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Ching Ya — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:27:44 -0000

This is an interesting idea: It's a network tool that's similar to Twitter concept, yet in a smaller scale, which provides an option other than forum/message board alone. Am I getting this correctly? Then for those who's interested, they just need to install the widget/tool on their blog and .. that's it?

if the blogger/site owner could use both application wisely, that just might work. But would it affect the page loading time in anyhow? Just wondering.

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Scott Pantall — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:56:19 -0000

I think having private, smaller micro-blogs is a good idea and it's gonna happen whether or not people think it's a good idea or not. It would serve the same purpose as sites like ning.com that allow you to make your own private social networks.

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PXLated — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:14:29 -0000

Looks like Presently is truly Twitter, I just got a fail whale :-)
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Leo, Been following your setup of Twit Army. Did you and Evan ever figure out how different instals of Laconica interact - member of one can post on others with registration just required on one, etc.?

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Jeff C — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:42:50 -0000

Interesting. And there's even more evolution in this space than most are aware. Present.ly (Yammer competitor with SaS & behind firewall products for Corps and Orgs) launched a public facing 'microblogging community for professionals' (http://www.presently.com) at SXSW yesterday. As Linkedin is to Facebook, Presently.com is to Twitter.

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robdiana — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:34:14 -0000

The general idea of twitter, publicly broadcast messages, does not lend itself well to good conversation. In addition, several websites would like to have more of a community based on their site. The only option previously was forums or message boards. A local twitter or laconica installation gives sites a simpler community option. This is not mean to replace Twitter, just add more features to a blog.

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Jesse Stay — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:29:12 -0000

Rob, let's talk offline and I can probably let you see what we're doing.
It's very impressive! (If you're married your wife will want to see it as
well - that goes for Louis and Kristine, too)

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robdiana — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:24:26 -0000

Cool, I did not know you were working on this for clients. I would be very interested to learn how difficult the process really is. My main concern with the idea is that installation for most people would be painfully difficult.

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robdiana — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:22:21 -0000

Based on the posts from Dave, I figured you were using a Laconica install. I think the "follow" concept within a community would be pointless as everyone is mostly there for the same reason. If the install becomes simple enough it could be a very powerful community builder for smaller blogs.

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JMaultasch — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:13:40 -0000

I am concerned about this idea. Does it create new walled gardens? One of the things I love about Twitter is that it is default public. I hate not being able to find what's said on a topic - I think that was the problem with blog comments until Disqus, backtype, etc opened those up.

I guess I don't understand the problem with using Twitter to talk about a particle blog or blog post?

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Jesse Stay — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:07:48 -0000

btw, it was my hiatus from Twitter last year that helped me discover this potential. :-)

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Jesse Stay — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:06:56 -0000

I talked about this last August and its potential for brands to embrace this. I've been working on it with several clients and we're in weeks of launching some *very* cool and innovative stuff that will hit very niche audiences, and due to brand loyalty, I think will be pretty popular. I'm glad Winer is supporting this - we'd love to have him help promote if he's interested in the cause. Laconi.ca's feature-set kicks Twitter's butt, and better yet, it integrates with Twitter and soon will also integrate with Facebook as well.

http://louisgray.com/live/2...

Of course, you can expect me to write about it (and hopefully others will support!) when we go live in the next several days.

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Starshadow Rivaulx — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:36:00 -0000

I reposted this on my own feed. It's definitely food for thought!

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leolaporte — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:33:48 -0000

This is an experiment we tried some time ago at TWiT and it's been a rousing success. A microblog focused around a community is a very different experience from the hurly burly of Twitter, and more satisfying in many ways. One also tends to use a small microblog differently - the public stream, for instance, is much more useful. I don't even follow anyone; I just read the public stream. We used Laconica for the TWiT Army install and it's working very nicely. http://army.twit.tv

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Louis Gray — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:28:00 -0000

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