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Illumio to Launch Social Network Advice Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the putting-your-friends-to-work dept.

hdtv writes "The New York Times is reporting that Palo Alto-based Illumio will soon try to figure out the experts among your social network with a new online service." From the article: "Illumio is not a search engine, like Google or Yahoo. The system works by transparently distributing a request for information on questions like "Who knows John Smith?" and "Are Nikon digital cameras better than Olympus?" to the computers in a network of users. The questions can then be answered locally based on a novel reverse auction system that Illumio uses to determine who the experts are."

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  1. Hmmm ... by Petrushka · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmm ... sounds kinda like the Slashdot moderator system.

  2. My first question by Negatyfus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is Digg better than Slashdot?

    *ducks*

  3. New way to create a blacklist by slarrg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now all I need is a way to automatically blacklist all of the "experts" and the number of opinionated blowhards who contact me will decrease.

  4. Re:Another odd note... by AccUser · · Score: 3, Funny
    On this machine I have nothing but music and art.


    Yeah. Right. mp3s and pr0n?

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