Comments on: Flux Adds Content Sharing And Embedding; Quietly Building Excellent Platform http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:10:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: “Post to MySpace” Button Released for Easier Sharing http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-2000221 “Post to MySpace” Button Released for Easier Sharing Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:58:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-2000221 [...] This button is similar to the Flux fshare button that we previously wrote about. [...] [...] This button is similar to the Flux fshare button that we previously wrote about. [...]

]]> By: youarekillingme.net » Give Thanks, Be Social http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1918605 youarekillingme.net » Give Thanks, Be Social Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:41:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1918605 [...] Work - remember what makes you happy: Towards the middle of the year when the re-org machine at Yahoo was in full swing, I found myself once again at the short end of the internal politics stick, spending more time trying to justify my existence than actually doing anything meaningful. I was being told to stay positive and that a VP title would be coming in the fall, but it was pretty obvious that nobody knew anything and the only thing certain was more uncertainty. Yuck. After my first meeting with Evan Rifkin, CEO of Flux, I knew my days at Yahoo! were coming to an end. I was a matrixed BD guy in a company that had no clear strategic direction - I wasn’t part of a team. When I talked to Evan I remembered my time at Musicmatch and Relegence and even Yahoo! Music - working closely with other great people as part of a team with a common goal. Even though working in a small cutting edge tech company can be extremely unsettling and nerve wracking, I take great satisfaction in working on a tight team, and I hate spinning wheels and playing big company politics. It was hard to leave the numerous good friends I made at Yahoo, especially my team, but now I have a new team and we’re making it happen. [...] [...] Work - remember what makes you happy: Towards the middle of the year when the re-org machine at Yahoo was in full swing, I found myself once again at the short end of the internal politics stick, spending more time trying to justify my existence than actually doing anything meaningful. I was being told to stay positive and that a VP title would be coming in the fall, but it was pretty obvious that nobody knew anything and the only thing certain was more uncertainty. Yuck. After my first meeting with Evan Rifkin, CEO of Flux, I knew my days at Yahoo! were coming to an end. I was a matrixed BD guy in a company that had no clear strategic direction - I wasn’t part of a team. When I talked to Evan I remembered my time at Musicmatch and Relegence and even Yahoo! Music - working closely with other great people as part of a team with a common goal. Even though working in a small cutting edge tech company can be extremely unsettling and nerve wracking, I take great satisfaction in working on a tight team, and I hate spinning wheels and playing big company politics. It was hard to leave the numerous good friends I made at Yahoo, especially my team, but now I have a new team and we’re making it happen. [...]

]]> By:   Flux Launches Self Service Product; Full On Ning Competitor by Laigoo - All In One http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1804532   Flux Launches Self Service Product; Full On Ning Competitor by Laigoo - All In One Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:19:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1804532 [...] have three integration choices. fShare, the basic integration, allows users to take content from the site and easily embed it into other [...] [...] have three integration choices. fShare, the basic integration, allows users to take content from the site and easily embed it into other [...]

]]> By: Flux Launches Self Service Product; Full On Ning Competitor teasered @ Feed UP !! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1804072 Flux Launches Self Service Product; Full On Ning Competitor teasered @ Feed UP !! Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:48:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1804072 [...] have three integration choices. fShare, the basic integration, allows users to take content from the site and easily embed it into other [...] [...] have three integration choices. fShare, the basic integration, allows users to take content from the site and easily embed it into other [...]

]]> By: Flux Launches Self Service Product; Full On Ning Competitor http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1802300 Flux Launches Self Service Product; Full On Ning Competitor Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:37:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1802300 [...] have three integration choices. fShare, the basic integration, allows users to take content from the site and easily embed it into other [...] [...] have three integration choices. fShare, the basic integration, allows users to take content from the site and easily embed it into other [...]

