Say what you will about it, but the Always On Zaibatsu seems to be the first fusion of online media, blogging and an explicit social networking service.
There are more on the way.
I didn't get too far into this, but "A place to make lasting connections with other powerful leaders."
I think this is Blogaria, re-invented. Maybe there will be better results than we saw with the Dean Campaign, but I'm not as sanguine as some. How many lasting connections can powerful leaders maintain without becoming insular?? (I dunno.)
Sorry, Ross, Quentin, et al., but actually, fusing of blogging, explicit social networking, AND the publication of articles started with Ecademy, best as I can tell.
The current site has blog archives dating back to January '02, but the site's been in existence since 1998. If anyone can beat January '02, speak up!
You can even see Ton Zijlstra saying he's new to blogging:
http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=3000
4. aanonymous on February 18, 2004 10:26 AM writes...
what about Rotten Tomatoes platform, "The Vine"?
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal.php
"Welcome to The Vine - your personal publishing (journals) and social networking tool. Post your thoughts instantly to the web, connect with your friends, and meet other people through your network of friends. All of this is backed by Rotten Tomatoes's powerful movies, games, and critics database."
To me, blogging + social networking = LiveJournal (prior art from circa '99). To me all these Orkuts and Friendsters are just hollow shells of LJ without the blogging ... there's no "there" there.
True, LJ doesn't offer much in the way of connecting you with friends-of-friends-of-friends. But I see this as a good thing: IMHO a lot of friends-of-friends are [expletive deleted]s and I don't want them in my face.
FYI, your server considered the word "n-o-t" to be an objectionable word in my previous comment and wouldn't accept it until I contracted it to "doesn't". I'm all for avoiding negativity, but this seems to be going a bit overboard!
1. JayT on February 17, 2004 5:50 PM writes...
I didn't get too far into this, but "A place to make lasting connections with other powerful leaders."
I think this is Blogaria, re-invented. Maybe there will be better results than we saw with the Dean Campaign, but I'm not as sanguine as some. How many lasting connections can powerful leaders maintain without becoming insular?? (I dunno.)
Permalink to Comment2. Quentin Valentino on February 17, 2004 11:14 PM writes...
Fusion of blogging and explicit social networking started with Funchain.com with their FriendBlogs concept.
Permalink to Comment3. Scott Allen on February 18, 2004 3:23 AM writes...
Sorry, Ross, Quentin, et al., but actually, fusing of blogging, explicit social networking, AND the publication of articles started with Ecademy, best as I can tell.
The current site has blog archives dating back to January '02, but the site's been in existence since 1998. If anyone can beat January '02, speak up!
You can even see Ton Zijlstra saying he's new to blogging:
Permalink to Commenthttp://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=3000
4. aanonymous on February 18, 2004 10:26 AM writes...
what about Rotten Tomatoes platform, "The Vine"?
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal.php
"Welcome to The Vine - your personal publishing (journals) and social networking tool. Post your thoughts instantly to the web, connect with your friends, and meet other people through your network of friends. All of this is backed by Rotten Tomatoes's powerful movies, games, and critics database."
It launched sometime last year...
Permalink to Comment5. Ross Mayfield on February 19, 2004 2:51 AM writes...
Scott, I don't that Ecademy has had editor produced content. Let me know if I'm wrong.
Permalink to Comment6. sneJ on February 23, 2004 12:46 AM writes...
To me, blogging + social networking = LiveJournal (prior art from circa '99). To me all these Orkuts and Friendsters are just hollow shells of LJ without the blogging ... there's no "there" there.
True, LJ doesn't offer much in the way of connecting you with friends-of-friends-of-friends. But I see this as a good thing: IMHO a lot of friends-of-friends are [expletive deleted]s and I don't want them in my face.
Permalink to Comment7. sneJ on February 23, 2004 12:48 AM writes...
FYI, your server considered the word "n-o-t" to be an objectionable word in my previous comment and wouldn't accept it until I contracted it to "doesn't". I'm all for avoiding negativity, but this seems to be going a bit overboard!
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