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Illumio to Launch Social Network Advice Software

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. Re:Hmmm ... by James+A.+V.+Joyce · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, except it's not broken by arbitrary removal of moderation privileges and groupthink.

  2. yeps, another web2 design.... by happyrabit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I love the rounded corners, it's sooo.... unconventional?

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  3. Does it run on GNU/Linux? by Jac_no_k · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does it run on GNU/Linux? No.

    I guess a lot of the opinions may be MS-centric.

  4. adolf's 'favorite' enemy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Re:Hmmm ... by WilliamSChips · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If anything, Slashdot is 'broken' by GNAA pieces of crap like you.

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  6. Re:Eat shit by aadvancedGIR · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Absolutely, the world will be a happier place to live in for all us nerds without all those emo guys around. Some girls could even notice the less introvert of us.

  7. Re:Eat shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, Emo Girls suck best!

  8. Re:Hmmm ... by noidentity · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Hmmm ... sounds kinda like the Slashdot moderator system. [+5, Funny]"

    You, sir, have been rated as an expert in humor.

  9. Much ado about font by Noxal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why, in every font ever, does a capital 'i' look exactly like a lowercase 'l'? If I were a retard and didn't know about capitalization or proper nouns, I'd be so confused.

    1. Re:Much ado about font by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yea. I have a two-year old who I am teaching the letters to. He has picked up on half of them. He gets really frustrated on the I, telling me it is a lower case "L" every time. Every reading book makes it look like an l. I think I am going to start skipping that page for a while. He has fun the whole time except that page.

  10. Re:Hmmm ... by martinultima · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It sounds like the Ask Slashdot from hell. (Sorry if that's redundant ;-)

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  11. Please mod parent up INFORMATIVE. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please mod the parent up informative. It really is due time that "Atlas Shrugged" be presented to the illiterate masses... maybe it'll wake up a few of them.