Comments on: Ex-eBay/Skype Execs Let You Share Stories With Tokoni

By: Matt K. (codemonkey)

Matt K. (codemonkey) — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:17:49 +0000

I love the idea and sharing stories with the world. However, In this digital age with Youtube and the like, are sites that depend on text going to survive? Are you willing to take 30 minutes to read someone’s story? Sure twitter depends on text, but only 140 characters at a time. They were criticized at first, but that’s one thing that lead to their success. I highly doubt you’re going to sit down and read paragraphs at a time. Great for dedicated readers, bad for the rest of us.

By: Dave Q

Dave Q — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:33:06 +0000

I think Octales (www.octales.com) has more headway in this space. Still in limited beta (you need to sign up for an invite).

Though via Twitter (when reliable) can simulate micro-story telling as well.

@andrea Skype & Kazaa & Google & Yahoo had those funny names before they made million$$. Chill!

By: andrea

andrea — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:54:12 +0000

i love the idea and I love storytelling.
Hate the name, tho. That alone makes me not want to participate! I hear Tokoni means “Help” in Tongan…why Tongan? Why Help? why the spelling?
I think if the site had a better name, more folks would be tempted to give it a try.

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By: SushiFoo

SushiFoo — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:50:40 +0000

I used to work at eBay and interacted with both Mary Lou and Alex. They are the least innovative people you ever met. Puhleeeez! Start with a decent idea at least.

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By: reklam

reklam — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:46:51 +0000

I think myfirsttime is better..:-)

By: isim hakki

isim hakki — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:45:19 +0000

ho hum, strange idea. add them to the deadpool

By: matbaa

matbaa — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:43:26 +0000

This is probably the dumbest idea ever.

By: hit

hit — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:31:37 +0000

I’ve signed up to give it a go, but the first thing that strikes me is..

By: pazarlama

pazarlama — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:29:04 +0000

More people yakking about themselves

By: izle

izle — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:27:50 +0000

Also, why are te category links javascript links…

their semantic markup is as good as their idea.

waste of money.

By: RM

RM — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:34:36 +0000

Also, why are te category links javascript links…

their semantic markup is as good as their idea.

waste of money.

By: RM

RM — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:31:54 +0000

This is probably the dumbest idea ever.

1. ex-monolithic company
2. lame idea
3. ????
4. profit?

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By: LS

LS — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:42:08 +0000

More people yakking about themselves? I thought Twitter was bad enough…

By: Antje Wilsch

Antje Wilsch — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:29:23 +0000

2 other sites recently ran out of all their funding for this exact concept. I’m biased of course but I still prefer leaving my stories where I know they’ll be kept and not lost (on our site)

By: Jimas

Jimas — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:05:13 +0000

Wow, I can write an *unlimited number* of stories?? This is like YouTube, but for text!

If a picture is worth a thousand words, and a 10-minute video at 60 fps is 36000 pictures, then I estimate this site to be worth $1.65B / 1000 / 36000 = $45!

By: stone

stone — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:00:15 +0000

MJ,

My guess is that you’re a BIG fan of the site. So, for people not interesting in Twitter or blogging, they would, instead, be interested in Tokoning? Yeah – that makes all the sense in the world. Good one!

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:38:36 +0000

i think this is a terrific concept. 99.9% of the world has no interest in writing their own blog or twittering their life 140 characters at a time. but we all have stories to tell, stories we want heard by someone (or anyone). sounds like a great way to give people a forum to share their stories without the barriers of otherwise more traditional means on the web.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:07:54 +0000

Maybe the twitter guys will use this to share some inside stories about their infrastructure hassles. Then we won’t have to speculate so much (re: last TC post on twitter scalability with 99 comments so far).

Peter
do you follow me @ http://twitter.com/peterurban

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:50:23 +0000

I think myfirsttime is better..:-)

By: James

James — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:44:17 +0000

I don\’t know. I could go either way on this.

By: stone

stone — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:30:32 +0000

ho hum, strange idea. add them to the deadpool!

By: Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:26:12 +0000

I’ve signed up to give it a go, but the first thing that strikes me is.. “Why?” Sharing stories can be fun, but I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t just share them on a blog (as you say in the article) or post them as comments on relevant blogs, or put them into the blogs I get given at other sites such as Slashdot. Perhaps they will come up with some motivation or become very “forum” like..