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The Coop, Social Networking For Mozilla

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-your-friends-are-watching dept.

smileham noted a story about Mozilla developers considering work on a "social networking" Firefox extension called the "Coop" to take up where Flock left off. Also here is a wiki on the subject.

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  1. I love the internet by MosesJones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Geeks get to pretend we have a Social network, without all the hassle of actually physically meeting people

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    1. Re:I love the internet by nuzak · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's an antisocial network, asshole.

      (smile, it's a joke)

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    2. Re:I love the internet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's worse than that - a lot of people on social networking sites aren't even real people. For instance, I'm one of those robot-speech-thingies you hear about. Probably.

    3. Re:I love the internet by beckerist · · Score: 3, Funny

      What are you talking about? This REAL guy wants to sell me viagra! This REAL chick totally wants to bone me, now that that other REAL guy sold me some p3n15 3Nl4Rg3m3nt and that OTHER REAL dude is going to teach me how to buy and sell priceless trinkets! I also heard those two guys REALLY wanted a REAL PSP for Xmas (and it's all they wanted!) Who says they're not real? They're certainly real to me!

  2. NAFSN by IgLou · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's a new acronym I'm starting: Not Another Freaking Social Network!

    Really, I'd like to see existing social networks evolve and allow more interop before I want to see another new one come up. That's just me though.

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  3. what my friends will say by tetdfromage · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't wait until my friends start to ask me, "Hey, do you have a Coop?" And I'll reply, "Yeah, I keep my chickens in it."

    1. Re:what my friends will say by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

      So we'll all be Coopers?

      I think this'll be more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

      /rimshot

      Will there be a mini (PDA-viewable) version for our friends at BMW? You know, so they can all be Mini Coopers?

      /double rimshot

      Thanks folks, I'll be here all week. Try the fish.

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  4. The real question is ... by Woldry · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... does this extension work in Flock?

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  5. Beginning of the end... by daveisfera · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Firefox is starting to lose what made it great (small, streamlined design that anyone could add to with extensions) and becoming far more bloated than the original IE that it so gratefully replaced. I'm fine with them adding these features, but they should be extensions, not part of the browser itself. Sure, they could make "standard extensions" that come with the default installation of Firefox, but you should be able to remove them and keep the small, streamlined Firefox that we all love so much in the beginning.

    1. Re:Beginning of the end... by smooc · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I am getting a little tired of the argument: Ohhh they are only adding bloat! It is not streamlined any more. Bladadiebladiebla.

      Firstly they are talking about implementing it as an extension. So no bloat added, it even gives you a choice!

      Secondly if no experimenting is taking place, no new things will be developed. Experimenting is a necessity to survive. Just following standards will not set new improved standards, there is a reason why there are alpha versions of software: because it has experimental new features and they would like to see if they catch on.

      I applaud this move of the Moz team for that matter. Finally an opensource project that looks beyond its own nose.

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  6. "where Flock left off"? by jalefkowit · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Pick up where Flock left off"? That implies that Flock development is over. It sure doesn't look that way from their Web site or their blog... if they're dead, someone might want to tell them ;-)

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  7. Re:Oh good. by jojoba_oil · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's true. Pop culture is obsessed with the gerund.

    I'll MSN you about it later. Or do you prefer that I text instead?