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By: Mark Geller

Mark Geller — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:27:48 +0000

Gordon, I agree. The interesting thing about Blippy to me is how users are willing to share information that previously was considered off limits–if and only if they feel they have control over who sees what and where. Could be an interesting follow-up post to talk about how life could/would be different with significantly less “privacy.”

By: Gordon Mattey

Gordon Mattey — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:20:14 +0000

The way I visualise it is that it is all about making the invisible->visible.

This inherently is quite valuable if you publish anything that was once invisible, but when you then use markets, networks or communities, you can amplify the individual value across a larger base of people.

We’ve seen this happening for many years, e.g.,

- twitter updates or even status messages on facebook – inner thoughts, socially connected
- reviews on amazon – individual feedback for other shoppers
- pagerank + search – ranking is a hidden quality of network connections, and is valued through an advertising market
- trips on dopplr – travel planning community

making the invisible->visible is the most powerful component of the most successful online businesses today, and can apply to both for-profits and social enterprises.

By: Gordon Mattey

Gordon Mattey — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:17:55 +0000

I think generally when data/info that is traditionally invisible is made visible and networkable/sociable/marketable – value is created.

You are definitely onto a trend, and we’ve seen it happening for many years. Think pagerank, status updates, and generally reviews. There’s so much more opportunity – both for business and even social enterprises.

A n other entrepreneur and product guy in LA
Gordon