Comments on: Going.com Gets Extra Social On Events http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:07:48 -0800 hourly 1 By: Kvalificerad teknikleverantör sökes · Mindpark http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-2416944 Kvalificerad teknikleverantör sökes · Mindpark Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:17:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-2416944 [...] – Skrevs en del om det sent förra året. Har ett uppmärksammat samarbete med BuyYourFriendADrink.com och en [...] [...] – Skrevs en del om det sent förra året. Har ett uppmärksammat samarbete med BuyYourFriendADrink.com och en [...]

]]> By: Shony Fire http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1872709 Shony Fire Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:58:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1872709 cos: i think you just don't know how to search...... FIY www.wannago.com added some Boston events go check it out!! http://wannago.com/EventsSearch.aspx?type=events&tags=&location=Boston,%20Suffolk,%20Massachusetts,%20United%20States cos: i think you just don’t know how to search……
FIY http://www.wannago.com added some Boston events

go check it out!!

http://wannago....United%20States

]]> By: marc http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1865107 marc Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:51:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1865107 a good site, see also : www.wannago.com Duncan, why did you missed to speak about? a good site, see also : http://www.wannago.com

Duncan, why did you missed to speak about?

]]> By: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1862847 ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:42:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1862847 [...] in the one city, and someone else has as well, they may recommend that person as a friend match. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events [...] [...] in the one city, and someone else has as well, they may recommend that person as a friend match. (http://www.tech...ocial-on-events [...]

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1862352 John Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:14:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1862352 Cos: Have you tried TravelersTable.com? It's a business/social networking tool for arranging off-line meetings with new people. Sort of like Meetup/Upcoming in that your invite is public; sort of like Evite/Socializer in that you decide who will attend your meeting. You can meet new people using the following steps: (1) Post a Public Invite describing the type of people you want to meet. (2) You’ll be notified by email if someone accepts your Invite. (3) Approve or decline the acceptance – it’s entirely your decision. The other person will be notified of your decision. If you approve, the meeting is confirmed! You can communicate with the other person using our double-blind messaging system. (4) You can also meet new people by searching the Public Invites posted on our site for meetings that interest you. Accept an Invite and see what happens! We also recently launched first version of this application at http://apps.facebook.com/travelerstable. Cos: Have you tried TravelersTable.com?

It’s a business/social networking tool for arranging off-line meetings with new people. Sort of like Meetup/Upcoming in that your invite is public; sort of like Evite/Socializer in that you decide who will attend your meeting.

You can meet new people using the following steps:
(1) Post a Public Invite describing the type of people you want to meet.
(2) You’ll be notified by email if someone accepts your Invite.
(3) Approve or decline the acceptance – it’s entirely your decision. The other person will be notified of your decision. If you approve, the meeting is confirmed! You can communicate with the other person using our double-blind messaging system.
(4) You can also meet new people by searching the Public Invites posted on our site for meetings that interest you. Accept an Invite and see what happens!

We also recently launched first version of this application at http://apps.fac.../travelerstable.

]]> By: Cos http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1862305 Cos Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:53:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1862305 Ballu: I've been using Meetup since I coordinated Dean meetups in 2003. It's very different from Going. Meetup is meant as a tool to organize groups of people with recurring meetings about specific topics. There's a monthly fee for the group organizer (I pay $9/month but I think I'm getting a special low rate for having been an early adopter), none for the participants. You join Meetup "groups" which are interesections of locations and global topics (so, for example, one global topic may be "Buffy" and you may live in Longmont, CO, so you could join the Buffy Meetup Group of Longmont, etc.) The organizer finds a venue and manages when their monthly or weekly meeting is (it can be on different schedules, but Meetup is geared mainly towards monthly/weekly), members of the group are reminded of each meeting and RSVP online. Going.com is, at first, an events listing site: It has whatever happens to be going on in the metro area, be it concerts, dances, talks, festivals, club nights, parades, museum exhibits, political rallies, talks, plays ... many people use Going without creating profiles at first, just as a way of browsing event listings and finding things they want to go to. For those who do join, it's not primarily structured around groups or recurring topic-oriented meetings; any member can RSVP to any event, and any member can post events if they want. The social features are "looser" and more network-style than Meetup, in that you browse all that's available, see profiles of other people going to an event you're interested in, etc. Unlike Meetup where you must first "join" a specific topic (because you know you want to go to its meetings), Going is about discovering what you might want to go to (and, if you wish, other people who want to go to the same kinds of things as you do). Lee: Huh, I'd never heard of wannago.com, so I just tried it out. "No events found near Boston". Hmm. I'm not sure what it's meant to be, but it's clearly not the same thing as Going.com. Ballu: I’ve been using Meetup since I coordinated Dean meetups in 2003. It’s very different from Going.

