Comments on: There’s Still Room for More and Better Social Networking: An Interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/ Startup and Tech News Sat, 17 May 2008 05:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: yjbclfoqcag http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-775105 yjbclfoqcag Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:23:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-775105 <strong>reexmyaj skqithze ykxmjspabs snpbceiy tdzjktacw uoglvesoe...</strong> ztkkfqmzhda zhlpnqudx kinsvnu vgwuznekzs xpiichge yphpwwpq ngvjkfsxm bvyojwvwqgs... reexmyaj skqithze ykxmjspabs snpbceiy tdzjktacw uoglvesoe…

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]]> By: Kayt http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-393294 Kayt Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:19:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-393294 It's funny -- Anker's responses to these questions look remarkably like an interview one of the founders of Multiply gave, oh, about a year ago. I agree with his idea that there are different markets out there. I am too old and married to get anything out of MySpace or Facebook. But Multiply has created a secure site where I can upload photos of my kid and share stuff about my life with people I actually know. It rocks. And Anker saying that soon people won't have to log in to make comments totally turns me off. If the idea is to make the social network more meaningful, why would anonymous posting be allowed? I don't want some random person anonymously commenting on content that is personal to me. It makes no sense at all. It’s funny — Anker’s responses to these questions look remarkably like an interview one of the founders of Multiply gave, oh, about a year ago.

I agree with his idea that there are different markets out there. I am too old and married to get anything out of MySpace or Facebook. But Multiply has created a secure site where I can upload photos of my kid and share stuff about my life with people I actually know. It rocks.

And Anker saying that soon people won’t have to log in to make comments totally turns me off. If the idea is to make the social network more meaningful, why would anonymous posting be allowed? I don’t want some random person anonymously commenting on content that is personal to me. It makes no sense at all.

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » The New Multiply 3.0 vs. Vox http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-381368 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » The New Multiply 3.0 vs. Vox Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:11:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-381368 [...] After looking at both of these systems in some depth, I feel all the more in agreement with the sentiment expressed in my recent interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker - this sector is not just about MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn, there is plenty of room still for more and better social networking services. [...] […] After looking at both of these systems in some depth, I feel all the more in agreement with the sentiment expressed in my recent interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker - this sector is not just about MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn, there is plenty of room still for more and better social networking services. […]

]]> By: Daily Strength: Online Support Groups and Aggregate Treatment Info » JenIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-362062 Daily Strength: Online Support Groups and Aggregate Treatment Info » JenIT Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:33:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-362062 [...] The site was founded by Doug Hirsh, one of the first employees at Yahoo! and most recently at Facebook. The site’s look and feel is somewhat similar to both of those companies’ products. Hirsh says that most niche social networks pick an audience, put up a blogging tool and call it done. Daily Strength does quite a bit more. As was discussed in an interview here last week with Andrew Anker of SixApart, there’s plenty of room for more and better social networks. Hirsh believes that people online are mostly concerned with sex, money and their health. He says that health networking is a vastly under served market. [...] […] The site was founded by Doug Hirsh, one of the first employees at Yahoo! and most recently at Facebook. The site’s look and feel is somewhat similar to both of those companies’ products. Hirsh says that most niche social networks pick an audience, put up a blogging tool and call it done. Daily Strength does quite a bit more. As was discussed in an interview here last week with Andrew Anker of SixApart, there’s plenty of room for more and better social networks. Hirsh believes that people online are mostly concerned with sex, money and their health. He says that health networking is a vastly under served market. […]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Daily Strength: Online Support Groups and Aggregate Treatment Info http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-352758 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Daily Strength: Online Support Groups and Aggregate Treatment Info Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:54:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-352758 [...] The site was founded by Doug Hirsh, one of the first employees at Yahoo! and most recently at Facebook. The site’s look and feel is somewhat similar to both of those companies’ products. Hirsh says that most niche social networks pick an audience, put up a blogging tool and call it done. Daily Strength does quite a bit more. As was discussed in an interview here last week with Andrew Anker of SixApart, there’s plenty of room for more and better social networks. Hirsh believes that people online are mostly concerned with sex, money and their health. He says that health networking is a vastly under served market. [...] […] The site was founded by Doug Hirsh, one of the first employees at Yahoo! and most recently at Facebook. The site’s look and feel is somewhat similar to both of those companies’ products. Hirsh says that most niche social networks pick an audience, put up a blogging tool and call it done. Daily Strength does quite a bit more. As was discussed in an interview here last week with Andrew Anker of SixApart, there’s plenty of room for more and better social networks. Hirsh believes that people online are mostly concerned with sex, money and their health. He says that health networking is a vastly under served market. […]

