Saturday 29 March 2008

The Ego Has Landed

Another day, another new social networking site invite in my inbox.

Naymz.com... is this Linkedin Version 2? What a crappy name. It's sounds like "waynz wurld". Anyway, I'm test driving it at the moment, simply because it gives me yet another link to my blog therefore might just help with the SEO. You never know.

Enough cyncicism. It could just take off because it hooks into that perfect incentive mechanism: the ego.

Here's how it works: I link to loads of people. They link to me. The more people that link to me and endorse me, the bigger my reputation (and ego I guess). As you grow in stature, you gain points. Top tier users (rating 9 and 10) get a free Google promotion.

Let's see if it booms or dies. One to watch.

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