Daniel Tunkelang pointed out a new social search service today dubbed Aardvark. Social search works by delegating your queries to your social network to elicit a response from them. Aardvark adds in some algorithmic juice to only ask those in your extended social network who might be able to answer your question. At first blush, [...]
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The spammers have been working hard to infiltrate Facebook. I just got this (below) today, and it tripped my mental spam alarm. These sorts of messages were commonplace on Friendster. I would get messages from girls with near-pornographic profile pictures wanting to chat or asking me inane questions like which was the better hair color. [...]
Likings Rankness
Posted: 4 May 2008 in UncategorizedTags: complexity, correlation, facebook, facebook apps, likeness, rankings, statistics
Mayhaps you have used the Facebook app Likeness. It’s a fluff app, but has wide appeal since it does two things most people like: easy quizzes and comparisons with our friends. The graphic design that went into the app is a bit low-scale, but it gets the job done. If you haven’t used it, the [...]
Perfect Major?
Posted: 18 November 2007 in UncategorizedTags: artificial intelligence, chess, college major, facebook, flixster, memes, quizzes, statistics
The intertubes are full of quizzes. Magazines like Cosmo have thrived on them for years. “Are you a good lover?” Websites like Tickle pretty much consist of nothing else (and I haven’t bothered beyond the odd quiz someone sends me). Tons of Facebook apps like Flixster (movies) and Harry Potter rely on them heavily. One [...]
Laptops for Tanzania part 2
Posted: 23 October 2007 in UncategorizedTags: charity, facebook, friends, laptops, razoo, tanzania
My friend Israel is trying to raise money for laptops for school kids in Tanzania. If you’re on Facebook and have about 30 seconds, why not vote for him? Razoo is a speed granting organization that gives money to small charitable projects. You can view his oh-so-pitiful video below. I’ve suggested he update it by [...]
Visual Bookshelf
Posted: 5 October 2007 in UncategorizedTags: amazon, books, dogbook, facebook, facebook apps, visual bookshelf
Ever since Facebook added apps, there has been a gradual bloat on profiles. Some people are app minimalists, adding just a couple things that don’t clutter up their profile. From my quite informal perusal of Facebook, these people seem to be fairly inactive users. They log every once in a while, but don’t seem to [...]
