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Thoughts and comments on oSync http://www.osync.org - oSync is a RSS/Atom like content syndication specification in JSON and takes into location, tags, commonly used namespaced elements (iTunes, Yahoo) and especially SUP baked right in! Not to mention JSON from end-to-end.
Tracy, Evan Culver, Ahsan Ali aka. Slick and 3 other people liked this
Interesting idea.. though it's in alpha...
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
I made it alpha because I wanted to get feedback from the community before finalizing on the fields and such.
- Ray Slakinski
Sorry I missed that you're the author :) This is something the OpenFFers might also be interested in: http://www.friendfeed.com/openff
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
Good idea, forwarded :)
- Ray Slakinski
How compatible is this with http://cwiki.apache.org/ABDERA... (which I think is the most widely deployed atom-json serialization)?
- Nick Lothian
Its not compatible at all with atom-json. The approach with atom-json was to take all of Atom and make it onto a json object which is fine if that is what you want. To me atom-json feels like XML being represented in JSON. I took a more the same approach as Dave Winer did when he created RSS and tried to make it really simple to syndicate content but in a very JSON way.
- Ray Slakinski
Updated some of the elements here based on some comments I got back
- Ray Slakinski
I predict a return to blogging as people discover the power of being able to finish a thought - http://fredwilson.vc/post...
durbin, Oliver Thylmann, AJ Kohn and 11 other people liked this
That's an interesting thought. I've been really distracted lately and keep thinking that I should
- leigh himel
I think what we'll see is tool usage evolving for what we need to communicate: because there are far more topics where I have a little to say than where I have a lot to say. And I think micro-blogging can be used to engage people and for quick thoughts and use that to pull audience for longer-form blog posts on those topics where one has more to say. Because if you have a blog that updates infrequently, it's hard to get an audience. So it isn't either/or it's using the right tool at the right time.
- Scott of Two Countries
Stealth Bailout: House Approves $25 Billion for GM and Ford - http://money.cnn.com/2008...
Chris Miller liked this
KJToo needs a goatee stencil when he shaves.
Natalie Metzger and Chris Miller liked this
Like this one: http://www.goateesaver.com/...
- Rachel R.
@tabz You'll talk like a pirate, or we'll scuttle your motherboard! Har!
rednikki, Chris Miller and Natalie Metzger liked this
Make her walk the Planck!
- Chris Miller
from twhirl
+1 for Chris' horrible pun
- Great Scott!
Bring Back the Personal Blog - http://www.seanpercival.com/blog...
Jeremy Toeman, Robert Scoble, Chris Miller and Louis Gray liked this
yes, sadly my PL blogging has fallen off a cliff. I always have ideas for what I want to write, but work gets in the way :( but i'm still confident I'll be able to jumpstart it again one day...
- MG Siegler
i blame sf! in addition to work, too much fun to be had
- sean percival
MG has been writing for VentureBeat and doing a great job, and Duncan has been writing for the Inquisitr with similar success. There are many, many great individual bloggers out there, and I try to highlight five new ones each month. That said... what do you think happened at the beginning of the year that greatly enhanced my visibility? I think we both know.
- Louis Gray
Actually I'm not sure what gave you the boost, thats about the time you popped up on my radar but im not sure what the trigger was. There is techmeme of course, but from my experience it wouldn't be sending that much traffic your way. Please, do tell.
- sean percival
Listen, I know it's been a long week. Just keep in mind that your next day off is approaching at 105,000kph (65,000 mph.) You can make it.
Toby Graham and Chris Miller liked this
I love that, consider it stolen!
- Toby Graham
Spore: Galactic Edition unboxed - http://www.crunchgear.com/2008...
Chris Miller liked this
Oooo. Very nice.
- Chris Miller
from twhirl
Rachel R. and Chris Miller liked this
I would try it again with a DM that is not so inscrutable as my last one. He made me an Amberite that didn't know she was an Amberite, and then I didn't really have a direction.
- Rachel R.
Sam is one of the more scrutable (or is that scrutablicious?) folks I know. I think.
- Kris Johnson
After I'm done with the move, let's talk. Or are you in to a PBeM?
- Chris Miller
from twhirl
Wow, I would definitely do a PBeM, or post, or most any other option out there.
- Rachel R.
I hesitate to commit because I have a crazy schedule. But my gmail is nycterisa
- Rachel R.
How To Tell People They Sound Racist - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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ǝuǝƃnǝ, Paul Stamatiou, Yolanda and 27 other people liked this
Excellent point. I've fallen into the what you are trap before.
