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del.icio.us Plans To Become A Social Network

readwriteweb.com — del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter revealed to Read/WriteWeb that del.icio.us aims to add features that "help people connect with others within the system, either to people they already know or discovering new people and communities based on interest."

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  • Silvery, on 10/12/2007, -19/+5Interesting news.
    • ohgr, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6Apparently some people don't agree with your statement.
  • michaelbeckham, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Just what we need, another social networking site...
    • Dested, on 10/12/2007, -8/+8Its like taking a single player game to the next level, an mmo. You take what the game already has and let the user interact with all of the other players. I think that the more social networking sites the better.
    • dennisplucinik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This is how sites progress, you start out small and focused, and then introduce new features. What's the example from alistapart about adding rooms to a small house?? I guess you missed it.
    • SamKellett, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Looks like I will be moving to ma.gnolia after all.
    • judsond, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I dunno, his answers are somewhat vague, with the interviewer supplying a lot of opinion. He might be talking about something more interesting than just another social network site, maybe along the lines of knowledge management.
  • short_man, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Bit late there del.icio.us!
  • senmu, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2yay, now I can network with those on del.icio.us that have bookmarked digg!
    • senmu, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Well now, I didn't know this function existed already...
      Well digg down my comment and call me an ignoramus :P
  • tylerdurdenclub, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Competition is healthy.
  • diggalf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10IMHO del.icio.us would have to be the most irritating domain out.
  • ohgr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Why they didn't think of this before is beyond me. I think most Digg submitions tend to come from del.icio.us anyways. And I'm a regular user of both services.
  • igutekunst, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1It isn't one already?
  • plebiscite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The social network model is by no means set in stone, there is still much room for inovation. Hopefully del.icio.us con provide new and innovative ways for people to connect and collaborate. Personally, I'm not holding my breath.
  • sciencebase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hey! Now we can share all our pre.cio.us bookmarks, stumble into others, blast them into myspace and focus on them with a calamari-oo lens, and use a blog plugin to get everyone else to furl, hurl, redd, shiddit them ad nauseum. Ya-effin'-hoo!
  • maize, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Here we go again.
  • millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It's almost halfway there. It's already got the most defining feature of a social networking site: being hidiously ugly.
  • traemccombs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1BAh, they need to fix their importing scheme where you can have all of your bookmarks shared at one shot. I don't want to have to go in and click "share" 40 billion times.
  • eukhost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Del.icio.us recently hit 1 million subscribers, so that shows the popularity of the site. Also now with the social networking feature, the popularity and the subscriber base is certainly bound to rise.
  • ayeroxor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1del dot itchio dot us?

    I don't give a CRAP what it spells without the dots. GAYEST. URL. EVER.

  • irnah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0They can really hit it big if they partner with one of those multi-media softphone companies that has IM, voice, video, file sharing, desktop sharing, etc. Check out www.damaka.com
  • elementni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think it's good to expand features... to test and tune, because you never know, it could be something people like. Why not give it a shot and see what happens?
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