I am mostly thinking of the kids and parents' paranoia (like mine ;) ), where they need to start with something that is like what everyone else is doing, but safely and securely... I still think that the younger crowd are overlooked and excluded from the good stuff (and they do get the "good stuff" on their own...) but that's just my humble opinion :)
Your social networking idea is great BTW! Mart ) On Jan 17, 3:01 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> wrote: > True. But now we have that. We need to think of something different > and better, not copy it. > > On Jan 17, 1:55 pm, Albert Abril <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > IMHO, I think that the best feature of facebook is that you can share things > > (links, video, music), with a subgroup of friends. > > In example, you if you have a group of friends that you know that they love > > music, you share music videos with them. (and only with them). > > Another example, the familiar christhmas photos, you'll share only with > > members of your family (another subgroup of friends). > > > Albert > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Massimo Di Pierro < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Most social network assue you know who your friends are and allow you > > > to share info with your friends. How about the opposite? Something > > > like a bookmarking app that tells me who my friends should be based on > > > physical distance and recent common bookmarks? > > > > It seems to me the main problem to me is that a lot of people are > > > alone they because do not necessarily share interests with their > > > colleagues and family members. Facebook is popular because it allows > > > people to connect with people that they knew and therefore assume had > > > something in common. Until people find out time has passed by and > > > there is not really much to talk about. You can be a scientist and > > > soon find your page polluted with somebody's horoscope. > > > > - a bookmarking system likehttp://radbox.me/ > > > - when you bookmark something you tag with fixed categories > > > - a way to sort/organize and rate own bookmarks using mouse drag and > > > drop. > > > - you have a profile and public pages showing your bookmarks only (can > > > be used by a prof to share links with students for example) > > > - Once logged in you can see other users nearby that bookmarked - > > > independently - the same links, and filter then by location, gender, > > > age, bookmark category (could compete with match.com too) > > > - You can then choose to be notified when a given person bookmarks > > > something new (like twitter) > > > - You can check who is following your bookmarks. > > > > Massimo
