On 4/19/05, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/19/05, Sj 2.718281828@gmail.com wrote:
Indeed. Some basic social-software features that let users describe themselves and set up networks of friends and project-collaborators, and let others view those connections, would actually have a *purpose* on a project like Wikipedia, just as the social aspects of wiki come to have a real purpose beyond social experimenting and procrastination.
Perhaps we could setup a section of the site where each user could write about themselves, perhaps their hobbies or profession, maybe even include a picture... In this space they could create subpages, and hyperlinks going to other users they know or work with.. the ability to socially network.. areas for discussing various special interests, information about projects they are working on.... Hmmmmm.. Nah, it would never work. ;)
When I say "networks" and "connections" I mean something that supports viewing actual networks and connection graphs or quickly aggregated data from some natural subnetwork, like "all people within 2 connections from me" or "everyone working with james on a project who is also working with me on a project" ; or an automatic list of "everyone who shares these hobbies/locations" rather than having to manually update and search a hundred different lists when you want to find that information.