]]> By: links for 2006-11-05 « timto.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-341463 links for 2006-11-05 « timto.com Sun, 05 Nov 2006 17:21:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-341463 [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » There’s Still Room for More and Better Social Networking: An Interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker (tags: sixapart Socialnetworking vox blogging) [...] […] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » There’s Still Room for More and Better Social Networking: An Interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker (tags: sixapart Socialnetworking vox blogging) […]

]]> By: foxfirefey http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-339902 foxfirefey Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:44:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-339902 <i>The easiest example we have is our own Live Journal, which has 11 million registered users</i> Actually, that is kind of an inflated number. LJ has had 11 million *accounts* created on the service, many of which are communities or throw away accounts or inactive. People interested in the statistics of LJ participation should look at their stats page: http://www.livejournal.com/stats.bml Which labels around 1.8 million accounts as active, and many users have multiple accounts. The easiest example we have is our own Live Journal, which has 11 million registered users

Actually, that is kind of an inflated number. LJ has had 11 million *accounts* created on the service, many of which are communities or throw away accounts or inactive. People interested in the statistics of LJ participation should look at their stats page:

http://www.livejournal.com/stats.bml

Which labels around 1.8 million accounts as active, and many users have multiple accounts.

]]> By: Outlook good for Social Networks Ad Revenue « timto.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-337773 Outlook good for Social Networks Ad Revenue « timto.com Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:05:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-337773 [...] Mashable reports on an eMarketeer survy that by 2010 Social Networks will be making $10BN in revenue. It carries the caveat that the Google-MySpace deal influences the projection a lot. l What I found most interesting is that the niche players like Dogster and Motortopia are included with very respectable revenues and makes me think that the possibilities of niche networks have only just begun to be explored. Six Apart’s CEO talks about this in a recent interview in Techcrunch: To make an analogy, we believe we’re in a similar stage as cable television was in the mid 1980’s. There have been a few breakout hits like MySpace and Facebook, but we’re a long way away from having a diverse set of properties covering all of the different market segments and customer use cases. [...] […] Mashable reports on an eMarketeer survy that by 2010 Social Networks will be making $10BN in revenue. It carries the caveat that the Google-MySpace deal influences the projection a lot. l What I found most interesting is that the niche players like Dogster and Motortopia are included with very respectable revenues and makes me think that the possibilities of niche networks have only just begun to be explored. Six Apart’s CEO talks about this in a recent interview in Techcrunch: To make an analogy, we believe we’re in a similar stage as cable television was in the mid 1980’s. There have been a few breakout hits like MySpace and Facebook, but we’re a long way away from having a diverse set of properties covering all of the different market segments and customer use cases. […]

