I just found out about uberVU. In their own words:
uberVU is an easy way to track, start and respond to conversations, even if they take place across multiple sites and services.
You can follow the conversation around an item across various platforms, reply to the conversation from uberVU’s central collection point, and bring all of this back to your own blog or service through uberVU’s API.
It sounds like a much-needed service, but I worry that its ambition might be greater than its ability. It’s not that I doubt the skills of the people behind the project (since I know nothing about them); I doubt the willingness of everyone involved to play fair and open up. And if everyone isn’t playing the game, it makes the game a little less useful (particularly if services like Facebook decide not to share … for which they’re notorious).
I signed up for the beta invite, though … it will be interesting to see how much they can accomplish. I wish them success, because I’d love to see something like this actually work.
Thu, Mar 5, 2009
Culture