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Yesterday the MB bunch had another thrilling brainstorming session at lunchtime. This time around the cuisine was pizza from The-Pizzeria, and the topic was Social Networking. As the person who called this little gathering, I wanted to get all my ideas out there in some tangible form. If your familiar with the office meeting, you know that tangents are sprinkled like land mines waiting to appear and take you off your main focus. So I showed off my master passable PowerPoint karate and made a pretty little graph. I don't like to think of it as a graph though, but instead Seamus' Social Networking Wonder Wheel. The wheel basically has every idea I could think of for Social Networking. Some of the ideas were plunked from other sites like Fannation.com, where I previously blogged about their "throwdowns" that allow two users to debate topic while other members casted votes.
In all there are about fifteen spokes on the wheel-- some ideas are more immediately feasible, and others are what I like to call "blank check" ideas. One of those idea$ was "fantasy media," where users would choose a team of media professionals and celebrities, then accumulate points based on how often they are mentioned in both MB produced and user-generate content. Unfortunately I discovered I'm not that much of a trailblazer-- after the meeting a quick Google search came up with fafarazzi.com, a site that does the same thing that was floating around in my head-- the only difference is the players were more from the Hollywood gossip circles than the "legitimate media." Still, maybe it can be improved upon by us, or even better-- maybe Mr. Alan Meckler can buy Fafarazzi for us. Call it an early Christmas present.
In all there are about fifteen spokes on the wheel-- some ideas are more immediately feasible, and others are what I like to call "blank check" ideas. One of those idea$ was "fantasy media," where users would choose a team of media professionals and celebrities, then accumulate points based on how often they are mentioned in both MB produced and user-generate content. Unfortunately I discovered I'm not that much of a trailblazer-- after the meeting a quick Google search came up with fafarazzi.com, a site that does the same thing that was floating around in my head-- the only difference is the players were more from the Hollywood gossip circles than the "legitimate media." Still, maybe it can be improved upon by us, or even better-- maybe Mr. Alan Meckler can buy Fafarazzi for us. Call it an early Christmas present.
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