THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Diunx on December 05, 2012, 12:32:18 AM
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http://beta.so.cl/
Microsoft is opening the doors on Socl, the mysterious social network project from its FUSE research group. As ZDNet reports, up until now the beta had been limited to a small set of users, but now anyone with a Facebook or Microsoft account is free to sign up.
The first thing we noticed on logging in was that the site has seen a major redesign since last November. Where it used to share a lot of design elements with Facebook, the new layout puts images front and center, with a continuously-scrolling two-column design that has a lot more in common with Pinterest. According to Lili Cheng, Fuse Labs’ General Manager, the team’s idea is to "democratize design and make beautiful posts." Once you're logged into Socl, clicking the new post button gives you a "topic" text field that runs a Bing search for your chosen string. Next, you’re presented with a list of related images, links, and videos that you can paste into a Live Tile-esque grid layout. Also, when you're commenting on others’ posts, a link labeled "Riff on this post" will let you create a new post based on the same search, with a list of relevant links to incorporate courtesy of Bing.
So far, all of the issues we had with Socl at this time last year still stand — there are still no private interactions or curated groups along the lines of Google+’s circles. And despite Microsoft’s stated aim of combining search with a social network, Socl’s simple tagging system still isn’t the most useful way to find relevant content. The project is still a work in progress, but if you’d like to check out what the Fuse Labs teams have been up to, Socl is yours to test drive.
MAF, Prole what do you have to say for yourselves?
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how many markets can MS infiltrate and fail in? :smug
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:zzz
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nooooooooope
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It's some research project that uses your Microsoft ID and/or Facebook account.
MS does this R&D stuff a lot.
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there just isn't a market for another social networking site. if google couldn't do it, microsoft definitely can't do it. Although they might just be shitting these out now, in hopes that one day there'll be a mass migration from facebook.
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It's not another Facebook/Twitter competitor like Google+ though. Just a portal or another access to Facebook with new features and layout.
tl;dr it won't see the light of day.
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Wait did they relaunch the Zune player?
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tl;dr it won't see the light of day.
Microsoft pulls back the covers on Socl, opens its social network to the public (http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/4/3729232/microsoft-socl-public-beta-social-network)
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Welp, I read that.
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Welp, I read that.
lmao
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Microsoft is the dude that works second shift and has to show up to the keg parties at 1am when everyone is already shitfaced or leaving.
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It's OK, Borys.
I just fired Steven Sinofsky.
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I'm not sure what the argument is here exactly
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MS still rules the roost when it comes to productivity.
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If MS is really all about productivity, why did they hire me? :smug
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Jesus is half this board on MS payroll? Hope they open up a call center over here so I can be part of xbot bore.
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I don't own a 360, or any MS products other than Win7. I know Office is the standard and everything else is just a workaround.