Comments on: Facebook Opens Up, But You Still Have To Add Friends Manually

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:04:43 +0000

Social networking is sooooo 2007. This time next year we’ll be asking “who cares?”

These social masquerading sites “steal” personal information from the unsuspecting with the hope of selling the data on to advertisers for vast chunks of cash.

At least Dick Turpin had the decency to wear a mask.

By: SEO Canada

SEO Canada — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:41:01 +0000

Funny to see a Sitepoint blog criticize a featured SP article as basically being written in an ivory tower.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:45:37 +0000

Or spam…

By: ParkinT

ParkinT — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:02:30 +0000

Looks like some “socializing” going on right here in the comments!!

By: headieherbs

headieherbs — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:52:49 +0000

Tijis, I like what you said above… I’ll be contacting you shortly to see how Write In Your Vote can get involved in your project.

By: headieherbs

headieherbs — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:47:48 +0000

I think calling the web “the only social network” is being way to general. Sure everyone signs up at myspace and facebook because all their friends are there, but after that most people join new social networks that are niched to their interests.

For example: http://www.writeinyourvote.com/ is a “social-politicing” network for US Candidates and Voters, a place where these users can have poltical discussion in a relevant environment that is all encompassing of US politics, and nothing else.

By: Tijs

Tijs — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:43:54 +0000

The web as the social network, or the inside out social network, is exactly what we are trying to achieve at the DiSo project. Please check out our main online presence here:

http://www.diso-project.org/

and perhaps this blog post by Chris Messina, on of the founders of the project, explaining the project in a nutshell:

http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2007/12/10/the-inside-out-social-network/