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Xobni (YC S06) comes to Gmail

37 points by noelsequeira 16y ago

davidedicillo 16y ago
It would be nice to have this and Rapportive integrate. I use Rapportive as personal CRM, but definitely some of the stats offered by Xobni are very interesting.
- rahulvohra 16y ago
  hey Davide, which one stat would you say is most interesting?
  - scorpion032 16y ago
    How would you compare your service with Xobni? You think you already provide a finer version of the other?
    - rahulvohra 16y ago
      I can't say much right now, but you'll see how we're different in the coming year! We've just been setting the stage :)
- deleted 16y ago
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m0nastic 16y ago
I think this is really smart on their part. I got super nervous about their viability after Microsoft launched Outlook Social Connector (which seems to not be as good, but is free and natively part of Outlook). I've tried using Rapportive and Etacts at various times, but never really derived enough use to keep using them. Also excited for an iOS app, their Blackberry app is really nice.
tednaleid 16y ago
I've never understood the pitch for Xobni (or Rapportive for that matter), but maybe that means I'm not the target audience. All of the people I e-mail with are either people that I know in person (so I know what they look like), or it's a one time thing likely never to be repeated again. Is there something I'm missing? I could see the value if I were in sales or some other position where I was contacting way too many people to keep them all straight in my head, but that feels like a fairly small minority of people.
- ch0wn 16y ago
  Rapportive is doing a great job for me. Whenever I get an email from an unknown person, it's great to have some context. For example, I got a couple of bug reports via mail last month regarding a piece of software I wrote. By having the twitter and github account I could easily see what skill level the person had.
- dualogy 16y ago
  "I could see the value if I were in sales or some other position where I was contacting way too many people to keep them all straight in my head" I think you answered your own question? "but that feels like a fairly small minority of people. Any fraction, no matter how small (1%, 0.1%, 0.01%), of 6-7 billion planetary inhabitants "feels" small but is actually still a vast number.
  - tednaleid 16y ago
    I think I'm just confused partially because I see a lot of buzz on tech sites like HN for Xobni/Rapportive for a product that doesn't appear to be targeted towards most techies. I'm now thinking that they're targeted towards highly/over-connected people (who have trouble remembering who all their contacts are). Those people (like Michael Arrington) have greater than average influence over all sites, including tech sites, so it gets discussed. i.e. I'm not missing anything :).
    - devinrhode2 16y ago
      Hmm, this sparks the idea to make products for writers of big blogs...
usertm 16y ago
Any beta-testers here? Do I have to use with IMAP, or is it completele web-based?

37 points by noelsequeira 16y ago

It would be nice to have this and Rapportive integrate. I use Rapportive as personal CRM, but definitely some of the stats offered by Xobni are very interesting.

rahulvohra 16y ago
hey Davide, which one stat would you say is most interesting?
- scorpion032 16y ago
  How would you compare your service with Xobni? You think you already provide a finer version of the other?
  - rahulvohra 16y ago
    I can't say much right now, but you'll see how we're different in the coming year! We've just been setting the stage :)
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m0nastic 16y ago

I think this is really smart on their part. I got super nervous about their viability after Microsoft launched Outlook Social Connector (which seems to not be as good, but is free and natively part of Outlook). I've tried using Rapportive and Etacts at various times, but never really derived enough use to keep using them. Also excited for an iOS app, their Blackberry app is really nice.

tednaleid 16y ago

I've never understood the pitch for Xobni (or Rapportive for that matter), but maybe that means I'm not the target audience. All of the people I e-mail with are either people that I know in person (so I know what they look like), or it's a one time thing likely never to be repeated again. Is there something I'm missing? I could see the value if I were in sales or some other position where I was contacting way too many people to keep them all straight in my head, but that feels like a fairly small minority of people.

ch0wn 16y ago
Rapportive is doing a great job for me. Whenever I get an email from an unknown person, it's great to have some context. For example, I got a couple of bug reports via mail last month regarding a piece of software I wrote. By having the twitter and github account I could easily see what skill level the person had.
dualogy 16y ago
"I could see the value if I were in sales or some other position where I was contacting way too many people to keep them all straight in my head" I think you answered your own question? "but that feels like a fairly small minority of people. Any fraction, no matter how small (1%, 0.1%, 0.01%), of 6-7 billion planetary inhabitants "feels" small but is actually still a vast number.
- tednaleid 16y ago
  I think I'm just confused partially because I see a lot of buzz on tech sites like HN for Xobni/Rapportive for a product that doesn't appear to be targeted towards most techies. I'm now thinking that they're targeted towards highly/over-connected people (who have trouble remembering who all their contacts are). Those people (like Michael Arrington) have greater than average influence over all sites, including tech sites, so it gets discussed. i.e. I'm not missing anything :).
  - devinrhode2 16y ago
    Hmm, this sparks the idea to make products for writers of big blogs...

usertm 16y ago

Any beta-testers here? Do I have to use with IMAP, or is it completele web-based?