Comments on: Pringo Powering Social Network From Yokohama http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:57:26 -0800 hourly 1 By: How to pick up women http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1928901 How to pick up women Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:51:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1928901 <strong>how to pick up older women...</strong> how to pick up women the right way... how to pick up older women…

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]]> By: Ciaran http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1728018 Ciaran Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:09:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1728018 I appreciate Michael Hollander's comments but wonder why they have to build a social network for this issue. He mentions treehugger; surely it might have made more sense to activate the audience on that site rather than build another one. Sometimes you don't need to build a site, you just need to empower existing ones, no? I appreciate Michael Hollander’s comments but wonder why they have to build a social network for this issue. He mentions treehugger; surely it might have made more sense to activate the audience on that site rather than build another one.

Sometimes you don’t need to build a site, you just need to empower existing ones, no?

]]> By: Michael Hollander http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1720204 Michael Hollander Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:39:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1720204 If you'll take a look at the site, you'll find that this site is not particularly about tires. Rather, it's about what we all can do to help the planet. We've got tips from treehugger.com and an environmental news feed. We've got a great contest with a grand prize of a trip to Costa Rica and weekly prizes of $100. Yokohama Tire Corporation is committed to improving its products and reducing their impact on the planet. If you’ll take a look at the site, you’ll find that this site is not particularly about tires. Rather, it’s about what we all can do to help the planet. We’ve got tips from treehugger.com and an environmental news feed. We’ve got a great contest with a grand prize of a trip to Costa Rica and weekly prizes of $100. Yokohama Tire Corporation is committed to improving its products and reducing their impact on the planet.

]]> By: Geek And Poke http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1719447 Geek And Poke Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:05:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1719447 <strong>How To Be Social...</strong> Thank god it's so easy to be social and do good. See e.g the Pringo Powering Social Network From Yokohama on TechCrunch.... How To Be Social…

Thank god it’s so easy to be social and do good. See e.g the Pringo Powering Social Network From Yokohama on TechCrunch….

]]> By: sputnick http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1718379 sputnick Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:24:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1718379 This is interesting news for me because you have a big manufacturer hiring someone to put up a social network, which is a form of advertising that hadn't occurred to me. I'm more used to manufacturers hiring web designers to make websites which, for example, determine users's personalities and the ideal printer for them to buy. I wonder if this type of advertising has a future. If the manufacturer is known for faulty products and lousy customer service, the whole network might turn into a consumer uprising against the manufacturer. For example, if Yokohama do a Firestone, the first thing they might have to do is pull the plug on their social network. This is interesting news for me because you have a big manufacturer hiring someone to put up a social network, which is a form of advertising that hadn’t occurred to me. I’m more used to manufacturers hiring web designers to make websites which, for example, determine users’s personalities and the ideal printer for them to buy.

I wonder if this type of advertising has a future. If the manufacturer is known for faulty products and lousy customer service, the whole network might turn into a consumer uprising against the manufacturer. For example, if Yokohama do a Firestone, the first thing they might have to do is pull the plug on their social network.

]]> By: Egisto Soldi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1718299 Egisto Soldi Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:51:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1718299 Car and tires Compagnies are looking for "green" solutions. Ok, but some nations (for example my Italy) are not ready for that: first of all, because of street. http://mondoauto.blogosfere.it/2007/11/pringo-e-yokohama-verde-nel-mirino-ma-litalia-e-pronta.html Car and tires Compagnies are looking for “green” solutions. Ok, but some nations (for example my Italy) are not ready for that: first of all, because of street. http://mondoaut...a-e-pronta.html

]]> By: Raj Anand http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1717283 Raj Anand Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:34:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1717283 Ok as another social networking solution provider (kwiqq.com) I see what they are trying to achieve. Although I'm not sure of the implementation. Plus I would have recommended Yokohama to appear less on the site as its an additional service they are providing. I'm confident that would get more genuine users on the ecotreadsetters.com. Just an opinion not at all a criticism :) Ok as another social networking solution provider (kwiqq.com) I see what they are trying to achieve. Although I’m not sure of the implementation.

Plus I would have recommended Yokohama to appear less on the site as its an additional service they are providing. I’m confident that would get more genuine users on the ecotreadsetters.com.

Just an opinion not at all a criticism :)

]]> By: StardotGarf http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1717267 StardotGarf Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:21:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1717267 Social platform for tyres: so can you create 'Low Profiles'.... :-/ Social platform for tyres: so can you create ‘Low Profiles’….

:-/

]]> By: Jim http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1717168 Jim Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:51:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1717168 No one wants to date chicks who own webcams. Thats the inherent problem with this thing. Relatively normal techie dudes can rock the webcam every now and then, but I'll go out on a limb and say the only chicks who have webcams are either: 1. Porn Stars 2. Talking to their boyfriends overseas 3. 50+ overweight singles from the midwest eating mayonnaise sandwiches and really hurting for something new. Am I wrong? Would love your insight. No one wants to date chicks who own webcams. Thats the inherent problem with this thing. Relatively normal techie dudes can rock the webcam every now and then, but I’ll go out on a limb and say the only chicks who have webcams are either:

1. Porn Stars
2. Talking to their boyfriends overseas
3. 50+ overweight singles from the midwest eating mayonnaise sandwiches and really hurting for something new.

Am I wrong? Would love your insight.

]]> By: Tostada-Man http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1717010 Tostada-Man Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:57:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1717010 I see a re-branding of this pretty soon, if they plan to break into any markets outside US-England. Specially Spanish-speaking. I know how much fun we had with HuLu, but Pringo in Spanish is too similar to the general word for "bug". And if you want to talk human anatomy, well... I see a re-branding of this pretty soon, if they plan to break into any markets outside US-England. Specially Spanish-speaking. I know how much fun we had with HuLu, but Pringo in Spanish is too similar to the general word for “bug”. And if you want to talk human anatomy, well…

]]> By: Morgan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1716965 Morgan Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:33:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1716965 It's YokOhama, as in the photo. With correct spelling it's sure to go huge. It’s YokOhama, as in the photo. With correct spelling it’s sure to go huge.

]]> By: HA http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1716949 HA Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:24:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1716949 Yeah what next a social network for sleep and waking up your friends via your audio messages? Yeah what next a social network for sleep and waking up your friends via your audio messages?

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1716861 Steve Ballmer Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:41:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1716861 It's about time that your tires had a social network, everything else does! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com It’s about time that your tires had a social network, everything else does!

http://fakestev...er.blogspot.com

]]> By: Ryan Merket http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/comment-page-1/#comment-1716848 Ryan Merket Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:36:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/31/pringo-powering-social-network-from-yokahama/#comment-1716848 What next? A social network for people who like tractors, eco-friendly tractors? Seems like the agency or marketing team REALLY dropped the ball on this for Yokahama. What next? A social network for people who like tractors, eco-friendly tractors? Seems like the agency or marketing team REALLY dropped the ball on this for Yokahama.

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