Comments on: Consumating Goes Open Source http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: myWattle Dating » Blog Archive » Comment on Consumating Goes Open Source by Great Expectations … http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1607327 myWattle Dating » Blog Archive » Comment on Consumating Goes Open Source by Great Expectations … Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:56:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1607327 [...] Source: Google Blog Search: online dating [...] [...] Source: Google Blog Search: online dating [...]

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]]> By: Arun http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1318757 Arun Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:47:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1318757 Any update on this story? Any update on this story?

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]]> By: Ben Werdmuller http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1211652 Ben Werdmuller Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:09:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1211652 Dave: We appreciate your support! Thanks for the shout out. :) I think Ben's done the right thing here - the traction and support we've got from the open source community is awesome. Consumating has one use case; once they've got thousands of sites running their software (as we do with <a href="http://elgg.org/" rel="nofollow">ours</a>), they'll discover that all the different kinds of requirements and uses turn it into a much stronger piece of software. For the moment, though, it's likely to be a challenge. Centralised sites can often be spaghetti-like under the hood, and preparing them to be a product rather than a destination can be difficult. However, I have a lot of respect for Ben, and I think he probably knows exactly what he's doing. Dave: We appreciate your support! Thanks for the shout out. :)

I think Ben’s done the right thing here - the traction and support we’ve got from the open source community is awesome. Consumating has one use case; once they’ve got thousands of sites running their software (as we do with ours), they’ll discover that all the different kinds of requirements and uses turn it into a much stronger piece of software.

For the moment, though, it’s likely to be a challenge. Centralised sites can often be spaghetti-like under the hood, and preparing them to be a product rather than a destination can be difficult. However, I have a lot of respect for Ben, and I think he probably knows exactly what he’s doing.

]]> By: Christopher Sisk http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1210725 Christopher Sisk Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:36:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1210725 Adam > If you want to think of Consumating as a "dating" site, then you've got one really big advantage over the "fill out a form and we'll tell you who you should date" type sites... Interaction. Consumating is all about openness and interaction between users. If you want to know if someone smokes, ask them. That's something you can't do on other "dating" sites without paying hefty membership fees. Consumating members talk about themselves through Questions of the Week where they answer with text, pictures and video (VideoEgg) ... I think this gives you a much better idea of what a person is like than a filled-out form. Almost all users upload picture frequently and compete in the weekly themed photo contests... so there's you "is she 430 or 130 lbs?" (if you're really that shallow) ... there's also a multitude of ongoing conversations you can get into to learn more about the users. Or you can attend one of the hundreds of local consumeets hosted by users to actually meet and get to know people better. On the other hand... Consumating ISN'T a dating site... Consumating is a social networking site based on user interaction. There's also a nice "popularity" contest side of things that gets a lot of users quite addicted to the site. Daniel > I second that I'm pretty sure its mostly written in Perl. Adam > If you want to think of Consumating as a “dating” site, then you’ve got one really big advantage over the “fill out a form and we’ll tell you who you should date” type sites… Interaction. Consumating is all about openness and interaction between users. If you want to know if someone smokes, ask them. That’s something you can’t do on other “dating” sites without paying hefty membership fees. Consumating members talk about themselves through Questions of the Week where they answer with text, pictures and video (VideoEgg) … I think this gives you a much better idea of what a person is like than a filled-out form. Almost all users upload picture frequently and compete in the weekly themed photo contests… so there’s you “is she 430 or 130 lbs?” (if you’re really that shallow) … there’s also a multitude of ongoing conversations you can get into to learn more about the users. Or you can attend one of the hundreds of local consumeets hosted by users to actually meet and get to know people better.

On the other hand… Consumating ISN’T a dating site… Consumating is a social networking site based on user interaction. There’s also a nice “popularity” contest side of things that gets a lot of users quite addicted to the site.

Daniel > I second that I’m pretty sure its mostly written in Perl.

