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30Nov09
Privacy Policies and Social Networking Sites

Privacy is one of the most important issues facing social networking sites.
Without a clear and consistent privacy policy that matches the reality of your site, and the tools to let your members control their privacy, it will be hard to build the trust needed for a healthy community.
If you’ve ever come across most online privacy [...]

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23Nov09
Got Lists?

I recently did a great interview with Efe Cakarel, founder of The Auteurs, and wanted to share an insight he had.
“As we near the end of the 2000s, people are creating more and more “Best of the Decade” lists. It really came home to us how important keeping track of and ranking your favorite films [...]

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18Nov09
Understand the Value of a Feature

I recently posted a link to a NYTimes article about how Twitter was launching two features its users had already hacked, including retweeting.
Sadly, the “official” version of the feature misses the point. As @dbarefoot and others point out, Twitter just made retweets less useful.
While is always a great to listen to your users, you [...]

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13Nov09
Great Implementation of Facebook Connect

Mashable’s Josh Catone highlights a brilliant use of Facebook Connect.
One site that used Facebook Connect to great advantage is GirlsGuideTo, a social network that’s only for 20-something women.
Normally, there’s no way on ensuring that all members of a “closed” network like that actually fit the criteria. If the gate keeping is compromised, then so is [...]

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