Comments on: New “Social” Dictionary http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:55:55 -0800 hourly 1 By: Stand For http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-2/#comment-2940546 Stand For Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:01:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-2940546 The important thing in such websites is to return the meaning of a word to the user as fast as possible. The bells and whistles, on the other hand, can certainly drive traffic. The important thing in such websites is to return the meaning of a word to the user as fast as possible. The bells and whistles, on the other hand, can certainly drive traffic.

]]> By: political info http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-2/#comment-2850433 political info Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:30:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-2850433 swazooe woah! did you hear that! ? yep, you guessed it. that was the joke flying right over your head... swazooe woah! did you hear that! ? yep, you guessed it. that was the joke flying right over your head…

]]> By: Velioncho http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-2/#comment-1084769 Velioncho Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:51:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1084769 Good one (#55) :) Good one (#55) :)

]]> By: eric http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-2/#comment-1071768 eric Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:35:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1071768 Hey, Arrington: Glad you found a dictionary. Look up "it's." Then look up "its." Hey, Arrington: Glad you found a dictionary. Look up “it’s.” Then look up “its.”

]]> By: HenryG http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-2/#comment-1068289 HenryG Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:23:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1068289 Well all I see is an interface to wiktionary....I use http://www.answers.com and http://www.metaglossary.com to cover everything I need. Combination of two gives a complete picture of any terms/phrase etc. I don't see an advantage with this site. Well all I see is an interface to wiktionary….I use http://www.answers.com and http://www.metaglossary.com to cover everything I need. Combination of two gives a complete picture of any terms/phrase etc. I don’t see an advantage with this site.

]]> By: omniraju http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-2/#comment-1063950 omniraju Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:38:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1063950 Thanks for putting the site and the investing the effort. I like the simplicity, the look and feel and the ability to do the word lookup programmatically. Not sure about content source, quality for now or how long it will take to develop good content. Also, not sure about the business model or will it stay a small project. Thanks for putting the site and the investing the effort.

I like the simplicity, the look and feel and the ability to do the word lookup programmatically.

Not sure about content source, quality for now or how long it will take to develop good content. Also, not sure about the business model or will it stay a small project.

]]> By: Yos http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-2/#comment-1063949 Yos Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:38:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1063949 nice but very limited... will have to stick with Urban for slang and Abbreviations.com for abbreviations... nice but very limited… will have to stick with Urban for slang and Abbreviations.com for abbreviations…

]]> By: Spud http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-2/#comment-1063552 Spud Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:46:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1063552 I can’t find myself getting that excited over this one. A dictionary site is just not exciting no matter what “features” it has. It is still just a dictionary site. I can’t find myself getting that excited over this one. A dictionary site is just not exciting no matter what “features” it has. It is still just a dictionary site.

]]> By: LittleDanzig http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-2/#comment-1063466 LittleDanzig Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:33:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1063466 So I guess the burning question is: How long will it take for the definition of every word in the English language to directly relate to the Middle East or Sony vs. Nintendo? So I guess the burning question is: How long will it take for the definition of every word in the English language to directly relate to the Middle East or Sony vs. Nintendo?

]]> By: How to start a clothing line from scratch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1063333 How to start a clothing line from scratch Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:17:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1063333 I think this is a great site for bloggers ...I sometimes find myself forgetting the meaning of a word! I think this is a great site for bloggers …I sometimes find myself forgetting the meaning of a word!

]]> By: wanderer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1063257 wanderer Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:07:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1063257 Looks like a great site to me. I don't know why everyone here is complaining that it's like urbandictionary - this is nothing like urbandictionary. This site's goal is to provide a quick way to look up REAL words...not to let users add their own... I like it and I'll be using it from now on. Looks like a great site to me. I don’t know why everyone here is complaining that it’s like urbandictionary – this is nothing like urbandictionary. This site’s goal is to provide a quick way to look up REAL words…not to let users add their own…

I like it and I’ll be using it from now on.

]]> By: Raquel http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1063214 Raquel Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:03:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1063214 Is like Wikipedia or Wiktionary !! Is like Wikipedia or Wiktionary !!

]]> By: O http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1062470 O Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:28:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1062470 Isnt this just a cleaner urbandictionary? Isnt this just a cleaner urbandictionary?

]]> By: ...some Drifter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1062293 ...some Drifter Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:04:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1062293 i kind of like the concept, but urbandictionary takes my vote still. i kind of like the concept, but urbandictionary takes my vote still.

]]> By: Shilo M http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1062051 Shilo M Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:36:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1062051 Very lame. and yet another userid/pass. Can't wait for openid to get massively adopted. Just use answers.com/WORD or urbandictionary.com Very lame. and yet another userid/pass. Can’t wait for openid to get massively adopted.