]]> By: Paul Sergeant’s Blog » Blog Archive » Social networking: not an open and closed case http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-333459 Paul Sergeant’s Blog » Blog Archive » Social networking: not an open and closed case Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:10:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-333459 [...] The problem is that we might, in part, be wrong. There are contrary opinions from both business and social perspectives. Networking has always been an important aspect of business and Alain Lefebvre’s book les réseaux sociaux makes a strong case for professional social networks. As the founder of 6nergies, his knowledge is based on substantial practical experience. Alain has a clear style of writing, so his book is accessible to anyone with a moderate grasp of French. The Financial Times Magazine (October 27th) had an article by Graham Bowley titled “The high priestess of internet friendship”. It reported an interview with Danah Boyd. Much of what was said about kids and networking wasn’t entirely new to me - Calico Jack has been working with Ian Pringle, a member of Norman Lewis’s group at Orange. Norman would certainly eschew the title of high priest (I’ve no idea how Danah views the corresponding epithet). Apart from anything else the role rather rules out meaningful debate. Norman is nevertheless an acknowledged expert on the subject - Ikasai’s notes from the same event provide a slightly different perspective. What did strike me though from the interview with Danah Boyd was the observation that many people are using social networking software to reinforce existing relations rather than to make new ones. Perhaps we’re innately clubby after all. Marshall Kirkpatrick’s TechCrunch interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker highlighted the twin issues of privacy and control. The title of Marshall’s piece “There is still room for more and better social networking” probably sums up the message here too. I’m convinced that the next generation of social networking applications will find ways of straddling the open and closed views. But to do this they will need new technical approaches capable of rapid adaption to both changing social trends and individual concerns. Chris’s recent post on mass customization gives some idea on how Calico Jack is approaching the problem (look towards the end). In the meantime I’m remaining in the open network camp. I can’t quite bring myself to rescue my orphaned LinkedIn profile - though 6nergies might be more fun. [...] […] The problem is that we might, in part, be wrong. There are contrary opinions from both business and social perspectives. Networking has always been an important aspect of business and Alain Lefebvre’s book les réseaux sociaux makes a strong case for professional social networks. As the founder of 6nergies, his knowledge is based on substantial practical experience. Alain has a clear style of writing, so his book is accessible to anyone with a moderate grasp of French. The Financial Times Magazine (October 27th) had an article by Graham Bowley titled “The high priestess of internet friendship”. It reported an interview with Danah Boyd. Much of what was said about kids and networking wasn’t entirely new to me - Calico Jack has been working with Ian Pringle, a member of Norman Lewis’s group at Orange. Norman would certainly eschew the title of high priest (I’ve no idea how Danah views the corresponding epithet). Apart from anything else the role rather rules out meaningful debate. Norman is nevertheless an acknowledged expert on the subject - Ikasai’s notes from the same event provide a slightly different perspective. What did strike me though from the interview with Danah Boyd was the observation that many people are using social networking software to reinforce existing relations rather than to make new ones. Perhaps we’re innately clubby after all. Marshall Kirkpatrick’s TechCrunch interview with SixApart’s Andrew Anker highlighted the twin issues of privacy and control. The title of Marshall’s piece “There is still room for more and better social networking” probably sums up the message here too. I’m convinced that the next generation of social networking applications will find ways of straddling the open and closed views. But to do this they will need new technical approaches capable of rapid adaption to both changing social trends and individual concerns. Chris’s recent post on mass customization gives some idea on how Calico Jack is approaching the problem (look towards the end). In the meantime I’m remaining in the open network camp. I can’t quite bring myself to rescue my orphaned LinkedIn profile - though 6nergies might be more fun. […]

]]> By: Jazz Mythology » Article » Two Week Code Pushes: Fast or Slow? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-331462 Jazz Mythology » Article » Two Week Code Pushes: Fast or Slow? Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:34:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-331462 [...] I just finished reading a TechCrunch interview with Andrew Anker of Six Apart about their excellent new service, Vox. It’s a nicely conducted interview about a well-designed product that I think will be very successful, but this line struck me as a bit odd: “Very early on in Vox’s development, we created a two week rapid iteration cycle where we made sure to push code religiously every two weeks. By doing that, we made sure that we were building a design cycle that was always two weeks away from fixing any problem.” [...] […] I just finished reading a TechCrunch interview with Andrew Anker of Six Apart about their excellent new service, Vox. It’s a nicely conducted interview about a well-designed product that I think will be very successful, but this line struck me as a bit odd: “Very early on in Vox’s development, we created a two week rapid iteration cycle where we made sure to push code religiously every two weeks. By doing that, we made sure that we were building a design cycle that was always two weeks away from fixing any problem.” […]

]]> By: Webomatica http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-329638 Webomatica Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:05:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-329638 1. Vox design looks really good. One thing that bugs me about MySpace is how icky the pages look, and in order to get them to look nice is a hack. Vox gives ownership of the pages to the users too, which is something I think people will appreciate. 2. Long tail... at what point to the sites that encourage the long tail become long tail themselves? Will we someday see a site that makes a community out of all the sites that have niche content? 1. Vox design looks really good. One thing that bugs me about MySpace is how icky the pages look, and in order to get them to look nice is a hack. Vox gives ownership of the pages to the users too, which is something I think people will appreciate.
2. Long tail… at what point to the sites that encourage the long tail become long tail themselves? Will we someday see a site that makes a community out of all the sites that have niche content?

