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I think startups have been trying to do this since Web 1.0.
Maybe a freemium model? Target businesses? [Though they use Outlook.]
BTW don't let your friends see that ranking! ;)
Is it a product or a feature? I don't know, but that may illustrate the heart of the problem, and the difference between Kiko and Facebook. I think startups have been trying to do this since Web 1.0. Maybe a freemium model? Target businesses? [Though they use Outlook.] BTW don't let your friends see that ranking! ;)
> I want to rank my friends, be part of different social circles, because that's how I operate. That's actually a really good point, you've hit the nail on the head with that one.
I could be wrong though. A quick search didn't point to anything.
If they don't do this, it shouldn't be too difficult to do via the social graph.
> I want to rank my friends, be part of different social circles, because that's how I operate. That's actually a really good point, you've hit the nail on the head with that one.
Though you may not be manually ranking in Facebook, I believe they do have some algorithms on the back end which promote people you interact with more frequently in the newsfeed. I could be wrong though. A quick search didn't point to anything. If they don't do this, it shouldn't be too difficult to do via the social graph.
> I want to rank my friends, be part of different social circles, because that's how I operate. That's actually a really good point, you've hit the nail on the head with that one.
For example, in your "About Me" section, with your co-workers you may want to say that you enjoy programming and playing around with server configuration whereas with your old college pals, you may want to say that you miss the days of binge drinking and getting laid. You would not want either group to see the other explanation of who "you" are.
Specifically related to this idea, you may want to have enable your college pals to see that you are attending "Remembering the good ole days kegger reunion party" while you may want your co-workers to see that you are attending a conference on some technology. You probably do not want them both to see the events that the other sees.
On a basic level, I like how Google Voice handles this. You can specify a certain voicemail message to be heard by people who are not in your phone book, and different voicemail messages for any groups you have created. This allows me to have a silly message played only for my friends and not worry that an important call will come in from an unknown number and get my silly message. This concept expanded to any and all properties of a social network seems crucial as far as I am concerned.
> I want to rank my friends, be part of different social circles, because that's how I operate. That's actually a really good point, you've hit the nail on the head with that one.
Going one step further, it would be very nice to be able to supply information to different users based on their group. This is another thing which is lacking in Facebook. In fact it is something which is currently lacking from every social network (that I'm aware of at least). Everyone scrambling to build the next Facebook in the wake of the recent debacle may want to take some of these ideas. For example, in your "…
I reckon if done in the right way (ie good privacy approach and user control over it), you should be able to make money through links to the events (although I think the revene model would need to have the right incentives ie aligned to suggesting the best stuff).
And the image stuff is hard - but would be pretty great if done right!
One needs to consider three approaches of forming an interest circle: shared (an explicit list of members), individual (each user maintains several lists of his friends) and automatic (extracting subgraphs of user relation according to attendance).
What we are currently willing to provide is the combination of them all. Automatic extraction is fun to play with, but you always want more control over it. We are also preparing to launch something similar to the shared model, where you could subscribe to an organizer which is basically a group of related events.