Comments on: ProfileBuilder: Manage Your Profile, Not Accounts http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Word Hugger http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1586317 Word Hugger Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:02:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1586317 So to solve the problem of too many sites having profiles for them, they add another one accomplishing the same thing, with less features than facebook. Why bother...? So to solve the problem of too many sites having profiles for them, they add another one accomplishing the same thing, with less features than facebook.

Why bother…?

]]> By: Rounding Up Friends (and their online profiles) | Michael Gracie http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1584588 Rounding Up Friends (and their online profiles) | Michael Gracie Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:15:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1584588 [...] ProfileBuilder, which exists to help you create and manage a consistent profile. (Techcrunch gets the credit for this tidbit). Services like these are also needed, and for much the same reason as the above. [...] [...] ProfileBuilder, which exists to help you create and manage a consistent profile. (Techcrunch gets the credit for this tidbit). Services like these are also needed, and for much the same reason as the above. [...]

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1581143 Wayne Smallman Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:52:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1581143 I'll be keeping an eye on these guys. I've been writing about the new illness of Social Network Fatigue for some time and only recently are we starting to see people address this problem. It's also encouraging to see that OpenID being put forward, because if anyone has the means / infrastructure to sort this problem out, it's these guys... I’ll be keeping an eye on these guys.

I’ve been writing about the new illness of Social Network Fatigue for some time and only recently are we starting to see people address this problem.

It’s also encouraging to see that OpenID being put forward, because if anyone has the means / infrastructure to sort this problem out, it’s these guys…

]]> By: Yan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1580089 Yan Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:17:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1580089 Damn that p looks awful similar to our planypus favicon :-) Damn that p looks awful similar to our planypus favicon :-)

]]> By: Jim http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579798 Jim Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:54:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579798 To Joe T. Let's face it, a large percentage of social network users just want to amass large numbers of beautiful people that they can invite to be their "friends". ProfilePilot.com is still very much in beta but aims to satisfy this desire. Browse hot profiles, tag them Web 2.0 style, and rate them like hot-or-not. Site is quite slow and has some interface issues...but I guess that's what beta is all about. To Joe T. Let’s face it, a large percentage of social network users just want to amass large numbers of beautiful people that they can invite to be their “friends”. ProfilePilot.com is still very much in beta but aims to satisfy this desire. Browse hot profiles, tag them Web 2.0 style, and rate them like hot-or-not. Site is quite slow and has some interface issues…but I guess that’s what beta is all about.

]]> By: Bob Dole http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579766 Bob Dole Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:39:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579766 I count three...nice use of the colon ':' though I count three…nice use of the colon ‘:’ though

]]> By: pffft http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579525 pffft Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:10:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579525 <blockquote>The problem of managing a fragmented identity has been attacked two ways: creating a new master account (OpenID), aggregating identity through search (Spock, Wink), or aggregating management of all your accounts on one site.</blockquote> Isn't this three ways? :'D

The problem of managing a fragmented identity has been attacked two ways: creating a new master account (OpenID), aggregating identity through search (Spock, Wink), or aggregating management of all your accounts on one site.

Isn’t this three ways? :’D

]]> By: Joe T. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579371 Joe T. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:11:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579371 Now I've heard everything. The site for the totally SN-addicted. What we really need is "Life Builder", a site for all these social network addled people to figure out how to get lives! Now I’ve heard everything. The site for the totally SN-addicted. What we really need is “Life Builder”, a site for all these social network addled people to figure out how to get lives!

]]> By: Nick Gonzalez http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579048 Nick Gonzalez Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:51:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579048 Yeah, engtech I see javascript as a problem for people interested in embedding on myspace. So far there are still a lot of sites that allow for JS embeds still. We'll see how the security issues play out. Mario, I see identity tied to these new social websites different from enterprise level solutions because those are more like authentication control. These sites are more just about managing the flow of public personal information. Yeah, engtech

I see javascript as a problem for people interested in embedding on myspace. So far there are still a lot of sites that allow for JS embeds still. We’ll see how the security issues play out.

Mario,

I see identity tied to these new social websites different from enterprise level solutions because those are more like authentication control. These sites are more just about managing the flow of public personal information.

]]> By: Bill http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579022 Bill Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:43:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1579022 Interesting that the embedded badge leads me to a site that displays "Error connecting to db". Maybe this is a bit more "Alpha" than "Launch"? Interesting that the embedded badge leads me to a site that displays “Error connecting to db”. Maybe this is a bit more “Alpha” than “Launch”?

]]> By: engtech http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578976 engtech Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:29:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578976 Ah, I misinterpreted the site. This is Yet-Another-Profile-Aggregator, rather than way to build and push common profiles out to multiple sites. Hot tip: they should implement lifestreaming so you can see the latest updates from any of the tabs. Ah, I misinterpreted the site. This is Yet-Another-Profile-Aggregator, rather than way to build and push common profiles out to multiple sites.

