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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.

  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. "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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