Comments on: Friend Hierarchy http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/01/friend-hierarchy.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: indiekid http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/01/friend-hierarchy.html/comment-page-1#comment-7212 indiekid Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=2003#comment-7212 I know your pain for sure. I feel it every single day. I've got friends on MySpace that are just as important as some of my friends on Facebook and LinkedIn, but hardly use MySpace because those friends are the only reason I go there...and it's hard to get to them quickly, unless you add them as a "Top Friend". <br /> <br /> I suppose that's why we built the exact thing you're talking about into socialthing!. When the feature gets released (seeing how our first feature, Lifestream, goes into private beta today)...it will consolidate all of your friends across all of your social networks (that we support currently) into one list. Then, you can take that list and categorize your friends by either explicit or implicit definition. <br /> <br /> Explicit meaning you specifically say "Foundry Group co-workers" and then drag all of your co-workers into that group. Implicit being when you define certain criteria, like "LinkedIn and Plaxo friends" (essentially defining a work related group)... <br /> <br /> It is a mess...so I guess that's why we really want to clean it up...hopefully our solution helps you out! I know your pain for sure. I feel it every single day. I've got friends on MySpace that are just as important as some of my friends on Facebook and LinkedIn, but hardly use MySpace because those friends are the only reason I go there…and it's hard to get to them quickly, unless you add them as a "Top Friend".

I suppose that's why we built the exact thing you're talking about into socialthing!. When the feature gets released (seeing how our first feature, Lifestream, goes into private beta today)…it will consolidate all of your friends across all of your social networks (that we support currently) into one list. Then, you can take that list and categorize your friends by either explicit or implicit definition.

Explicit meaning you specifically say "Foundry Group co-workers" and then drag all of your co-workers into that group. Implicit being when you define certain criteria, like "LinkedIn and Plaxo friends" (essentially defining a work related group)…

It is a mess…so I guess that's why we really want to clean it up…hopefully our solution helps you out!

]]> By: dgcohen http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/01/friend-hierarchy.html/comment-page-1#comment-7214 dgcohen Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=2003#comment-7214 I think the idea that any one walled garden social network can solve this is retarded. There will never be a day where I use one tool on the web. I own my social network. I'll define it. If you want to impress me, then your service needs to use mine, not make me tell it to you again. So, the building block that is missing here is a generic way of defining your social connections which is open to consumers. I know people are working on this, but it doesn't make it not "missing in action" still. There will be a day. I think the idea that any one walled garden social network can solve this is retarded. There will never be a day where I use one tool on the web. I own my social network. I'll define it. If you want to impress me, then your service needs to use mine, not make me tell it to you again. So, the building block that is missing here is a generic way of defining your social connections which is open to consumers. I know people are working on this, but it doesn't make it not "missing in action" still. There will be a day.

]]> By: micah105 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/01/friend-hierarchy.html/comment-page-1#comment-7219 micah105 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=2003#comment-7219 I think this would fit perfectly with my concept of a friend finder/content discovery tool. <a href="http://learntoduck.com/business/the-year-of-discovering-and-searching-potential-friends ">http://learntoduck.com/business/the-year-of-disco...</a> I think this would fit perfectly with my concept of a friend finder/content discovery tool. http://learntoduck.com/business/the-year-of-disco...

]]> By: rnjohnson http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/01/friend-hierarchy.html/comment-page-1#comment-7221 rnjohnson Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=2003#comment-7221 I think this is what Facebook is hoping to accomplish with their friend lists. Of course the lists are that useful now (you can only create them) but I suspect they'll group more functionality around these lists, especially privacy, soon. I think this is what Facebook is hoping to accomplish with their friend lists. Of course the lists are that useful now (you can only create them) but I suspect they'll group more functionality around these lists, especially privacy, soon.

]]> By: indiekid http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/01/friend-hierarchy.html/comment-page-1#comment-7231 indiekid Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=2003#comment-7231 completely forgot to add what "our solution" even is...for your readers that is... <br /> <br /> <a href="http://socialthing.com ">http://socialthing.com </a> completely forgot to add what "our solution" even is…for your readers that is…

http://socialthing.com

]]> By: micah105 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/01/friend-hierarchy.html/comment-page-1#comment-7238 micah105 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:50 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=2003#comment-7238 I absolutely agree. There has to be a stand alone application that allows for content discovery, relationship recommendations and social search. I dont think its solely an aggregator like ST or FriendFeed. Or any current social platform or search engine. (although google is going to take a shot at it with SocialStream.) I absolutely agree. There has to be a stand alone application that allows for content discovery, relationship recommendations and social search. I dont think its solely an aggregator like ST or FriendFeed. Or any current social platform or search engine. (although google is going to take a shot at it with SocialStream.)

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