Comments on: How Not To Be Seen

By: admin

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:40:37 +0000

These are excellent questions, and ones that have been left entirely unanswered.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:40:54 +0000

Great idea and concept. What I have been wondering since I first read about Plexus is how this marries up with the conversational nature of services like Twitter, and the networking capabilities of a service like LinkedIn.

On the Twitter front (and Facebook as well), one of the great benefits I find in the service is the fact that I can have “conversations” with any number of people at one time, with people dropping in and out of the conversations they see fit. How does this concept work in a Plexus environment? Will I be able to see conversations people I am “listening” to have with others, or will I only see content they create?

A similar question arises with the “retweet” concept of a service like Twitter. Will Plexus allow a user to on-forward content they “listen” to from others, or will this be limited to ensure privacy?

On the LinkedIn front the sevice acts like a vast networking tool whereby I can see who I am connected to but also see my linkage through their social graph to other people. That is part of the reason people share some of their private details, to grow their networks with people loosely connected to them. Will this model function in a Plexus environment?

Its quite possible that I have misunderstood the nature of Plexus and that all thsi will work seamlessly. If so, let me know.

By: the future-maybe. by Bryan dot Pliatsios dot com

the future-maybe. by Bryan dot Pliatsios dot com — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:00:44 +0000

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By: Peter Spicer-Wensley

Peter Spicer-Wensley — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:01:25 +0000

Very, very interesting. I like the simplicity of the Plex / Sharer / Listener architecture and really think this will appeal to geeks (like myself). If it is easy to implement as a web service without having to do too much setup and head-scratching for sysadmins I think it can fly. I don’t think you are going to convert the Facebook crowd because they don’t really care about privacy or they are complacent in thinking they have it. I love the idea of an EVERYTHING (and anything?) aggregator and think that if the interfaces to and from various Social Media (twitter and Facebook esp) make the experience painless for the user you have a rool, cool tool…
Well done Marcus Pescius!!

By: admin

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:37:16 +0000

Plexus Listener is an EVERYTHING aggregator. The whole wide world is not RSS.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:00:14 +0000

There are a whole class of problems left to the front end. This is one of them.

By: BillSeitz

BillSeitz — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:53:55 +0000

You explain above how to filter your inputs. What about limiting your outputs? In other words, what if there’s a category of pictures you only want Nick to see, and there are other pictures that you don’t mind both of them (or anyone else) seeing? Or is that up to the picture-hosting service (e.g. FlickR) to handle?

From the Listener side, is this really an RSS aggregator?

By: Don

Don — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:44:31 +0000

Thank you for this. May I quote you, with proper attribution? Your comments about breaking open the music industry are right on the money — along with much else that you’ve said.

I’m seeing some of the same mechanics at work in publishing, and other monolithic control structures that stifle creativity and take the lion’s share of others’ work.

By: Tennessee Leeuwenburg

Tennessee Leeuwenburg — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:36:39 +0000

Fantastic presentation, thanks for giving it… I love the idea of decentralised social networking, and I think the concept is wonderful. I just hope that there is enough enthusiasm to carry this forward, since I think one of the main enemies of this kind of effort is lethargy.