- Michael C. Harris
"...where everything drowns in the sea of empty posturing." I always like this guy's vids. Smart stuff.
- Michael W. May
"until somebody blames it all on hip hop and we forget the whole thing" <-- precious
- anna sauce
haven't watched this one yet but Jay always a good source of info and video excellence.
- Mark Forman
This guy is pretty awesome.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
sweet & simple - like it
- mike "glemak" dunn
genius! my sentiments exactly!
- Jasmin Smith
Awesome video!
- James Mowery
from twhirl
Of course, he ignores the hard part for most people while taking the easy: "Here's what I think you did. Now ... what do I do to mark you accountable?" You've just promoted yourself to judge and jury, so unless you have a sentence in mind you are boned like a cheap fish. What authority do you have? If you're just some other random community member, be realistic, and know "I'm offended"...
more...
- Alexander Williams
from NoiseRiver
Alexander, I think in your desire to write that long diatribe about... something... you completely missed the point of the clip.
- Mark Trapp
mark: lol
- mike "glemak" dunn
Mark +1
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
"You know," he said, "this isn't a holiday we usually celebrate." "Keep quiet and hold still," she said. "I don't want to miss the basket."
Rachel R. and Chris Miller liked this
I am reminded of the song "Losing your Affection" by Future Bible Heroes.
- Rachel R.
Rachel - I'm not familiar with the song, I'm afraid.
- Kris Johnson
Well it has the (memorable) line "I would rather be the Queen / at the guillotine / in a bloody insurrection / (...) than be losing your affection" :)
- Rachel R.
Zat is loverly! I was thinking of the Rush song "Bastille Day", myself.
- Kris Johnson
HOWTO protect your online privacy now that the Senate repealed the Fourth Amendment? - http://www.boingboing.net/2008...
Chris Miller liked this
Mark Cuban to Show New Movies on TV Before Theatrical Release - http://blog.wired.com/underwi...
inkook, Flickchart, Sean McBride and 3 other people liked this
this "Ultra Video on Demand" is a really good idea
- Jason Calacanis
from Bookmarklet
Yeah...I'd pay for something like that.
- Chris Miller
from twhirl
genius
- Anne
A friend directed a movie for Mark Cuban's company and it went through the whole simultaneous premiere on TV, DVD and theatre screens. He said it was a very bad experience. He felt like there was no time for a buildup. More of a quick flash in the pan. I would love to see how Cuban's movies do with this kind of simultaneous release compared to how similar films do with the traditional model. That all said, I think what he is doing is awesome.
- mike
iphone-dev team's antics in line trying to score iPhone 3Gs to test...: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post...
Chris Miller liked this
Um, can everyone please stop using the iTunes store for a second?
Brett, Chris Miller, Jim Kiley and Johnny Worthington liked this
Epic
- Johnny Worthington
@spiritusvult G4 reference pre-dates WoW, but I think it's even older than that. Wow, a two-day twitterverse inquiry; this has legs!
Chris Miller liked this
@Tomovasky I think maybe Wealth of Nations.
Rachel R. and Chris Miller liked this
YES!
- Chris Miller
from twhirl
Working on Mahalo's mission statement. Would love some feedback on it: "We're here to help people easily find information, answers and resources they can trust." - http://any feedback?
Bryan Landers, accesine, Marcello Del Bono and 15 other people liked this
Go with the Jerry Maguire manifesto
- stephen o reilly
It's nice, and accurate, but it would be great if we could get something in there about curation. I feel like that's the best description of what it is we actually do.
- Lon Harris
from twhirl
How about mentioning that "We're people helping people easily find info, etc." to differentiate from algorithms?
- Tom Guarriello
Simple and to the point. Thumbs up!
- Will Hirsbrunner
We are here to assist people by easily finding the right information, answers, and resources with a human touch ;)
- Robert Barr
how about something about free pizza and tshirts?
- Stefan Hayden
I think it needs to be more proactive . . . like "We help people find information, answers and resources they can trust."
- Telemill
Yeah Cason I don't think you could've put it more simple
- John Blanton
from twhirl
Jeez, you've been hanging out with Leo too long...sounds like some of the TWiT network's catchphrase has rubbed off. However, it does sum up Mahalo to a T.
