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December 06, 2006 | Comments: (0)
Hawkee, MySpace for geeks
No, this is no neo-con, or Hawk, hangout for dropouts from the Bush administration, as the name might suggest. This site has always been pure geek, mainly for swapping code. But now it too has become a real social network -- for social software and social shopping?
D'oh. So much for the idea that social networking is changing the world; well maybe with social software dev, but we can't forget the power of change one gadget at a time.
Enough slagging off Hawkee.com, gathered from my read of the TechCrunch post, which notes:
Scott Aikin, the founder of Hawkee, said he tried to make sure that he had all of the "basic social networking" features. So you can create a profile with a picture, leave comments for your friends, send private messages, etc. But you can also read your friend's recommendations, snippets, and scripts, almost like their own personal blog. [Highlight] You can also search the electronics that they have tagged in their wishlists when it comes to gift giving time.
I guess we all have to pay the bills, which highlights the concerns over a social networking (SN) bubble. How will these networks be monetized if no gadget shopping links? Is this the silver bullet to save SN?
Talk back to us, below.
Posted by Mike Barton on December 6, 2006 09:12 AM
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I wouldn't say this is the silver bullet, but it might be part of a bigger picture. For example craigslist makes their money with certain types of listings. Maybe the trick is to mash the commercial aspects with the non-commercial aspects so well that they can't exist apart.
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