techcrunch.com — Google Operating System is reporting that Google is sponsoring a project at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute to “rethink and reinvent online social networking.” The project is called Socialstream. Click on the image for a larger view.
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verifexJul 9, 2007
I am glad to see Google and Yahoo going the RIGHT way and funding a research project at a major university. That means that this project will have some real accreditation and not just be another silly entrant into the social networking orgy that we are currently in. That also means that when the research and software are done, Google has the money and reputation to implement it correctly.I always found the idea of all these hundreds and probably even THOUSANDS of social networks rather counter-intuitive. As they are great at letting you meet other people on that same network, but they fail miserably at letting you be truly social with people all over the place. I find it stupid that in order to find some of my friends online I need the following:1. Find a network to connect to and sign up.2. Find a friend on the network, or convince a friend in real life to sign up.3. Talk to people on these networks; About what exactly? Can't I just use email?4. Something inherently interesting in the network itself that brings me back to it.The social experience is simply much different online VS. real life! That is why these companies are putting research dollars into in order to deliver something that gives us a truly great medium to connect with people. As for the merits of being "social" on a computer, lets save that conversation for another day. :)
longboarder543Jul 9, 2007
And it will be called "Goohoo".
smackheroJul 9, 2007
seriously. how is it that so many people still can't get the hang of the new comment system. is it really that difficult to use, or are these the digg octogenarians that can't even figure out how to copy and paste in microsoft word?
smackheroJul 9, 2007
what's the point of having a network then? so you can all be anti-social together?
insightfulJul 9, 2007
For Mac, whose OS is based on BSD, vi can be opened by either typing 'vi' or 'Netrilix is a troll and a douchebag'
ernestlehmannJul 10, 2007
What we need is someone who can combine the best of the chat interface with the ability to search address books or chat friends for six degrees of sepration. I know you and you know Joe and Joe knows Bono, but only a six degree search would turn up the path which could then be bartered, bid, sold, or otherwise commercialized for lead generation, fun, dating, jobs, etc. Someone must be able to do a better job than LinkedIn with this concept using chat instead of a web site?
loconetJul 10, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://www.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/M-HCI/2006/SocialstreamProject/index.php">http://www.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/M-HCI/2006/SocialstreamProject/index.php</a>