- Steve Gillette
from twhirl
It's a great mission statement. Especially with FTGs creating pages, and link checkers (such as mike, debbie, and jeffhoard) checking all user-submitted links. I say that mission statement is a keeper - nice and accurate. PS, Jason, I've left you a few pieces of feedback to your Mahalo email address. ;)
- Chris Thomson
"Don't be google"
- Stefan Hayden
Lon Harris: a mission statement shouldn't get into execution as that is secondary to purpose. Our mission is to help folks find this information, but the way we do that is going to change and evolve. The fact that we currently do curation of links is really not super important to the mission... if we wind up getting a better product using another process (i.e. social bookmarking or semantic search) then we will do that. So, that's why i left out "with humans" or "by using human intelligence."
- Jason Calacanis
Or even . . . "With Mahalo find the information, answers and resources you can trust."
- Telemill
I see your point, but regardless of the process, think Mahalo would always involve some form of curation. Even social bookmarking would "curate" the Web, albeit differently than we do now.
- Lon Harris
from twhirl
Well, it COULD be simpler . . . "Mahalo, information you can trust" but then you sound like a bank for something.
- Telemill
A mission statement is about you, your business and your ideals.The best policy to a mission statement is to keep those three things in mind and, keep it short and simple. "We're here to help people easily find information, answers and resources they can trust." sounds a bit more like a catch phrase or slogan. What is Mahalo going to do to achieve that statement?
- Candace
Telecommutingmillionaire: I like the "We" It adds the human element vital to Mahalo without beating you over the head. I agree that it seems long so here's a modification that takes out a few words,but not the meaning: "We're here to help you find trustworthy information, answers and resources." Leaving in the We and the You sends the "by human, for humans" message.
- David Jones
I was musing the other day about whether mission statements still make sense. They remind of offsites and consultants.
- John McCrea
The word information makes "answers and resources" redundant, doesn't it? How about "Mahalo is people connecting people to information they can trust.".
- Joe Coughlin
@Telecommutingmillionaire "Mahalo, information you can trust" also sounds too close to "Netcasts you love from people you trust" from TWiT. For the network that Candace Holly and myself work on I picked the tagline "A Community of Creativity", simple and to the point. But that isn't exactly a mission statement rather than an overall tone.
- The Geek Media
Don't forget to add a vision statement. Mission = What is our business. Vision = What we want to become. You will gain clarity by doing both rather than putting them into one statement. I have an outline that will get you there if you are interested.
- Wade Bowlin
I think it's good. I think there can be a distinction between "answers" and "resources" and encourage you to keep the wording if it is accurate.
- Kimberly J
How about adding something like: We sort through the rubbish, so you don't have to.
- Ross Maguire
I think you should include the words "Real world" somewhere. Like "Solving real world problems."
- jonn
needs to include the word "synergy" somewhere
- Glen Campbell, B.A.
Jason, it is alright, however... I would rather prefer the word "guide" to be placed in there. It shows that your company is more active in assisting the user instead of just "help" which seems more passive.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
needs more... "syngergy." And also some buzzwords indicating a strong human algorithm at work. =)
- Andrew Ruess
from twhirl
Andrew and I seem to be on the same path. That is, again, why I suggest replacing the word "help" with a stronger word. One that represents Mahalo's efforts in bringing the users the best quality information available.
- James Mowery
from twhirl
The tech writer in me wants to cut it down to "We help people easily find information, answers and resources they can trust." I agree that it doesn't emphasize the human element as much as I'd like.
- Brent Newhall
Comment: Interesting that you're crowd-sourcing a mission statement-- seems that a singular point of view would be important. Suggestion: it helps to define scope, focus, and end-result. Right now, your mission statement doesn't appear to drive employees down particular directions when they hit crossroads. Example: Mahalo exists to guide customers to the most relevant and trustworthy answers whenever/wherever they have questions
- Vijay Goel
We suck less than MS Search? :)
- Fred Grott
@David Jones, I still feel you are softening up the "punch" of the statement with "we're here". Take the here out. Rearrange the last few words so it flows off the mind and the tongue . . . "We help you find trustworthy answers, information and resources." Answers should be first, because we all really want good answers. Information is also what we are searching for but it's such a esoteric concept. And please, is there another word we can use for resources? It's just so . . . corporate speak.
- Telemill
Vijay: This isn't crowdsourcing. :-) It's asking the cloud for comments and feedback.
- Brent Newhall
Revisit Guykawasaki's lecture at last years Gnomedex, you'll end up with "Answers you can trust"
- Greg Birch
I hate to say this but it doesn't really catch my attention. It seems too generic.
