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Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by 30ss » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:09 AM UTC

Microsoft-

Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by sushumna » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:11 AM UTC

aik wrote: post #3

I have trouble believing all these "accidental leakages" are actually accidents. The new trendy marketing gimmick?

very true...its all Mktng gimmick....this strategy offers free publicity. See what happend to iphone4...huge hit after " Being left at a bar Accidently :D "

Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by pedalpete » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:20 AM UTC

kevin_morrill wrote: post #18

ayuvar wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's probably codenamed after Tulalip Bay in Washington state.

Also a pretty sleazy Indian casino.

can we just call it a sleazy casino, and not let prejudice creep in because it's on native land.

Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by pedalpete » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:22 AM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #11

Last month Microsoft likely acquired Social.com for $2.6 million[1], then this domain Socl.com through the same company. Suddenly this domain has a social site on it (still in Google Cache) and they claim it's just a MSR project? Not a chance. 1: http://fusible.com/2011/07/rumor-microsoft-to-launch-its-own...

having the header domain like social won't do anything for them. They've got live.com, and look how little they've been able to do with that.

Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by pedalpete » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:23 AM UTC

Sounds more like a Quora competitor than a social project. If it weren't for the fb and twitter logins, I'd suspect this was aimed more at the corporate user base than as a public site.

Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by calloc » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:24 AM UTC

There is one social "network"/site I won't ever have an account =)

Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by oldstrangers » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:28 AM UTC

aik wrote: post #3

I have trouble believing all these "accidental leakages" are actually accidents. The new trendy marketing gimmick?

Well it does provide them with a sort of "market viability" test. Leak some information to see how the world reacts, and then decide if it's worth proceeding or not (obviously not, in this case).

Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by oldstrangers » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:29 AM UTC

ajma wrote: post #20

Microsoft Research projects seem to rarely turn into real projects. This will probably be the first and last we see of this.

Yeah, how long ago was I supposed to see surface tablets at my local restaurants/bars? And that was something I actually wanted...

Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by emehrkay » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:35 AM UTC

I'll never use it

Re: Oops: Microsoft accidentally reveals secret social project

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Post by jarin » Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 5:42 AM UTC

I'm not too familiar with ASP.Net, but if you view source on socl.com that is some jacked-up output.