]]> By: john http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-327471 john Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:10:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-327471 Okay after reading all the above comments I have to say the following: It looks insanely great! I don't mean the integration with flickr and YouTube, I mean the site actually is easy on the eyes! I dunno maybe I've been using a Mac too long but there is something very nice about great design. As far as comments and being logged in; if you haven't noticed the onslaught of spam in blog posts you soon will! Great job Voxers and hats off to you! Okay after reading all the above comments I have to say the following:
It looks insanely great! I don’t mean the integration with flickr and YouTube, I mean the site actually is easy on the eyes! I dunno maybe I’ve been using a Mac too long but there is something very nice about great design. As far as comments and being logged in; if you haven’t noticed the onslaught of spam in blog posts you soon will!
Great job Voxers and hats off to you!

]]> By: Anil http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-327439 Anil Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:51:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-327439 "Why search photos when I can use flickr? Why search audio.. uh period? Video.. who doesn’t use YouTube? books.. I get better advice from Amazon.com." Sounds like it's a great thing all those services are integrated into Vox. “Why search photos when I can use flickr?
Why search audio.. uh period?
Video.. who doesn’t use YouTube?
books.. I get better advice from Amazon.com.”

Sounds like it’s a great thing all those services are integrated into Vox.

]]> By: VC, Eskwela.com at SaRiSaRi http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-327244 VC, Eskwela.com at SaRiSaRi Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:59:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-327244 [...] I talked to a small-time VC the other day about my idea. Unfortunately, he and another guy thinks that it’s not good enough and the market is saturated. Stubborn as I am, I’ll move to Plan B, which is to look for people/friends who will help me code the website. Or perhaps Plan C, which is to code it all by myself. Problem is, I’m not as good as Paul, Ben, Kevin or Matt. Also, I’m busy as a bee this month. [...] […] I talked to a small-time VC the other day about my idea. Unfortunately, he and another guy thinks that it’s not good enough and the market is saturated. Stubborn as I am, I’ll move to Plan B, which is to look for people/friends who will help me code the website. Or perhaps Plan C, which is to code it all by myself. Problem is, I’m not as good as Paul, Ben, Kevin or Matt. Also, I’m busy as a bee this month. […]

]]> By: Scottitude http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-325410 Scottitude Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:36:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-325410 While it isn't perfect (what blog/community platform is?) Vox has the best hit-the-ground-running interface I've seen. Overly simple? Sure, but it's supposed to be, that's the whole point! Comment #11 = flame-bait. Seriously, an alleged industry watcher that doesn't (or pretends not to) know who Ben and Mena are? Gimme a break. Joking or not, in my world, he effectively rendered everything he said (or ever will say) completely useless. If you want to write satirical humor, you shouldn't do it under the guise of a legitimate review. While it isn’t perfect (what blog/community platform is?) Vox has the best hit-the-ground-running interface I’ve seen. Overly simple? Sure, but it’s supposed to be, that’s the whole point!

Comment #11 = flame-bait. Seriously, an alleged industry watcher that doesn’t (or pretends not to) know who Ben and Mena are? Gimme a break. Joking or not, in my world, he effectively rendered everything he said (or ever will say) completely useless. If you want to write satirical humor, you shouldn’t do it under the guise of a legitimate review.

]]> By: Basic Thinking Blog » VOX-Manager im Interview http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324873 Basic Thinking Blog » VOX-Manager im Interview Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:33:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324873 [...] interessantes Interview bei Techcrunch mit Andrew Anker (Executive VP of Corporate Development at SixApart.. wow:) über VOX, Six-Aparts neuestes Baby, eine Art Mischung aus Blogging und Social Networking. U.a. heißt es dort: Marshall: Some people have wondered whether Vox is Just Another Social Network - how close to saturated is the social networking market? [...] […] interessantes Interview bei Techcrunch mit Andrew Anker (Executive VP of Corporate Development at SixApart.. wow:) über VOX, Six-Aparts neuestes Baby, eine Art Mischung aus Blogging und Social Networking. U.a. heißt es dort: Marshall: Some people have wondered whether Vox is Just Another Social Network - how close to saturated is the social networking market? […]

]]> By: Keith Kennedy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324634 Keith Kennedy Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324634 I fail to see what the big deal about only logged in users being able to comment. Look at Facebook, Myspace or any other social site in this sphere. You have to register and login to be able to interact with these site. Why is Vox being chastised for this practice? If anything it gives people an incentive to join the site in the first place. I fail to see what the big deal about only logged in users being able to comment. Look at Facebook, Myspace or any other social site in this sphere. You have to register and login to be able to interact with these site. Why is Vox being chastised for this practice? If anything it gives people an incentive to join the site in the first place.