- Blaine Fleming
It does sound like a corporate mission statement, I might Leo-ize it to "the answers you want, from people you trust." Just because Mahalo seems to be positioned as a friendlier entity than most corporations.
- Robert Morrison
The test would be how many employees can remember, and recite the "mission" no fluff, all my staff know our mission is "to give patients hope" Guy gave a great talk, mission statements that sound great can be found at http://www.netinsight.co.uk/portfol... but they usually fail the staff test. Disney's mission statement "to make people happy" even a CEO can remember that.
- Greg Birch
"we're here to help you find photos of hot chicks a lot quicker than normal"
- Rick
mahalo: we do search without the suck
- Andrew
We're here to help people enjoy finding answers, info and sources they can believe in.
- Mark Alves
"We're here to help people easily find information, answers and resources they can trust by empowering the passionate internet community."
- Techboy2000
please forgive a little self promotion... nice ink: Google killer? | Australian Anthill Magazine - http://www.anthillonline.com/article...
Steve Holden, Fred Neil, Dave Peck and 7 other people liked this
"He’s a martial arts expert, web celebrity, podcaster, insomniac – and he is trying to develop a search engine to tempt people away from Google. The latter, of course, is no mean feat. It’s a five-year plan and Jason Calacanis is one year into his journey. When one hears of a start-up trying to take on the behemoth of search, Google, a little scepticism is to be expected. But when you talk to Calacanis, you think that maybe, just maybe, he might even pull it off."
- Jason Calacanis
from Bookmarklet
Very nice, but no apologies for self promotion!
- David
Nice. I don't think (personally) Mahalo is a Google killer. I use both search engines and, both for different purposes. I could definitely see people using the two of them together.
- Candace
agree... we're not trying to kill google. we're trying to work with google, get ranked as one of the top 20 pages for a LARGE number of topics.... we're more like the wikipedia with trusted links.
- Jason Calacanis
mahalo was awesome as a GTA4 guide... even after the videos got taken down... though dear god those video walk throughs were invaluable. I would pay a (small) fee for them.
- Stefan Hayden
Hey we all promote! Well done!
- Dave Peck
Vincent Ferrari: if you're using it like that you've had your "mahalo moment" -- the moment when you realized the value of scanable wikipedia page + curated results.
- Jason Calacanis
what's wrong with frikkin' self promotion .. .you all really think Jason should wait for someone else to do his promotion of Mahalo for him? lmao ... pathetic
- John Blanton
Reading: "Google killer? | Australian Anthill Magazine" (http://www.anthillonline.com/article...)
Chris Miller liked this
Thatcher featured in today’s Mahalo Daily - http://www.sampletheweb.com/2008...
Chris Miller liked this
Everytime "new pages" gets an entry we have to hear about it on FriendFeed? Are you fricking kidding me?
- Green Screen Cinema
@sambearpoet: I still think we should eat cake in your honor, though ;)
Chris Miller and Rachel R. liked this
Chris Miller liked this
Identical Twins Create Human Mirror on NYC Subway Car - http://feeds.laughingsquid.com/~r...
Seth, William Harryman, Kevin D. White and 21 other people liked this
Wow - makes me mad that I don't have a Twin to do things like that with....
- George Smith
That is absolutely insane. I love ImprovEverywhere and the stuff that they do.
- Matt Donders
Awesome!
- AJ Batac
You've got to love Improv Everywhere, they always have creative and fresh ideas for public performances.
- cmiper
Fantastic ... that made me laugh. Improv Everywhere roolz.
- M. Donaldson
That was very cool... I am sure people were going nuts...
- Robert
))))))
- Brian Sullivan
that's very funny. the reactions are always great.
- Cee Bee
good times. "Maybe there's a twin conference." That made the whole video for me.
- felix
gotta run to the book store and see if they got in my textbook yet. I can't believe I start school tomorrow!!!
Chris Miller liked this
Mahalo member pages now support FriedFeed - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Mitchell Tsai, Torsten Eckert, Susan Beebe and 29 other people liked this
I hope it's deep fried feed. :)
- Alvin Ashcraft
mmmm, FriedFeed. The feed of all things fried: chicken wings, corn dogs, burritos, etc.
- Eric Hildreth
from Alert Thingy
I'm waiting for 2.0: HalfBakedFeed
- Keith Smith
That's the Mississippi version of FF I believe. Goes great with FriedOkra and FriedGreenTomatoes
- Internet's Tad
from fftogo
The cool feature here would be to post Mahalo activity updates to FF, "Joe Smoe just created the page _____'. You should totally hire a social media guy ;)
- sean percival
Still waiting for FriedFriends
- Pat Hawks
Liked for the typo. :)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
great suggestion Sean Percival... have we ever meet? feel like i know you.
