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by jlees
5365 days ago
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Aye, but it's a bet on a ten-year old trend. Remember IMVU? One of the stories from that is they believed it was going to be a great way to hang out virtually with your friends, but it turned out that users wanted to meet new people, not simplified representations of their real friends. The closest thing I can think of is IRC, and the way that (at least, to me) nothing has really topped it in terms of real-time communication with friends in the last ten or so years. Do we need a more graphical version? Maybe; but I'd put my money on doing something compelling with mobile, not a Facebook virtual bar. I do like the way Shaker tries to augment the world with little touches like "You share a birthday", though. We need that on smartphones! |
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