Hot tip: they should implement lifestreaming so you can see the latest updates from any of the tabs.

]]> By: engtech http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578961 engtech Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:26:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578961 Embedding a badge is rather useless, since a lot of sites don't support embedding javascript or images, just text. A smart app in this space needs to be able to push updates out to people's profiles using the natural profile format of the site. This could definitely be done with webscraping/automatic posting, but it would be nice if there was a common API for this. Nice url though, profil.es. Embedding a badge is rather useless, since a lot of sites don’t support embedding javascript or images, just text.

A smart app in this space needs to be able to push updates out to people’s profiles using the natural profile format of the site. This could definitely be done with webscraping/automatic posting, but it would be nice if there was a common API for this.

Nice url though, profil.es.

]]> By: Mario Ruiz http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578944 Mario Ruiz Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:20:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578944 Hey nick, I have been following identity solutions from some time. There was an initiative at Sun called sunone some years ago. Today these applications come in many flavors: 1. Enterprise editions if you use Oracle for example. 2. Operating system embedded like Apple's Keychain. 3. In the browser like Firefox. Now you tell us that there is another flavor, Web 2.0. For some reason I do not see it working. I consider to be very personal all the identity management that it is actually awkward to go to a site and register all your passwords and user names. Also the advantage of a desktop (browser or OS) in our computer is friendlier than a site as a portal. The one time I see it working is for people without a laptop and mobility. Mario Ruiz @ http://www.oursheet.com Hey nick,

I have been following identity solutions from some time. There was an initiative at Sun called sunone some years ago. Today these applications come in many flavors:

1. Enterprise editions if you use Oracle for example.
2. Operating system embedded like Apple’s Keychain.
3. In the browser like Firefox.

Now you tell us that there is another flavor, Web 2.0. For some reason I do not see it working. I consider to be very personal all the identity management that it is actually awkward to go to a site and register all your passwords and user names. Also the advantage of a desktop (browser or OS) in our computer is friendlier than a site as a portal.

The one time I see it working is for people without a laptop and mobility.

Mario Ruiz
@ http://www.oursheet.com

]]> By: Henri http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578915 Henri Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:11:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578915 Here at SocialURL we've been addressing the very same things and in development of similar protocals. I've spoken to TechCrunch employees and there must be some favoritism taking place there to just mentioning "Profilactic, ProfileLinker, and Loopster" when none of these have the traction we have at SocialURL (even without the help of TechCrunch). Here at SocialURL we’ve been addressing the very same things and in development of similar protocals. I’ve spoken to TechCrunch employees and there must be some favoritism taking place there to just mentioning “Profilactic, ProfileLinker, and Loopster” when none of these have the traction we have at SocialURL (even without the help of TechCrunch).

]]> By: share.websitemagazine.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578912 share.websitemagazine.com Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:10:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578912 <strong>ProfileBuilder: Manage Your Profile, Not Accounts...</strong> The problem of managing a fragmented identity has been attacked two ways: creating a new master account (OpenID), aggregating identity through search (Spock, Wink), or aggregating management of all your accounts on one site.... ProfileBuilder: Manage Your Profile, Not Accounts…

The problem of managing a fragmented identity has been attacked two ways: creating a new master account (OpenID), aggregating identity through search (Spock, Wink), or aggregating management of all your accounts on one site….

]]> By: EH http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578903 EH Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:07:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578903 Yusuf: You're pissing in the wind there. Yusuf: You’re pissing in the wind there.

]]> By: EH http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578900 EH Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:07:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578900 Just another rung in the ladder toward profile providers and content providers. The proliferation of social networks will have to fall-out at some point and the split will have to allow some of these companies to survive by taking a side. Just another rung in the ladder toward profile providers and content providers. The proliferation of social networks will have to fall-out at some point and the split will have to allow some of these companies to survive by taking a side.

]]> By: Yusuf Motiwala http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578814 Yusuf Motiwala Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:38:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578814 A suggestion for Techcrunch, I will like it better if links in an article takes me to the website rather than crunchbase page. May be you can keep crunchbase links in bracket or at the end of article. A suggestion for Techcrunch, I will like it better if links in an article takes me to the website rather than crunchbase page. May be you can keep crunchbase links in bracket or at the end of article.

]]> By: mmt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578805 mmt Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:36:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578805 There is a need to tie all of these social networks together. I wish them luck. There is a need to tie all of these social networks together. I wish them luck.

]]> By: chaser7016 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578776 chaser7016 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:24:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578776 Don't forget about the social network for sleeping and waking up your friends! Don’t forget about the social network for sleeping and waking up your friends!

]]> By: Slim http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578744 Slim Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:11:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/29/prifilebuilder-manage-your-profile-not-accounts/#comment-1578744 Spelling error in your title...might want to fix it. Spelling error in your title…might want to fix it.

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