- Jason Calacanis
Like for the Calacanis typo alone.... But, heh, glad Mahalo is now *really* FF friendly :-)
- Barbara K. Baker
Most of my friends are fried....Will FF be added to Mahalo Share?
- Jeff Hoard
from twhirl
Must install spell check.
- Russellreno
Hey we are still buds but I have to razz you a bit, who do you think setup mahalo on ff? :) social media traffic ftw
- sean percival
Sadly I just noticed the Fried
- Moved to Facebook
from fftogo
How to Add FriendFeed to Your Mahalo Profile - http://blog.mahalo.com/2008...
Matthew J Hendrickse, Grant, Jonathan and 7 other people liked this
if you're so inclined.
- Jason Calacanis
from Bookmarklet
Love Mahalo and am getting in to the FF groove - great feature.
- Adam Bullied
from twhirl
*wheels turning slowly* Good to see Mahalo keeping up :)
- Anthony Farrior
need del.icio.us too :)
- Fred Grott
have not bother to set up mahalo profile, yet...
- Pajama Domain
@DavidSandey Did I mistype? Yes, please purchase on 07-13-08 -- be part of the Big Push up the amazon.com charts!
Chris Miller liked this
There will be a small, private gathering to mourn the loss of my Treo 650 this weekend. Plz snd txt msgs n lieu of flwrs.
Rachel R. and Chris Miller liked this
New Mahalo features: anyone can edit (even if not logged in) and anyone can create a new page (easily) - http://www.calacanis.com/2008...
Gavin, Mitchell Tsai, Loic Le Meur and 44 other people liked this
two new features... let me know what you think!
- Jason Calacanis
from Bookmarklet
is mahalo basically just a for profit wikipedia? Why would someone want to create a page there? What would be the motivation?
- Thomas Hawk
What makes this different from WIkipedia? This seems to make it virtually identical - unless the main feature is that you guys have the paid employees to verify research, and of course, the great Mahalo guide articles.
- Andru Edwards
Thomas: great question. a) we pay folks who are working for us if they want, b) there are folks with a vested interest in certain pages (i.e. you might care about Canon 5D page or the Thomas Hawk page), c) some folks like to contribute, d) Mahalo is creative commons, so some folks like to contribute to free content projects like Mahalo/wikipedia because it makes the world better, e) some folks hate to see error and get good feeling fixing them.
- Jason Calacanis
Andru: excellent question. Mahalo is VERY similar to wikipedia except: a) we have human curated search results with the wikipedia style page, b) we don't do 6,000 word articles we do 200-600 word summaries with fast facts, etc. basically we do scanable wikipedia pages which are more efficient, c) we cover non-encyclopedic information, wikipedia does not (i.e. we both have Paris, but only mahalo has Paris Hotels), d) we fact check our information, wikipedia does not.
- Jason Calacanis
Personally I think it might be better if only registered users could edit (with valid email addresses), to help prevent abuse, etc.
- Vincent X
Vincent X: we've had it setup that way for months now. it creates a massive hurdle for people getting involved so we're trying a more open system now.
- Jason Calacanis
Hey Jason, great answers. I someone didn't "get" the fact that you guys just have the quick summary as opposed to the huge pages that Wikipedia has sometimes. So even though both allow anyone to edit, and both can be research tools, there is a significant difference between the two.
- Andru Edwards
Andru Edwards: exactly... our pages are a) better Google/Yahoo result combined with a b) a better wikipedia page. So, we're taking the two best experiences on the planet (google & wikipedia), and putting them on the same page while making each 2x better. I think it's a compelling page to start your research on. Highly recommend going to the homepage an opening up the first couple of pages, then click on a couple of links in the guide note for each page. you'll see its a really cool experience for research.
- Jason Calacanis
If I wanted information from an encyclopedia I would actually get one out or find one. I don't see Mahalo as an encyclopedia. I see it as a search engine to find latest news stories, resources on new and social media and the "internet subculture". I am not a Wikipedia user because I never liked the fact the pages can be edited by anyone and, the incorrect edits aren't always caught in time. Mahalo seems to have a better system than Wikipedia when it comes to checking and ensuring user edits are correct.
