Posts tagged: social networking
- 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 can lower [...] [18 Jun 2008]
- Trusting Anil Dash not to f*ck up my site with evil JavaScript
- Below is a snippet of an entry from Anil Dash’s blog on the possibilities of using embed, object and JavaScript for serving all kinds of content — not just movies. The obvious question is ‘How much should you trust code from strangers?’ And can this be done in a safe(-ish), secure(-ish) way? Possibly related: Cross-domain [...] [14 Mar 2008]
- Atlanta, Ga: Sex 2.0 Conference
- From the web site: Sex 2.0 will focus on the intersection of social media, feminism, and sexuality. How is social media enabling people to learn, grow, and connect sexually? How is sexual expression tied to social activism? Does the concept of transparency online offer new opportunities or present new roadblocks — or both? These questions, and [...] [23 Feb 2008]
- A Thursday three-fer in case you missed it
- WordPress 2.3.3 WordPress 2.3.3 is an urgent security release. If you have registration enabled a flaw was found in the XML-RPC implementation such that a specially crafted request would allow a user to edit posts of other users on that blog. Stop sharing spreadsheets, start collecting information Google Docs now lets you create custom forms to collect information [...] [7 Feb 2008]