Meetup is meant as a tool to organize groups of people with recurring meetings about specific topics. There’s a monthly fee for the group organizer (I pay $9/month but I think I’m getting a special low rate for having been an early adopter), none for the participants. You join Meetup “groups” which are interesections of locations and global topics (so, for example, one global topic may be “Buffy” and you may live in Longmont, CO, so you could join the Buffy Meetup Group of Longmont, etc.) The organizer finds a venue and manages when their monthly or weekly meeting is (it can be on different schedules, but Meetup is geared mainly towards monthly/weekly), members of the group are reminded of each meeting and RSVP online.

Going.com is, at first, an events listing site: It has whatever happens to be going on in the metro area, be it concerts, dances, talks, festivals, club nights, parades, museum exhibits, political rallies, talks, plays … many people use Going without creating profiles at first, just as a way of browsing event listings and finding things they want to go to. For those who do join, it’s not primarily structured around groups or recurring topic-oriented meetings; any member can RSVP to any event, and any member can post events if they want. The social features are “looser” and more network-style than Meetup, in that you browse all that’s available, see profiles of other people going to an event you’re interested in, etc. Unlike Meetup where you must first “join” a specific topic (because you know you want to go to its meetings), Going is about discovering what you might want to go to (and, if you wish, other people who want to go to the same kinds of things as you do).

Lee: Huh, I’d never heard of wannago.com, so I just tried it out. “No events found near Boston”. Hmm. I’m not sure what it’s meant to be, but it’s clearly not the same thing as Going.com.

]]> By: Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1862177 Ballmer Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:42:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1862177 One more time: All of this Social stuff is just another fad! fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com One more time:
All of this Social stuff is just another fad!

fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

]]> By: Yako http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1862098 Yako Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:04:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1862098 yeah, thats a good way to invest 5.000.000... yeah, thats a good way to invest 5.000.000…

]]> By: Bruno http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1862054 Bruno Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:42:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1862054 You can view an interview of Going.com CEO here: http://us.intruders.tv/Interview-Evan-Schumacher-CEO-of-Going-com_a114.html You can view an interview of Going.com CEO here:

http://us.intru...g-com_a114.html

]]> By: Ballu http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1862030 Ballu Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:31:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1862030 Very similar to Meetup.com, except Meetup I thing charges nominal amount for every meeting that you organize. Very similar to Meetup.com, except Meetup I thing charges nominal amount for every meeting that you organize.

]]> By: goflip http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1862010 goflip Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:15:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1862010 there is NO bubble in technology!! there is NO bubble in technology!!

]]> By: dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1861963 dave Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:56:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1861963 you should be able to achieve all of this functionality with drupal.org - or out of the box with some heavy ass tweaking, you could include event calls into elgg.org (and it would feel just like going.com out of the box, that's what i meant) you should be able to achieve all of this functionality with drupal.org – or out of the box with some heavy ass tweaking, you could include event calls into elgg.org (and it would feel just like going.com out of the box, that’s what i meant)

]]> By: Lee http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1861941 Lee Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:47:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1861941 It's amazing how going.com is copying everything from others. Israeli based startup wannago.com (formerly MatchActivity) was the first and developed a great site without $5 million investment. It’s amazing how going.com is copying everything from others. Israeli based startup wannago.com (formerly MatchActivity) was the first and developed a great site without $5 million investment.

]]> By: Sandhya http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1861855 Sandhya Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:13:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1861855 I think i have seen something of this likes..cant remember the URL though. Anyways, on a different note, is it just me or did google change the fonts on their search page that makes it look worse? I think i have seen something of this likes..cant remember the URL though.
Anyways, on a different note, is it just me or did google change the fonts on their search page that makes it look worse?

]]> By: BinaryDay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/comment-page-1/#comment-1861781 BinaryDay Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:48:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/21/goingcom-gets-extra-social-on-events/#comment-1861781 Any idea if we have something similar to going.com in opensource? @Duncan, seems like I am commenting on too many of your posts today. Hope you do not mind. Any idea if we have something similar to going.com in opensource?

@Duncan, seems like I am commenting on too many of your posts today. Hope you do not mind.

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