New social networking features on Confabb launched today
I’m extremely proud of the Confabb site, and it’s nice to see it evolving past the limited feature set we were able to squeeze in before launch. There’s a LOT more great stuff coming. The development team has been working very hard for the past few months, and a bunch of new social networking features went live today.
From the press release:
New Logged-in Homepage
Log in and check out your new homepage. Above your conferences is the new your network, a birds-eye view of bulletin board messages from within your network (more on that below), your online Confabb connections and any messages sent to you by those within the Confabb community. Click on My Account to see the full range of search and connection possibilities. Post your own messages for everyone to see on your bulletin board, which will be broadcast globallyConfabb pings no fewer than 68 of the major alerting servicesor have a one-on-one discussion with other Confabb members. You can also see what others are talking about and invite new people, either from within or outside of Confabb, to join your network.
New Search!
There are two new forms of search on the site (youll all remember that the search function was Confabbs Achilles Heel when we launched). There is now an advanced search for conferences which drills down into multiple parameters such as location, keyword, location, category and when the show date starts and stops. That nullifies one of the biggest knocks we got at launch. People will love it. Weve also added a User Search which lets Confabb users search for and connect with other Confabb community members. Of course that sets us up for connecting people within the community and thats the best part.
MY Connections (or buddy lists)
Just as you keep a list of people with home you correspond daily, the My Connections tab is your gateway to the personal contacts youve made within the Confabb communitypeople with whom youve connected before and want to stay in touch with going forward. This is your personal network; friends, colleagues and other contacts whose whereabouts and doings you want to follow as they prepare for and an attend events. Attendees can view a list of other conference participants, check out their profiles, invite them into their personal network and email them directly through Confabbs personal messaging feature.
Personal Messaging
This is the Confabb communitys personal email service. We respect everyones right to privacy so messaging within the community is handled by us; simply use the contact link to jot a note to the person of your choice and well send the message to the email that person has registered within our system. Responses are handled by us as well so your information is never revealed unless you choose to do that outside of the community.
Media
This is cool. Media is just that: everything that interests you from across the web, from text-based articles and links to photos, RSS feeds for breaking information and even full blown videos. The content comes from the webs leading sources of open information, including Technorati, Google and Yahoo!, Feedster, Flickr and YouTube. Simply click the Media tab at the top of the navigation bar and find information on just about anything by searching for the subjects name or the subjects tag in the desired content source. The Media tab lets you experience the conference through everyone elses eyes, and they experience it through content you create, find and share with them.
Bulletin Boards
Confabb now provides all of its users with their own personal blogs, or bulletin boards, from which they can share their thoughts, opinions on the issues and experiences. This is the community members space; its intensely individual, consisting of the members content and comments from their readers. People can also read the musing of others within their network by clicking on the Bulletin Board Posts within My Network tab, which shows what others within their network are saying too.
Each boardthe individual blog and the personal network bulletin boardare completely searchable by the major search engines. You will build traffic from within the community as well as anyone from around the globe with an interest in what you have to say!
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[Source: Adam Fields (weblog)]