]]> By: You are killing me » Give Thanks, Be Social http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1791934 You are killing me » Give Thanks, Be Social Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:19:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1791934 [...] Work - remember what makes you happy: Towards the middle of the year, the re-org machine at Yahoo was in full swing. I found myself once again at the short end of the politics stick, spending more time trying to justify my existence than actually doing anything meaningful. I was being told to stay positive and that a VP title would be coming in the fall, but it was pretty obvious that nobody new anything and the only thing that was certain was more uncertainty. Yuck. After my first meeting with Evan Rifkin, CEO of Flux, I knew my days at Yahoo! were coming to an end. The reason: I was a matrixed BD guy in a company that had no clear strategic direction - I wasn’t part of a team. When I talked to Evan I remembered my time at Musicmatch and Relegence and even at some times Yahoo! Music - working closely with other great people as part of a team with a common goal. Even though working in a small cutting edge tech company can be extremely unsettling and nerve wracking, I take great satisfcation in working on a tight team, and I hate spinning wheels and playing big company politics. It was hard to leave the numerous good friends I made at Yahoo, especially my team, but now I have a new team and we’re making it happen. [...] [...] Work - remember what makes you happy: Towards the middle of the year, the re-org machine at Yahoo was in full swing. I found myself once again at the short end of the politics stick, spending more time trying to justify my existence than actually doing anything meaningful. I was being told to stay positive and that a VP title would be coming in the fall, but it was pretty obvious that nobody new anything and the only thing that was certain was more uncertainty. Yuck. After my first meeting with Evan Rifkin, CEO of Flux, I knew my days at Yahoo! were coming to an end. The reason: I was a matrixed BD guy in a company that had no clear strategic direction - I wasn’t part of a team. When I talked to Evan I remembered my time at Musicmatch and Relegence and even at some times Yahoo! Music - working closely with other great people as part of a team with a common goal. Even though working in a small cutting edge tech company can be extremely unsettling and nerve wracking, I take great satisfcation in working on a tight team, and I hate spinning wheels and playing big company politics. It was hard to leave the numerous good friends I made at Yahoo, especially my team, but now I have a new team and we’re making it happen. [...]

]]> By: AnonTroll http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1777179 AnonTroll Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:58:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1777179 Sounds like a great idea, problem is that you have to enter all the URLs of your site that you wish to use this feature on, my view video page is generated from the database, so I am not sure useful this would be for me. Sounds like a great idea, problem is that you have to enter all the URLs of your site that you wish to use this feature on, my view video page is generated from the database, so I am not sure useful this would be for me.

]]> By: Adi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1777130 Adi Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:45:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1777130 Gigya's (www.gigya.com) embed tool is far more robust and user friendly than flux's. I understand it is added functionality to their site, but they seem to have a long way to go to be a real competitor in the field. Gigya’s (www.gigya.com) embed tool is far more robust and user friendly than flux’s. I understand it is added functionality to their site, but they seem to have a long way to go to be a real competitor in the field.

]]> By: Jesse Tayler http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1776990 Jesse Tayler Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:55:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1776990 The stickyness of any given community seems to be the sense of relevance you get from it - So, Ecademy or Goingon is great for some, but Adholes or Adrants are better social networks if you're into marketing and advertising just because you're only networking with like-minded people and you're all talking about the same topics. OpenSocial really _IS_ important to the exclusive community because it levels the playing field - Now, the many developers of simple widget applications can make use of social connections, or social graph on any network even if that network were too small for that author to consider or even know about! Imagine a widget for sharing documents among your personal connections, this widget has the same function, but a totally different meaning on myspace than it would on a private and exclusive community for Biochemists and Nano Technology professionals! It's the combination of a Social Networking site that is exclusive to its audience and the vast creativity and power offered by creating widgets that make use of the social graph in creative and exciting ways. The stickyness of any given community seems to be the sense of relevance you get from it - So, Ecademy or Goingon is great for some, but Adholes or Adrants are better social networks if you’re into marketing and advertising just because you’re only networking with like-minded people and you’re all talking about the same topics.

OpenSocial really _IS_ important to the exclusive community because it levels the playing field - Now, the many developers of simple widget applications can make use of social connections, or social graph on any network even if that network were too small for that author to consider or even know about!

Imagine a widget for sharing documents among your personal connections, this widget has the same function, but a totally different meaning on myspace than it would on a private and exclusive community for Biochemists and Nano Technology professionals!

It’s the combination of a Social Networking site that is exclusive to its audience and the vast creativity and power offered by creating widgets that make use of the social graph in creative and exciting ways.

]]> By: 42mb.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1776873 42mb.com Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:59:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1776873 Nice to see flux adopting social networking strategy. Nice to see flux adopting social networking strategy.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1776859 Wayne Smallman Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:50:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1776859 I'm always wary of such things as one-size-fits-all Social Networks. I remember signing up with some Ning thing and it didn't even compare to Ecademy.com — in terms of the 'stickiness' of content and user engagement... I’m always wary of such things as one-size-fits-all Social Networks.

I remember signing up with some Ning thing and it didn’t even compare to Ecademy.com — in terms of the ’stickiness’ of content and user engagement…

]]> By: dc crowley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775870 dc crowley Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:18:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775870 This actually looks pretty good. They are starting with a lite version. But I'm very curious where this is going to go. It's not part of openSocial. Does it need to be? Anyway cool... I've just signed up myself. Will our myBlogLog widgets in the sidebar disappear and be replaced by flux? Good chance. This actually looks pretty good. They are starting with a lite version. But I’m very curious where this is going to go. It’s not part of openSocial. Does it need to be? Anyway cool… I’ve just signed up myself.

