AVC's Community
If you don't read this blog via the web, you might not know about a community that's been developing around my blog. There are 52 members so far. If you'd like to join, just go here and set up an account.
You can see the community members who have most recently visited on this widget that is running on my left sidebar right "beneath the fold".
The whole thing is powered by a service called MyBlogLog. It's very basic right now as they just rolled it out ,but I hope they'll add a lot more functionality, like showing your avatar when you post a comment if you are in the community, letting you see all the comments each community member has posted, etc. You get the idea.
I like it because its a way to add some social networking to the blog world and I think it's badly needed.
I like this new service, but I don't see any women...Geek kingdom...
Posted by: Dimitar Vesselinov | July 06, 2006 at 11:31 AM
Cool idea. Count me in!
Posted by: Mark Frisk | July 06, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Although it's young and raw (and they should get a designer), MyBlogLog is the coolest new web service I've seen in some time. Excellent use of cookies too.
I agree about the comments. IMHO that should be the next feature.
Posted by: Toby | July 06, 2006 at 12:24 PM
It works well, easy to sign up.
However, it's a tad scary. Like, my picture is right next to this post. Weirdness.
Posted by: Rick | July 06, 2006 at 12:52 PM
Adding an XX chromosome to the mix! Watch out, guys...
Posted by: Nancy Friedman | July 06, 2006 at 01:04 PM
Yep. It is quite cool!
Posted by: Michael Cooper | July 06, 2006 at 02:56 PM
Hey Fred, Why dont you invest in them and get them to integrate with Sitepal and that other comment tracking system. That would make for a kickass application no??
Posted by: PG | July 06, 2006 at 05:40 PM
This service is cool -- and definitely something we need. But I have a problem, and that is that I visit your site from 3-8 different computers in any given month. That means I have to log in for each of them and blah blah blah.
Someone really needs to solve the problem of identity on the internet.
Posted by: scott partee | July 06, 2006 at 06:31 PM
I think Feedburner should buy these guys.
The ability to put a face/location with statistics would be amazing.
Posted by: Rick | July 06, 2006 at 07:01 PM
And here is an interview with Eric Marcoullier . In it, he offers some useful info about teh new site:
http://ablogsoup.blogspot.com/2006/07/bloggity-blog-mybloglog_115258369694754206.html
Posted by: malatron | July 10, 2006 at 10:41 PM
looks like that url got chopped. here is a shorter one:
http://burl.fergcorp.com/ablogsoup.blogspot/98a51
Posted by: malatron | July 10, 2006 at 10:43 PM
"I have a problem, and that is that I visit your site from 3-8 different computers in any given month...someone really needs to solve the problem of identity on the internet."
Exactly! We're trying to help do that at PrefPass; I talk about it in a post called "microchunking identity" here.
PrefPass can also help blogs learn more about readers, including folks that might not want to join a full fledged social network. For starters, you can give readers a personalized list of postings that match their interests, and generate an audience tag cloud. For an example, check out my blog econometa.com.
PrefPass is in limited beta right now, so please, feel free to get an invite at prefpass.com!
Posted by: Adam | July 17, 2006 at 05:16 PM