. It seems I could spend 20 minutes just > retracing my steps. > > The Orbiting feature I find cumbersome, in that after logging on there > are too many little tidbits of what everyone had to say and do, just > too much needless information. I don't feel I need to be informed > that someone simply liked a reply. In fact I had to stop orbiting a > couple of people because they post so much that I had to scroll down > near 30 bits to get to the next. So that part of getting back to > conversations is time consuming. A big minus for me there is that > even knowing that someone replied to a reply does not necessarily mean > that you will find it at the end of the conversation because they can > reply midway any time. That means that I have to scan the entire > conversation to find the reply, which could take some time if the > conversation is lengthy. > > The whole badge thing is like stroking people along with little perks, > I guess to keep the ego soothed but I found them kinda silly. I think > there is a generation that is finding it a great place. > > I did enjoy being able to attach a face to the name feature and I'm > wondering how many are using out dated photos. hehe Mine is a few > years old but I really haven't changed any since then, except for > looking a bit younger now. lol > > I came across this piece which explains what the execs had in mind > when they started up this project. > > > http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/16/exclusive-ex-myspace-execs-launch-gravity-into-private-beta/ > > Well overall I think it isn't a bad place and it is an alternative > when this place is dead and it is a chance to meet new people. > > I'll give it a 6.5 What are your thoughts? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
