Tiffany B. Brown

a mish-mosh of stuff

Posts tagged: online communities

Hunch.com: a review after 60 minutes of tinkering
Earlier today, I received an email from Caterina Fake, team inviting me to check out her latest web venture. Fake, as you probably know, was a founding member of the photo-sharing community Flickr. Flickr was sold to Yahoo! in 2005 and last summer Fake left Yahoo!, presumably to start her Next Big Thing. Well that [...] [28 Mar 2009]
Twitter, privacy, and informational self-determination
UPDATE: Tweetdeck does, in fact, tell you whether someone’s updates are protected if you click on the user name and view his or her profile. It does not however do this at a glance. If you’re not listening from the CBC‘s Search Engine podcast, shame on you. It’s a kick ass show that looks at [...] [23 Mar 2009]
Plurk.com: “Karma” and Community
I’ve been splitting time between Twitter and Plurk lately and having discussions about online communities, incentives, and rewards. One of Plurk’s signature features is “Karma,” a rewards system that awards or removes points based on how users interact with the Plurk community. Plurking daily builds karma. Taking a few hours or a few days away [...] [18 Jun 2008]