Social Times: The 10 Commandments of the Social Web
Racing School
· 12 months ago
Nice commandments. It is a reminder for all Web 2.0 companies.
Parallel Import Cars
· 11 months ago
Really good tips. Need to digest them slowly.
Knee Pain
· 10 months ago
Very nice commandments. Moses would be proud.
Back Pain
· 10 months ago
Thou shalt not follow...on Twitter.
Obat Kanker
· 9 months ago
Thou shall need to have a good business model in order to stay afloat and get funding.
Mark Schoneveld
· 1 year ago
It makes me so happy to read this AFTER working so hard on the next version of our site (launching in a couple weeks)! We've got a great handle on just about every one of these. Thanks, Nick. You just made our Dev Team very happy (and relieved)!
Anna
· 1 year ago
good advice thanks for posting!
Clarence Wooten
· 1 year ago
Fantastic post. I think CollectiveX adheres to 7.5 of your 10 Commandments. I'm pretty sure that we'll eventually achieve 9.5 of your 10.
Again, great post. Keep up the good work :-)
Clarence
Fiana de Guzman
· 1 year ago
Great post! My thoughts exactly!
filsa
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the post. What's most important to me, and I think you mentioned that under point 10, is, that a social network should give the users the possibility of spreading informations virally. Facebook offers many API that support viral Marketing. Xing a social network in Europe doesn't and that's why it is not working as well as Facebook in therms of Users etc.
Hal
· 1 year ago
Very conclusive and considered essay. As seen on del.icio.us
SourcerKelly
· 1 year ago
Perfect Post! Absolutely agree with all your points and will happily re-tweet in the spirit of social media.......
SK
Jason
· 1 year ago
The omission of accessibility is a glaring mistake with this article. In addition to the practical reasons for developing social networks accessibly, there is also the matter of legality. And that won't be changing any time soon.
stanley
· 1 year ago
i dont fully agree with rule no. 2 ("Thous shalt support all forms of media"). for business...you first have to look at your business model and what you're trying to accomplish, and if what you're trying to do doesn't match up with all types of media, then you shouldn't play in all types of media just because it's the newest fad (which happens to be one of the biggest mistakes of those corporations trying to enter into this digital social space).
Alicia
· 1 year ago
What a great post. Very well captured! I experienced some pain you advise against today, and one other that comes to my mind is...thou shalt have a user friendly interface! :)
Zvi Band
· 1 year ago
With regards to #3... I think it goes far beyond having an avatar. Instead, I would extend it to having the user be able to clearly identify themselves, rather than go by a screen name or avatar. That was Web 1.0, where everyone was on bulletin board, IM, etc with handles that didn't represent who we are. Facebook, LinkedIn, and to some extent MySpace instead focus on showing who you really are, rather than it being an anonymous account.
But great post otherwise!
johnkoetsier
· 1 year ago
Nice, very nice. Yes the image is cheesy :-) but the 10 guidelines are spot on.
banhaclong20
· 1 year ago
thanks for share. It's great
Randy Thornton
· 1 year ago
And included in commandment 9 about data harvesting should be the corollary - thou shalt provide full data exportability in an open, standard format.
Sylwia Presley
· 1 year ago
Very, very good! thank you for putting it all together! I agree!
Alex
· 12 months ago
Good tips, thank you
SEO
· 8 months ago
Thou Shalt provide granular privacy settings that we really needed at this time in order to make our applications more profitable by encouraging more people to come and use our application...
billshadow
· 8 months ago
haha, thats a nice one there, "Thou shall provide users with a nice face!" Come to think of it, anybody up for generating real-to-life faces? It would be awesome! :)
Cheap Textbooks
· 8 months ago
anyone who wants to develop a social networking site should read first this and there will be very little chance of can failure. This is a sure shot secret for a successful social website.
keep the good work coming...
biznes
· 8 months ago
Social websites are symbols of modern internet.
Obat
· 4 months ago
Great post, thank you for sharing.
Keep it up
Coop
· 3 months ago
Here is another, "Thou shall provide FREE social media for all!" :)
EZ Website Monitoring
· 1 month ago
Facebook is a great leading example of making a way for feeds to be exciting, near real-time, and fun. Good post.
internet video marketing
· 1 year ago
I think this needs to be given to every Fortune 500 company that wants to establish a social online presence.
All Comments
Again, great post. Keep up the good work :-)
Clarence
What's most important to me, and I think you mentioned that under point 10, is, that a social network should give the users the possibility of spreading informations virally.
Facebook offers many API that support viral Marketing. Xing a social network in Europe doesn't and that's why it is not working as well as Facebook in therms of Users etc.
As seen on del.icio.us
SK
But great post otherwise!
keep the good work coming...
Keep it up