ScribbleHere: Socializing The Edge
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
The “edge” of the Internet is a vast area where most of us visit, yet it’s so sparsely populated that we rarely cross paths. If Google, eBay and other massive companies were cities, then the edge would be the thousands of surrounding Country towns. ScribbleHere is a chat system that bridges the geographical divide between the towns at the edge.
The special ingredient of ScribbleHere is the automatic pingback feature. If someone mentions a blog post to chatters, ScribbleHere will request that the blog link back to the conversation so that readers of the blog post can find other people who are also interested in the post.
Web pages mentioned often by different chat groups will bubble up to appear on the popular links section of ScribbleHere currently visible on the front page.
The edge is a rich and diverse crowd that defies categorization. It is hoped that ScribbleHere provides an organic and fertile foundation where social connections can naturally flourish across and beyond cultures, passions, and status quo.
