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YoFile - Have your friends create your social network profiles

20 points by il 16y ago

markkat 16y ago
This is a very compelling idea. It makes me glad I am not on FB, but it is interesting. You might have some angry folk asking for content to be removed, however. BTW, not sure you can trademark trollface :)
- msiedlecki 16y ago
  You're able to select up to three "trusted friends" who can moderate your profile for you. Mod powers include post deletion and temporary banning.
- nicholasreed 16y ago
  We're thinking that the Trusted Friends will be enough to removed really terrible content. A person simply has to ask one of those friends to modify/remove something! (I'm one of the devs)
  - araneae 16y ago
    That isn't enough for me. I wouldn't have a profile unless I had the ability to remove things.
    - pig 16y ago
      How about messing with your friends?
    - nicholasreed 16y ago
      Thats kinda the rub; you don't get to choose whether you have a yofile, any friend can create and edit one for you. The fun part (at least for us when playing with it) is joking around on your friends' yofiles. Because it is anonymous we're always curious who edited what, and you can be a lot more open/honest.
      - markkat 16y ago
        It might help to alter your wording to deal with this reaction. This is just off of the top of my head, but maybe calling it a profile isn't the best choice. -People seem to feel like they should own a 'profile' of them. Maybe you could call it an 'assessment', 'evaluation', 'appraisal' or something along those lines, -something that infers that the ownership is not in the subject's hands.
jhrobert 16y ago
"So you have a lot of facebook friends... but are they all really your friends? " I wonder who want to know the answer.
- victoro 16y ago
  Its a car accident situation, you don't really want to look but you look anyway...
makmanalp 16y ago
Pretty nice idea, but what the hell is "yofile" supposed to allude to?
- nicholasreed 16y ago
  Rhymes with "profile" and is a mashup of "Your file" and "Profile"
Ryucho 16y ago
I think it would work out pretty well. Sure you might get some content you don't like, but this idea doesn't seem to be based on what you like about you, it's what your friends like, or dislike, about you. I foresee lots of nicknames from childhood, whether good or bad, being embraced. In fact I made a profile and my friend already gave me the nickname that kids used to tease me with when I was like, 7. In my opinion, it gives a great opportunity to reminisce. If you don't like it, don't read it.

20 points by il 16y ago

This is a very compelling idea. It makes me glad I am not on FB, but it is interesting. You might have some angry folk asking for content to be removed, however. BTW, not sure you can trademark trollface :)

msiedlecki 16y ago
You're able to select up to three "trusted friends" who can moderate your profile for you. Mod powers include post deletion and temporary banning.
nicholasreed 16y ago
We're thinking that the Trusted Friends will be enough to removed really terrible content. A person simply has to ask one of those friends to modify/remove something! (I'm one of the devs)
- araneae 16y ago
  That isn't enough for me. I wouldn't have a profile unless I had the ability to remove things.
  - pig 16y ago
    How about messing with your friends?
  - nicholasreed 16y ago
    Thats kinda the rub; you don't get to choose whether you have a yofile, any friend can create and edit one for you. The fun part (at least for us when playing with it) is joking around on your friends' yofiles. Because it is anonymous we're always curious who edited what, and you can be a lot more open/honest.
    - markkat 16y ago
      It might help to alter your wording to deal with this reaction. This is just off of the top of my head, but maybe calling it a profile isn't the best choice. -People seem to feel like they should own a 'profile' of them. Maybe you could call it an 'assessment', 'evaluation', 'appraisal' or something along those lines, -something that infers that the ownership is not in the subject's hands.

jhrobert 16y ago

"So you have a lot of facebook friends... but are they all really your friends? " I wonder who want to know the answer.

victoro 16y ago
Its a car accident situation, you don't really want to look but you look anyway...

makmanalp 16y ago

Pretty nice idea, but what the hell is "yofile" supposed to allude to?

nicholasreed 16y ago
Rhymes with "profile" and is a mashup of "Your file" and "Profile"

Ryucho 16y ago

I think it would work out pretty well. Sure you might get some content you don't like, but this idea doesn't seem to be based on what you like about you, it's what your friends like, or dislike, about you. I foresee lots of nicknames from childhood, whether good or bad, being embraced. In fact I made a profile and my friend already gave me the nickname that kids used to tease me with when I was like, 7. In my opinion, it gives a great opportunity to reminisce. If you don't like it, don't read it.