]]> By: Eric http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324523 Eric Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:12:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324523 First Impression: Upon arriving to www.vox.com, the first page that loads, asks me to Join Vox.com for reasons. X, Y, & Z. Reasons X,Y, and Z are next to irrelevant for my reasons to join yet another social network or switch. I can’t help but think that this first page is really cheezy. So I decide to hit explore Vox instead, considering that most web 2.0 startups load up with such a page, so its not without reason. Exploring Vox.com The following page that loads reminds me very much of a blog website. The only exception is that multiple users and their posts appear. Their postings have no relevance to me being here aside for the fact that its says the Vox.com actually has REAL users! At least that much I believe now. Vox’s search bar So finally, I get to the search bar. I can search for virtually anything I want categorized into posts, photos, audio, video, books, people. Oh this will be fun. I type in the first thing that comes to mind “porn.” Looks like this site is well censored, which just takes the fun out of it. So here’s the breakdown by part. Why search posts when I can get better results from Technorati, or Google Why search photos when I can use flickr? Why search audio.. uh period? Video.. who doesn’t use YouTube? books.. I get better advice from Amazon.com. People.. if my friend was on here, he would have asked me to join. So exploring Vox.com was next to useless aside from showing me that REAL people are using Vox, which is great.. better than no one. Read the full Strategic Assessment of Vox.com at the Next Intuit Blog http://www.nextintuit.com First Impression:

Upon arriving to http://www.vox.com, the first page that loads, asks me to Join Vox.com for reasons. X, Y, & Z. Reasons X,Y, and Z are next to irrelevant for my reasons to join yet another social network or switch. I can’t help but think that this first page is really cheezy. So I decide to hit explore Vox instead, considering that most web 2.0 startups load up with such a page, so its not without reason.

Exploring Vox.com

The following page that loads reminds me very much of a blog website. The only exception is that multiple users and their posts appear. Their postings have no relevance to me being here aside for the fact that its says the Vox.com actually has REAL users! At least that much I believe now.

Vox’s search bar

So finally, I get to the search bar. I can search for virtually anything I want categorized into posts, photos, audio, video, books, people. Oh this will be fun. I type in the first thing that comes to mind “porn.” Looks like this site is well censored, which just takes the fun out of it. So here’s the breakdown by part.

Why search posts when I can get better results from Technorati, or Google
Why search photos when I can use flickr?
Why search audio.. uh period?
Video.. who doesn’t use YouTube?
books.. I get better advice from Amazon.com.
People.. if my friend was on here, he would have asked me to join.
So exploring Vox.com was next to useless aside from showing me that REAL people are using Vox, which is great.. better than no one.

Read the full Strategic Assessment of Vox.com at the Next Intuit Blog

http://www.nextintuit.com

]]> By: Next Intuit » Strategic Assessment of SixApart’s Vox.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324502 Next Intuit » Strategic Assessment of SixApart’s Vox.com Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:07:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324502 [...] TechCrunch’s interview with Andrew Anker, executive VP of corporate development at SixApart.  [...] […] TechCrunch’s interview with Andrew Anker, executive VP of corporate development at SixApart.  […]

]]> By: carl rahn griffith http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324496 carl rahn griffith Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:05:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324496 i love the fact that people involved in social networking sites now think they are social anthropologists for the www era. it's an interactive web site with some pretty pictures. keep it in perspective, please. i love the fact that people involved in social networking sites now think they are social anthropologists for the www era.

it’s an interactive web site with some pretty pictures.

keep it in perspective, please.

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » ソーシャルネットワーク市場はまだまだ成長する: SixApartのAndrew Ankerインタビュー http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324370 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » ソーシャルネットワーク市場はまだまだ成長する: SixApartのAndrew Ankerインタビュー Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:03:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324370 [...] [原文へ] Vox [...] […] [原文へ] Vox […]

]]> By: Vox Populi? at twopointouch: web 2.0, blogs and social media http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324271 Vox Populi? at twopointouch: web 2.0, blogs and social media Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:30:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324271 [...] Nice interview on Techcrunch about Vox, the new social network/blog platform from SixApart. I have to confess that I didn’t really see the point of Vox when it first appeared, given the existence of all the other social networks out there. SixApart’s Andrew Anker explains: [...] […] Nice interview on Techcrunch about Vox, the new social network/blog platform from SixApart. I have to confess that I didn’t really see the point of Vox when it first appeared, given the existence of all the other social networks out there. SixApart’s Andrew Anker explains: […]

