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Smarter, More Mature Facebook

Submitted by: Bizguy
Created: Mar 12, 2008, 10:55 am

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My research has revealed that Facebook and MySpace are perceived by many people to be juvenile and useless. If this is true, then where do people go when they need a collection of useful services that help them manage their life? The obvious answer is Google.com, but there are a few things that Google does not offer.

I could really use a central place to manage my life. This would consist of a variety of simple web services that help me remember stuff. For example, a to-do list, a reminder service that could send reminder emails or mobile messages about important events and dates, and perhaps a way to set and track goals.

I thought of this idea when I was...

Comments Posted

Kevin_Cox Posted: March 12, 2008, 12:01 pm

Why not get a PDA?

Laura Posted: March 12, 2008, 1:15 pm

If you are marketing to people who don't like social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace, how are you going to make your site more appealing? What makes your site 'not juvenile' ? If the maturity level of the audience is the key selling point here, how are you enforcing it?

GroundLoad Posted: March 12, 2008, 3:33 pm

Not bad, it could be like that nightclub that you always see the ugly people standing outside of. Create something elite, with a limited invite - straight from Google's Gmail playbook.

micco Posted: March 12, 2008, 4:45 pm

Most of the people I know who are too grown up for Facebook use LinkedIn in the same way. It doesn't have all the tools you mention, but it might be hard to compete with them since they've already attracted a lot of the "we're better than that" crowd.

Kevin_Cox Posted: March 12, 2008, 8:20 pm

Good point micco I remember LinkedIn there was another site like LinkedIn as well I have book marked somewhere. Anyways, hope you have fun expanding your business relations.

skywalker Posted: March 13, 2008, 10:08 am

check out this site http://www.37signals.com
They got all the tools you need to organize life like calendars, reminders, to do lists etc..its nice website and simple interface and they also let u share it with friends and co-workers

tighefighter Posted: March 13, 2008, 8:41 pm

Linked In, Basecamp, Netvibes.

Especially Netvibes.

Its a cool idea, but it sounds a bit done.

vanhees Posted: March 14, 2008, 3:03 am

I use netvibes since a long time and it's really great.
I think you chould check that out.
Tommy

chouingmedia Posted: March 14, 2008, 4:26 pm

Hi,

you can try http://www.webjam.com.

It's a social publishing platform :
. flexible : put your very own design (full access to the CSS) ; your domain name ; your put only modules that you want into your profile ; put your ads if needed
. Secure : create as many pages as you want and decide who see what with the privacy level per module or per page
. social : invite friends and follow their activity on others webjams
. collaborative : invite members to be co-editor of a module or a page

We would love your feedback ;)

Brenden Posted: March 19, 2008, 9:52 am

http://www.linkedin.com

Hello!

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