Will our myBlogLog widgets in the sidebar disappear and be replaced by flux? Good chance.

]]> By: allison http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775407 allison Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:48:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775407 It sounds interesting, and is a step in the right direction. It sounds interesting, and is a step in the right direction.

]]> By: Rajeev http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775373 Rajeev Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:28:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775373 The Idea is to reach large number of people. Your creative instincts gets satsified in the process. Many people live for a mission, some to make frindship and spread the message of love in this love deficit world. Sure people with right mindset can make a lot of money in a range of business activities. http://tekno-world.blogspot.com The Idea is to reach large number of people. Your creative instincts gets satsified in the process. Many people live for a mission, some to make frindship and spread the message of love in this love deficit world. Sure people with right mindset can make a lot of money in a range of business activities.

http://tekno-world.blogspot.com

]]> By: MikeW http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775354 MikeW Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:17:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775354 What we need now is more social networking platforms. What we need now is more social networking platforms.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775293 Jonathan Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:43:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775293 At least Flux is starting to make sense now. Using social networking as the backbone of a greater distribution platform is actually somewhat compelling. Not your run of the mill social networking strategy. Good for Viacom in showing the guts to venture into this territory where they may not have 100% control. In my opinion this is nothing like Ning but we'll see where they take it. Not a bad first step. At least Flux is starting to make sense now. Using social networking as the backbone of a greater distribution platform is actually somewhat compelling. Not your run of the mill social networking strategy. Good for Viacom in showing the guts to venture into this territory where they may not have 100% control. In my opinion this is nothing like Ning but we’ll see where they take it. Not a bad first step.

]]> By: Evelyn Montesano http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775278 Evelyn Montesano Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:31:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775278 Olá, é a primeira vez que visito o seu blog e gostei muito, parabéns!!!!!!! Aproveito a oprtunidade para convidar você e todos os seus leitores para conhecer um novo tipo de blog, um blog profissional. Através do dele divulgo a minha carreira de atriz e modelo comercial, faço contatos, consigo trabalhos e ganho reconhecimento. Gostaria que vocês fossem conhecê-lo e que aproveitassem e deixassem um comentário lá dizendo o que acharam dele. O blog é constantemente atualizado e está repleto de fotos, artigos de jornal e comentários de clientes, fãs e amigos. No blog o cliente encontra o meu e-mail profissional e me envia a sua proposta de trabalho. Aguardo visitas comentários. Um grande abraço a todos os bloggeiros, Evelyn Montesano. www.evelynmontesano.blogger.com.br Olá, é a primeira vez que visito o seu blog e gostei muito, parabéns!!!!!!! Aproveito a oprtunidade para convidar você e todos os seus leitores para conhecer um novo tipo de blog, um blog profissional. Através do dele divulgo a minha carreira de atriz e modelo comercial, faço contatos, consigo trabalhos e ganho reconhecimento. Gostaria que vocês fossem conhecê-lo e que aproveitassem e deixassem um comentário lá dizendo o que acharam dele. O blog é constantemente atualizado e está repleto de fotos, artigos de jornal e comentários de clientes, fãs e amigos. No blog o cliente encontra o meu e-mail profissional e me envia a sua proposta de trabalho. Aguardo visitas comentários. Um grande abraço a todos os bloggeiros, Evelyn Montesano.
http://www.evelynmontesano.blogger.com.br

]]> By: Richard http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775261 Richard Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:21:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775261 Wow! You know originally I was really skeptical of Tagworld in the sense that they seem like your classic pump and dump play, but now I am actually less skeptical. What they are doing with flux doesn't seem popular enough with any particular audience to be relevant or scalable. Regardless it is really nice to see them doing interesting product ideas, even if they aren't backed by shady CPA deals yet. Really cool entry into social networking for MTV. First class. Wow! You know originally I was really skeptical of Tagworld in the sense that they seem like your classic pump and dump play, but now I am actually less skeptical. What they are doing with flux doesn’t seem popular enough with any particular audience to be relevant or scalable. Regardless it is really nice to see them doing interesting product ideas, even if they aren’t backed by shady CPA deals yet. Really cool entry into social networking for MTV. First class.

]]> By: AJ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775197 AJ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:42:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/flux-adds-content-sharing-and-embedding-quietly-building-excellent-platform/#comment-1775197 Its amazing how many companies are getting actively involved in creating a social "mesh" between various social networks.. Definitely progress in the right direction. Its amazing how many companies are getting actively involved in creating a social “mesh” between various social networks.. Definitely progress in the right direction.

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