]]> By: Mandy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1208293 Mandy Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:01:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1208293 ... better be well designed … better be well designed

]]> By: Daniel Haran http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1208172 Daniel Haran Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:36:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1208172 Thanks Andrew! Thanks Andrew!

]]> By: Andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1208029 Andrew Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:09:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1208029 Daniel Haran> there's a video interview with the founder of Consumating, Ben Brown on Podtech, if I recall from the video (and from the file extensions used on the site) it is written all/mostly in Perl. http://www.podtech.net/lunchmeet/technology/1820/lunchmeet-ben-brown-on-consumating Daniel Haran> there’s a video interview with the founder of Consumating, Ben Brown on Podtech, if I recall from the video (and from the file extensions used on the site) it is written all/mostly in Perl.

http://www.podtech.net/lunchme.....onsumating

]]> By: sam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1207039 sam Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:02:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1207039 when i read some of the comments by people here, i really start to wonder about the level of engineering talent here. it appears that most comments regarding technology/software are by people who really have no idea of how to build a scalable n-tier app. i'm sure there are plenty of open source apps that are used to create social networking sites. i'm also sure that the vast majority are unsuitable for real worl situations where you want to know the app is secure, and that the app can handle 1000's of users. the hope would be that any app from cnet, would meet the above criteria. livejournal , as well as the open source 'social network' from redhat appear to meet the criteria, as does the 'people aggregator'' app. but hey.... in this day, anybody who can create a login page thinks that they're an app engineer, and that getting an app running with mysql is a big thing!! running a test/prototype all on a single system is one thing, but any app that's going to scale to 1000's of users will have to be well designed to include a number of different technologies/approaches. peace... when i read some of the comments by people here, i really start to wonder about the level of engineering talent here.

it appears that most comments regarding technology/software are by people who really have no idea of how to build a scalable n-tier app.

i’m sure there are plenty of open source apps that are used to create social networking sites. i’m also sure that the vast majority are unsuitable for real worl situations where you want to know the app is secure, and that the app can handle 1000’s of users.

the hope would be that any app from cnet, would meet the above criteria.

livejournal , as well as the open source ’social network’ from redhat appear to meet the criteria, as does the ‘people aggregator” app.

but hey…. in this day, anybody who can create a login page thinks that they’re an app engineer, and that getting an app running with mysql is a big thing!! running a test/prototype all on a single system is one thing, but any app that’s going to scale to 1000’s of users will have to be well designed to include a number of different technologies/approaches.

peace…

]]> By: franztoo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206945 franztoo Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:47:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206945 <strong>Consumating will Source Code veröffentlichen...</strong> Consumating, allererste Geek-Community der Welt (”find people who don’t suck”) will den kompletten Source Code der Site veröffentlichen. TechCrunch schreibt (fälschlicherweise) das “Dating- und Social Networking Site Port, wa... Consumating will Source Code veröffentlichen…

Consumating, allererste Geek-Community der Welt (”find people who don’t suck”) will den kompletten Source Code der Site veröffentlichen. TechCrunch schreibt (fälschlicherweise) das “Dating- und Social Networking Site Port, wa…

]]> By: dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206914 dave Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:41:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206914 i'm really excited - the site has some great interactive features. however, for serious use, i'm way more interested in www.elgg.org, already open source and quite evolved with loads of new features including wiki integration... i’m really excited - the site has some great interactive features. however, for serious use, i’m way more interested in http://www.elgg.org, already open source and quite evolved with loads of new features including wiki integration…

]]> By: Franz Patzig http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206911 Franz Patzig Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:41:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206911 I agree with Christopher Sisk...and I am a consumating user since ever. Awesome community, awesome site. Those who don't like it: what's the deal? You can find something else...maybee. Consumating rocks, Ben Brown rocks I agree with Christopher Sisk…and I am a consumating user since ever. Awesome community, awesome site. Those who don’t like it: what’s the deal? You can find something else…maybee.