Just use answers.com/WORD
or urbandictionary.com

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1061165 John Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:31:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1061165 Someone else already has done it, sort of. And you've <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/08/wordie-is-like-flickr-without-the-photos/" rel="nofollow">already covered it</a>. Someone else already has done it, sort of. And you’ve already covered it.

]]> By: Breaking Free http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1061055 Breaking Free Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:15:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1061055 I guess it goes to show that designing a new user interface is all you need to add value to a product. No new product idea required! B I guess it goes to show that designing a new user interface is all you need to add value to a product. No new product idea required!
B

]]> By: Chad Sexton http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1061026 Chad Sexton Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1061026 Where do they get their definitions? Are there opensource/public domain dictionaries with current significance? Where do they get their definitions? Are there opensource/public domain dictionaries with current significance?

]]> By: Philip http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1061014 Philip Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:08:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1061014 Nice and clean, with the exception of the internal pages. While they maintain the nice look, it starts to get a bit cluttered with all the social networking wonks. Honestly, why do you need social networking on a factual dictionary? Nice and clean, with the exception of the internal pages. While they maintain the nice look, it starts to get a bit cluttered with all the social networking wonks.

Honestly, why do you need social networking on a factual dictionary?

]]> By: Jean-Michel Decombe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1060910 Jean-Michel Decombe Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:55:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1060910 I do not see this site as a threat to dictionary.com/thesaurus.com at all. What matters is the content (definitions, synonyms, antonyms), and theirs is vastly inferior. I use dictionary.com/thesaurus.com a lot and they do the job very well, and better than anyone else I know. What bugs me with 90% of the sites that jump on the Web 2.0 bandwagon at every opportunity is that they lack vision, originality, and purpose. This is in fact why they launch before they are really ready to face the world. Because they expect the world to enlighten them about the vision, originality, and purpose they sorely lack. I do not see this site as a threat to dictionary.com/thesaurus.com at all. What matters is the content (definitions, synonyms, antonyms), and theirs is vastly inferior. I use dictionary.com/thesaurus.com a lot and they do the job very well, and better than anyone else I know. What bugs me with 90% of the sites that jump on the Web 2.0 bandwagon at every opportunity is that they lack vision, originality, and purpose. This is in fact why they launch before they are really ready to face the world. Because they expect the world to enlighten them about the vision, originality, and purpose they sorely lack.

]]> By: web 2.0 innovations http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1060897 web 2.0 innovations Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:54:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1060897 have heard that a company plans to use wordspedia.com to launch something similar to word.sc but without populating the data from third party sources, just like what the word.sc's case looks like to me... there users can provide descriptions and definitions to words, phrases and whole sentences, normally not available on wikipedia, answers.com and dictionary.com etc, etc have heard that a company plans to use wordspedia.com to launch something similar to word.sc but without populating the data from third party sources, just like what the word.sc’s case looks like to me… there users can provide descriptions and definitions to words, phrases and whole sentences, normally not available on wikipedia, answers.com and dictionary.com etc, etc

]]> By: Fred T http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1060803 Fred T Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:42:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1060803 Try looking up the word "hoplologist" I only found it in one dictionary. http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definitions/ .......plus this dictionary has English to Other Language translation options with a click and is free also. Try looking up the word “hoplologist” I only found it in one dictionary.
http://dictiona...sh-definitions/ …….plus this dictionary has English to Other Language translation options with a click and is free also.

]]> By: iwek http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1060521 iwek Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:10:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1060521 David: Thanks for the input. When I have some time, I will definitly set up automatic definitions from other sites and I will look into UrbanDictionary. I had a free weekend and I just put the website up for fun so its pretty simple. David: Thanks for the input. When I have some time, I will definitly set up automatic definitions from other sites and I will look into UrbanDictionary. I had a free weekend and I just put the website up for fun so its pretty simple.

]]> By: Stanmiller http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1060407 Stanmiller Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:57:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1060407 WordSource still has a way to go. I really don't see anything new here. In fact, I see less. I prefer thefreedictionary.com. They implement ajax, are ad lite, and have a feature where you can double-click words in a definition which takes you to the entry for the clicked word. WordSource still has a way to go. I really don’t see anything new here. In fact, I see less.

I prefer thefreedictionary.com.

They implement ajax, are ad lite, and have a feature where you can double-click words in a definition which takes you to the entry for the clicked word.

]]> By: Christopher Sisk http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1060355 Christopher Sisk Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:50:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/26/new-social-dictionary/#comment-1060355 Nice design... but I agree... Google is still faster for me. Nice design… but I agree… Google is still faster for me.

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