tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2687820185167366196.post4615269109202595725..comments2023-10-23T12:40:50.399-07:00Comments on Mulligan!: What Live Messenger, AIM and Y! Messenger Need to Remain PopularViraj Modyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10980120071443522974noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2687820185167366196.post-71336995614996092402019-06-18T00:24:27.540-07:002019-06-18T00:24:27.540-07:00Cool Post.Checkout how much life insurance do I ne...Cool Post.Checkout <a href="http://maisondessyndicats-dz.com/how-much-life-insurance-do-i-need/" rel="nofollow">how much life insurance do I need</a>Samirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16157010853924592645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2687820185167366196.post-10918777975894738942008-07-17T18:32:00.000-07:002008-07-17T18:32:00.000-07:00@rich:I've heard of and seen Circles but it's stil...@rich:<BR/><BR/>I've heard of and seen Circles but it's still limited in that it doesn't give you what I consider 'broadcasting' twitter-style, where you have a bunch of followers but yet whatever you say is also publicly viewable. I'm not sure how much information is public outside MSFT so I won't say much more.<BR/><BR/>See, the key is being able to let users broadcast using whatever social network they want. This obviously means putting some weight behind standardization of social graph data so that friends-lists can be shared and seen by all. This would likely include creating different lists, such as "Work list", "Friend list", etc. In the ideal world my lists would move with me wherever I do. <BR/><BR/>There are various competing efforts here - news all around the web about this. What's interesting/sad is that none of the big IM applications seem to have come up with something of their own or seem to be pushing for this.<BR/><BR/>Agree about the UX part, but I can already sort my contacts on most IM applications and on FB like you mention... eventuall someone will get it right if they try hard enough and others will fall in line. Isn't that how this industry works! ;)Viraj Modyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980120071443522974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2687820185167366196.post-63214609968053724382008-07-17T11:46:00.000-07:002008-07-17T11:46:00.000-07:00WL Messenger & friends have worked on a featur...WL Messenger & friends have worked on a feature known as "Circles" for quite a while, allowing for broadcast-style group chat. You can get a taste of it here: http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2008/06/01/wave-3-groups-more-than-just-a-stand-alone-service.aspx<BR/><BR/>Obviously the Personal Status Message in Messenger and Facebook are similar, and can be (have been) intertwined with Twitter. That being said, I'm not convinced that Twitter's push mechanism really works for "normal" users.<BR/><BR/>The big problem, I'd argue, still has to do with context. Your contact list/Facebook friend list has context that is lost today (though Facebook has the concept of 'lists'). The UX to accomplish this is too complex for users to grok.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704747109600668679noreply@blogger.com