Consumating rocks, Ben Brown rocks

]]> By: Daniel Haran http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206597 Daniel Haran Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:31:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206597 What language / framework was it written in? What language / framework was it written in?

]]> By: isibingo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206266 isibingo Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:02:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206266 is MICROSOFT thinking about OPEN SOURCE its products and services? is MICROSOFT thinking about OPEN SOURCE its products and services?

]]> By: matthew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206175 matthew Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:39:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206175 "Diff between web 1.0 bust and web 2.0 bust…. In web 2.0 companies wont shutdown, they will get OpenSource’d." true that. when you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose. “Diff between web 1.0 bust and web 2.0 bust…. In web 2.0 companies wont shutdown, they will get OpenSource’d.”

true that. when you’ve got nothing, you’ve got nothing to lose.

]]> By: run dogg http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206053 run dogg Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:03:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1206053 I agree with Dan - peaked and ready for the new. And if you know what it is, let me know... I agree with Dan - peaked and ready for the new. And if you know what it is, let me know…

]]> By: Dan Gudema http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1205993 Dan Gudema Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:42:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1205993 I think this a sign that social networking has gone phase 2.0 not web 2.0. Banner ads, personalization, even search engines had their growth phase and slow down. The concept of community and social networking has peaked (and not fast enough, I haven't seen people throwing money at bad ideas this quickly since 1999) and sure you can grab some open source code to do it, but who really cares? This time next year, we won't be discussing "community" and social networking, you will be hearing something new... I think this a sign that social networking has gone phase 2.0 not web 2.0. Banner ads, personalization, even search engines had their growth phase and slow down. The concept of community and social networking has peaked (and not fast enough, I haven’t seen people throwing money at bad ideas this quickly since 1999) and sure you can grab some open source code to do it, but who really cares? This time next year, we won’t be discussing “community” and social networking, you will be hearing something new…

]]> By: Indimingle http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1204337 Indimingle Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:54:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1204337 Great move. The power is in the community as it *isn't* hard to make a social networking site these days. My question is: how can we be notified when this actually happens? Great move. The power is in the community as it *isn’t* hard to make a social networking site these days. My question is: how can we be notified when this actually happens?

]]> By: Anirudh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1204290 Anirudh Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:40:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1204290 How hard is it to make a social networking site anyways? How hard is it to make a social networking site anyways?

]]> By: Alaska Miller http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1203993 Alaska Miller Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:28:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1203993 I think most of you are retarded. I think most of you are retarded.

]]> By: www.youtubesearcher.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1203818 www.youtubesearcher.com Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:42:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1203818 That is one butt ugly site. There are plenty of good open source projects out there, hard to imagine this will get much attention. That is one butt ugly site.
There are plenty of good open source projects out there, hard to imagine this will get much attention.

]]> By: Atomic1fire http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1203765 Atomic1fire Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:34:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1203765 So I guess by your standerds Web2.0 site creators wont be called Programmers they will be called modders So I guess by your standerds
Web2.0 site creators wont be called Programmers
they will be called modders

]]> By: Velioncho http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1203420 Velioncho Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:03:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/10/consumating-goes-open-source/#comment-1203420 Diff between web 1.0 bust and web 2.0 bust.... In web 2.0 companies wont shutdown, they will get OpenSource'd. So in next couple of years, you will see plenty of new open source apps.And these are well tested and deployed. I believe configuration and bandwidth is the key in future. If you have an idea - pick open source applications - configure it and buy enough bandwidth - you are ready with a site. Diff between web 1.0 bust and web 2.0 bust…. In web 2.0 companies wont shutdown, they will get OpenSource’d.

So in next couple of years, you will see plenty of new open source apps.And these are well tested and deployed.

I believe configuration and bandwidth is the key in future.

If you have an idea - pick open source applications - configure it and buy enough bandwidth - you are ready with a site.

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