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Squawk Box August 18 - Social Networking Platforms Conference call organized by Alec Saunders

Agenda
The last few days have seen a number of stories on social networking platforms. Om Malik wrote about the evolution of blogs, Mathew Ingram talked about letting a hundred Facebook's bloom. Today, at minimum, we're going to discuss these, especially in the context of the WordPress / BuddyPress combo which looks like it will be coming to market shortly. We'll also chat a little about GigaLogue -- the social media plug-in set that the GigaOm team is going to release shortly for WordPress.

And perhaps, if there's time, we'll chat a little about how the Olympic news coverage is being handled. There are those who are upset at NBC's decision to embargo news until prime time, and there are those upset that CNN twittered the news of Phelps' 8th victory as it broke. What's the solution?
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Jim Courtney said:
And someone in New York got the same response.
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Jim Courtney said:
Yep...
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Ooooooooooooh! That annoys me
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Bugger!
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Ok Jim it tells me...this content is currently unavailable!
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Jim Courtney said:
But Sheryl, what happens when you try to access a video?
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I used to always watch the coverage but find that the ads are too annoying. Is it the instant information available online that has changed the way I view news?
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with handhelds for spot interviews
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They are all likely using a shared feed of HD cameras
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I am really missing the coverage from CBC as this is my first time back in the US for Olympics
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If I thought there was somebody with a high quality camera on site that could deliver stuff to me in a timely fashion, then I'd be complaining about NBC. Until then, not so much.
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Yes!
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so all we have to do is go online and view the Canadian stuff... :)
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Canada does a MUCH better job of coverage for the Olympics
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Jim Courtney said:
NBC paid $800MM for their rights; CBC paid $45mm and in Canada we get 18 hour/day coverage .... live
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Mike Pruyn said:
Given NBC's huge investment in the Olympics, I don't think we can blame them.
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Mike Pruyn said:
Too much info!
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True, very true...
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bummer...
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some people really do just want to be voyeurs
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I muted my phone and it hung up on me.
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look at how many people, percentages now, who mute themselves
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I mean not platform but a social call...
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I guess what I am getting at is that we've developed a kind of social platform
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William Volk said:
Brilliant
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ah that's a GREAT idea frank!
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agreed Hudson...
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there is a difference between "communication platform" and social network. Calliflower can claim to be the former. It's important to draw the distinction.
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I would find that very difficult to follow and what is the reason for all the different social medias anyway? It's to engage a wider variety of friends. If you could get all your friends in one place it would negate the need for the variety of medias anyway
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tumblr works as an aggregater
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I use netvibes - that's aggregation. I have a personal page that's really loaded up and a public universe with a few tabs. http://www.frankabrams.com (the public one)
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Do any of the "aggregation" tools have an economic model? If not, then should we make a committment to them?
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I have always taken pictures and sent them immediately to vox and flickr
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William Volk said:
My ancient blog www.extremepreneur.com ... running a company during the dot-com crash
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I agree Brad. That's how they're evolving.
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Brad Jones said:
Look for support of APML,SIOC,FOAF etc. in your blog platforms ... and eventual Opensocial
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ok now
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back in a sec
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running around doing last minute stuff...
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log in troubles too
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William Volk said:
this
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William Volk said:
Yep, didn't have me as an attendee .... Joining fixed thi
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William Volk said:
I'm sorry, this ID is not valid
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William Volk said:
and pin
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William Volk said:
asking for my phone nuber
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hope to see you here Dan. You've been missed!
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Dan York said:
A good question for discussion is: how has *your* (each of us) blogging changed over time? I know that I, for instance, write fewer actual "blog posts" but they tend to be longer. Meanwhile I twitter all the time.