Ah, a nice day browsing ideas on the Web, taking me forward and backwards.
I found this nice list (below) from last summer on a bunch of services (many I knew already) for helping users manage multiple social networks. These services do it in different ways, which is good, since it samples the possibility space for me.
Yeah, my head had been deep in this area for a long time and I’m now particularly interested in one facet of it (almost frantic about it).
Alas, the most I will be able to do is pass on the thinking to the Ovi.com team as I wrap things up (hopefully this week).
Link: 20 Ways To Aggregate Your Social Networking Profiles:
In an inspired blog post, Jason Kottke said that social networks aren’t helping us organize; since all of them require different credentials to log in, they’re just adding to the noise. He just might be up to something there. It’s getting harder and harder to remember all those logins, passwords, and most importantly to remember which of your friends are using what network.
Social network aggregators is a relatively new breed of applications which try to consolidate all your various social networking profiles into one, with varying success. Let’s check out 20 biggest competitors in this field.
