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by GFischer 3723 days ago
Looks interesting, it's certainly something that, well executed, could add a lot of value.

Do you have a mockup of how it would look like?

I'm currently thinking of a meld of stuff like Delicious or Stumble Upon or Longreads. Being more passive than Delicious or Stumble Upon should be a win, but would also increase the noise ratio.

I don't understand the " what people in your network are interested in rather than what they want to appear when they choose to share selectively" - for example, if I'm researching technical stuff, I'm not sharing because I KNOW that people in my network don't want to know the latest about obsolete 4GL languages. Or embarrassing StackOverflow queries :) . Would those be shared?

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Thanks. I think so too.

Don't have a mockup on paper yet. But, It will have minimal presence in Browser and, notifies the user subtly whenever the top recommendation changes.

That is exactly the case that misses out with current sharing platforms available. So often, when talking to a person, I come across tangential topics / ideas, which would never have thought of looking up otherwise. Same thing when you notice something on accidently snooping on a random persons' screen and notice something completely whack that you start digging in right away. Such instances make me believe that there is scope for properly showcasing all this data being generated in a usable way.