The Difficulty Of Private Contact Discovery

How to beat LinkedIn: The Game

A strategy guide for using a semi-pointless social network in all the wrong ways.

The year social networks were no longer social | TechCrunch

The term “social network” has become a meaningless association of words. Pair those two words and it becomes a tech category, the equivalent of a single

Building for Organizers - The People Layer

The most enduring social networks aren’t the prettiest or the most addictive – it’s the ones that empower organizers.

Building for Organizers - The People Layer

The most enduring social networks aren’t the prettiest or the most addictive – it’s the ones that empower organizers.

The Atmosphere . Building the open social web

Cohort — A New Professional Social Graph

“Professional? Social? Isn’t that what LinkedIn is for!” Nope.

Why Your Social Capital is Probably Worthless

In 1973, sociologist Mark Granovetter published one of the most influential papers in social network theory. "The Strength of Weak Ties" demonstrated something counterintuitive: when it comes to finding jobs and opportunities, your casual acquaintances are often more valuable than your close friends. This makes perfect sense when you think

The Shape of What You Meant

You’ve probably been there, looking for someone, not just anyone, but someone who gets it. Maybe you’re building something new and don’t want to do it alone. Maybe your idea doesn’t even have a name yet, but you know it needs others to take shape. You’ve got places to post, share, search, and shout. Too many, really. But despite the flood of tools, you’re still stuck trying to meet someone who actually gets what you're doing. It’s not that the people you’re looking for don’t exist. They do. I...

A New Social

Our mission is to liberate people's networks from their platforms, enabling The Last Network Effect and leveling the playing field across the open social web.

A New Social

Our mission is to liberate people's networks from their platforms, enabling The Last Network Effect and leveling the playing field across the open social web.

Scaling sustainable social networks in the public interest | Heinrich Böll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union

This policy paper identifies five key challenges for scaling a public-interest social web: infrastructure, governance, funding, attractiveness, and public mandate. It outlines a roadmap for overcoming these challenges and building the Open Social Web Alliance into a relevant force within months — starting in Germany.

Can something be private yet discoverable? — Index Network

Index shifts discovery from performance to presence, where builders and thinkers don't need to broadcast themselves to be found—just express what they're looking for.