- Candace
Jason - Are you worried that this might open up Mahalo to being 'gamed' of a sort? I always liked the fact that Mahalo is people-powered, and helps prevent SEO, or 'gaming' of the system. I'm assuming this is the type of thing that eventually the community continues to fix? They will weed out the bad stuff, and leave the good stuff to filter up?
- Adam Hosp
I made a Thomas Hawk page but it feels confusing. http://www.mahalo.com/Thomas_... I'm not sure I'm doing it right. I don't know how to get my last name capitalized or to add more biographical information, etc.
- Thomas Hawk
Thomas Hawk: yes, it is a little confusing, just like making a wikipedia page is. we're trying to make it easier. You've done a great job so far... add some fast facts and a couple of more links and you've got a great start to a page!
- Jason Calacanis
how do I capitalize my last name?
- Thomas Hawk
Here's a great place to test the service. The FriendFeed page can use quite a bit of content additions, especially in the Tools area http://www.mahalo.com/FriendF...
- Mark Krynsky
Thomas: changing the name of a page is something only we can do... at least right now. we will fix it. Also, check out the additions i made to your page... i added a quote, your stated life goal, and put a citation on it with the <ref> tag
- Jason Calacanis
Wait - so I can just go in and create an Andru Edwards page on Mahalo, and that is okay? Unlike how that is against Wikipedia rules?
- Andru Edwards
Adam Hosp: i'm not worried at all because Mahalo has 60 full-time fact checkers.... anyone who tries to game the system will get caught really quickly.
- Jason Calacanis
hmm... ok, added a few more links as well. Can I upload a photo of me for my Thomas Hawk page?
- Thomas Hawk
This is the next step in what I've been saying since day 1 - that Mahalo would have to open up more and more to be able to compete - the question is whether people will actually want to do it. Thomas, once you create your page, it will push up very quickly to the top of google for your name - are you sure you are ok with that?
- Allen Stern
Thomas Hawk: we haven't given users the ability to add photos yet... that's coming.
- Jason Calacanis
Andru: just created it. http://www.mahalo.com/Andru_e... so, yes, anyone can create any page (within reason). and yes, you can edit your own page (but we will check it for bias of course).
- Jason Calacanis
Another question to toss out since you noted almost anyone can make their own pages within reason. Obviously this would push them up to practically the top of search engines. Do you think that could actually become a tool for smaller companies to use for SEO and promoting themselves on the web?
- Candace
I am not sure about adding a page but wish you'd clean up the front page a bit; Looks like old style. Consider feedly's look for a way to do the featured stories.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
Cool, I'm now Thomas Hawk with a capital "H", thanks Jason. If they can add my profile photo this is the one that I like to use: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Thomas Hawk
LPH: new homepage coming... i agree 100%!!!! thanks for feedback.
- Jason Calacanis
Sure, happy to have a page Allen, what's wrong with having it push to the top of Google? Why would someone not want that?
- Thomas Hawk
Candace Holly: actually, our "stub" pages are NOFOLLOW/NOINDEX on Google/Yahoo until they are really built out (i.e. 200-400 original words). So, yes these *might* be good for whitehat SEO for companies, but not in the short term.. only if they become pages of value... which we decide. We thought about that... good you did too! :-)
- Jason Calacanis
Do these payed people only check facts? Or do they actually help mahalo grow up (by adding new articles and more content on existing articles)?
- Marcos Marado
from fftogo
Thanks for the answer.Thinking on my own train of thought here... that could be a pretty good tool. If a small company/person has something relevant to offer and talk about they could easily have a page on Mahalo. This could also cause them to use Mahalo more often knowing it's a bit more "everyone friendly" in terms of user created content.
- Candace
Question for Jason - After this dialog, what's your impression of FriendFeed?
- Charlie Anzman
Hi :-) Small question: Why are the login and sign up button hidden and require JavaScript to be visible?
- Horst Gutmann
Thomas Hawk: I just added your picture it should show up in a few minutes...
- C. K. Sample III
Thanks C.K. Looks good!
- Thomas Hawk
Horst: looking into it. Candace: we would love to have more people and companies participate and build their pages out in Mahalo. So, yes, it is a great idea for folks to do this (provided they are not hated... then that stuff might get put on your page! :-)
- Jason Calacanis
@Jason thank you :-)
- Horst Gutmann
I've just gotta say, the fact that you can create and edit your own page (or the page of your own business) is fantastic. They have people in place to heck for bias, but other than that, you are free to put yourself and your brand(s) on Mahalo? Nice. I know people who tried to correct misinformation on Wikipedia pages about themselves, only to be banned for doing so.
- Andru Edwards
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