Comments on: Funeral Home Plans a Social Network

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:30:24 +0000

@Ryan – LOL, doesn’t surprise me really.

By: Ryan Thogmartin

Ryan Thogmartin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:06:42 +0000

There really is a “social network” for funeral homes and funeral professionals. The web address is http://www.connectingdirectors.com

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tek38 » Blog Archive » Funeral Home Plans a Social Network — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:09:55 +0000

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By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:15:18 +0000

@Emre – I just made a change to the post. The quote mentioned that the service is “opt in”, but I seen I had a small typo that confused everyone.

By: Emre Sokullu

Emre Sokullu — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:08:16 +0000

Dear Andy,

Greetings from hakia.com! You have a catchy title indeed.

We would like to make a few corrections to the product description:

1) Meet Others is an opt-in service.

This is how it works: You ask a query “how to rob an ATM” and will receive your hakia search results. You will also see an icon on the top of search results that says Meet Others who asked the same query. If you click on the button, you fall into a room (if the room exists) of people who have 1) asked the same or similar query; 2) decided to post a message to the room. They can do so by posting the message and clicking on the authentication link they will receive to confirm the posting- just like in Craigslist. It is a voluntary act and the participant decides how to be contacted: via email (which is masked); IM (Skype of MSN).

2) We take privacy very seriously. Hakia.com is the only search engine that does not insert a cookie in your computer when you do your web search!

3) There is no registration process to use the service.

We expect the Meet Others platform to be dynamic, transactional and informational in nature. Wouldn’t you want to meet people who are suffering from the same disease to swap stories? Or meet the ticket seller for a concert that is already out?

Thanks for the posting!

By: Erica Forrette

Erica Forrette — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:58:03 +0000

Yeah, I don’t think I’d want other people to see my history of searches either…

About social networks for other types of sites – isn’t it pretty much already happening with Ning? Granted, when I did a quick browse of the first few pages of Ning-powered social networks, I saw mostly “interest groups” and not specific sites, but surely there are some site-specific networks and hidden inappropriate ones (I don’t have time to look though!)

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:42:13 +0000

I agree. I wouldn’t want all my searches shared with everyone else. It’s an interesting concept, though.

Great point Jordan about what Hakia is saying about it’s results.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:53:19 +0000

Fascinating as far as the social search possibilities go—but I totally agree with you.

I can see a few times where it would be helpful to be able to consult with others in a search, but only if the results themselves were insufficient (so what is Hakia saying about itself?).

Of course, I do like this idea better than taking search history from anyone I’ve ever e-mailed and presuming that I’d be interested in what they’re interested in, even on similar queries.