The Social Networker

by Chris Miller at 03:27:45 PM on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Our first site review is on Toluu, a social RSS feed finder.  Listen in as we give it a rating and talk about the functionality, usability and stickiness.

This will replace TheSocialNetworker series as a corporate merger is going on. Ok, not really but the podcast is growing and this will take it to the next level. So give it a shot and if you like it stay subscribed to the new one!!

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  • 1) TheSocialGeeks Episode 1 - Skip To (the) luu
    Created by Caleb Elston at 05/06/2008 4:26:56 PM email | website

    Thanks for kicking off the podcast with a review of Toluu!

    We want to help people find new and interesting feeds based on what their friends read as well as others who have similar tastes.

    As you know we just launched a few weeks ago and are in very early beta testing. As you point out, there is a great deal we can do to make the process of getting started faster and easier. We want to make a more guided path and give more tips on getting your feeds from your feed reader right in the process.

    I think your point about exposing more of a feeds recency and activity is important and we are working on ways to do this best and are open to suggestions, though we most likely won't go with an animated smiley face :)

    We are working hard to improve the current site as well as implement new functionality that will keep people engaged and make the service more useful. We will add features based on the community feedback and based on usage data we see. We are not fans of services that try to do everything but aren't good at anything.

    Thanks again, and I would be more than happy to speak on the podcast at some point in the future with an update on what we have done to improve and answer any questions you have.

    Cheers,

    Caleb

    Toluu



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