]]> By: Dave McClure http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324230 Dave McClure Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:09:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324230 ultimately, it's not the analysis or the criticism that matters, it's whether people use the service or not. personally speaking, i think Vox is beautiful to read, fun to use, and a great blogging platform. nice hooks to Flickr, YouTube, Amazon, and other sites with tagged media to reference / pull in. good social networking, and great discovery of blogs/comments from your friends. all in all, really sweet product. i'm using it for a side blog on hopes & dreams called http://OneThousandOne.vox.com/ - dave mcclure ultimately, it’s not the analysis or the criticism that matters, it’s whether people use the service or not.

personally speaking, i think Vox is beautiful to read, fun to use, and a great blogging platform. nice hooks to Flickr, YouTube, Amazon, and other sites with tagged media to reference / pull in. good social networking, and great discovery of blogs/comments from your friends. all in all, really sweet product.

i’m using it for a side blog on hopes & dreams called http://OneThousandOne.vox.com/

- dave mcclure

]]> By: Jay Nath http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324153 Jay Nath Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:29:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324153 I fully agree with Erik's assessment. It's just another example of the long tail in action. As social networking matures, the tail will continue to grow and in aggregate begin to compete with the MySpace and Bebos of the world. I see this expansion into social cliques as a more accurate reflection of how people organize themselves now - into groups that reflect their interests and passions. Personally, I'm into architecture and homes, so my wife and I created a site around this (currently in private beta): www.HomeAndTell.com The cable guys and other traditional media are facing a new world where content is not limited to what makes economic sense but whatever people want to create (for whatever reason). They can either embrace this fact or like Metallica, watch their audience fade away. I fully agree with Erik’s assessment. It’s just another example of the long tail in action. As social networking matures, the tail will continue to grow and in aggregate begin to compete with the MySpace and Bebos of the world.

I see this expansion into social cliques as a more accurate reflection of how people organize themselves now - into groups that reflect their interests and passions. Personally, I’m into architecture and homes, so my wife and I created a site around this (currently in private beta):

http://www.HomeAndTell.com

The cable guys and other traditional media are facing a new world where content is not limited to what makes economic sense but whatever people want to create (for whatever reason). They can either embrace this fact or like Metallica, watch their audience fade away.

]]> By: lemon obrien http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324042 lemon obrien Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:50:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/31/vox-says-theres-still-room-for-more-and-better-social-networking-an-interview-with-sixaparts-andrew-anker/#comment-324042 all this social site crap is the bullitin boards we had in the early 90s before the web...they come and go... AOL btw was the champion of that time in our internet history; and mySpace seems to be the current champion today. you can tell though they don't know what there doing; when asked about posting comments and having to be logged in...he replied they are fixing it...thing is...that is a total design flaw and it was designed that way...meaning...they don't know shit about their market, or the people; come on, its not like we don't know sql bro....shit, dis be san fran here. i don't know...i'm really just complacent about all this crap...how many social sites can you really join and maintain interest in? even the teenagers are getting sick of it; they're leaving mySpace. here some advise...community has to be built...your whole privacy policy was a total waste of stupid geek thinking...you even admitted it; that most people just post stuff publicly...yeah....cause the average person just wants to communicate...and don't really want to be administrators...and know their shit ain't that much interesting. anyway...good luck. all this social site crap is the bullitin boards we had in the early 90s before the web…they come and go… AOL btw was the champion of that time in our internet history; and mySpace seems to be the current champion today.

you can tell though they don’t know what there doing; when asked about posting comments and having to be logged in…he replied they are fixing it…thing is…that is a total design flaw and it was designed that way…meaning…they don’t know shit about their market, or the people; come on, its not like we don’t know sql bro….shit, dis be san fran here.

i don’t know…i’m really just complacent about all this crap…how many social sites can you really join and maintain interest in? even the teenagers are getting sick of it; they’re leaving mySpace.

here some advise…community has to be built…your whole privacy policy was a total waste of stupid geek thinking…you even admitted it; that most people just post stuff publicly…yeah….cause the average person just wants to communicate…and don’t really want to be administrators…and know their shit ain’t that much interesting.

anyway…good luck.

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