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Microsoft Social Media Site Accidentally Revealed
BogenDorpher writes "Looks like Microsoft is trying to steal the spotlight from Google — a new social media site from the company was accidentally revealed. The site, branded 'Tulalip,' was not functional, and it was taken down shortly after its discovery. It appears to be a 'social search' service. Microsoft says it went live by accident, and was simply an 'internal design project.'"
Bob2Bob is the name.
On unix, everything's a file. On the new internet, everything's a social network.
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Tulalip is also a Native American tribe and a town and bay in Washington north of Seattle.
"Tulalip"?
Why, it practically trips right off the tongue. Then plunges to its death.
Oops, we accidentally secured a four-letter domain, registered it with DNS servers, and uploaded content to it. But it was all a mistake.
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Microsoft Social Media Site Accidentally Revealed !! And nobody cared...
"Computers are a lot like Air Conditioners" "They both work great until you start opening Windows"
"Hello, it looks like you're trying to find a friend!
Can... can I be friends with you? Please? Oh God I'm so lonely!"
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They should have named it Puyallup. Nobody but locals ever pronounces that right.
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Nope; cos this is Microsoft, they don't need to come up with anything at all. All they have to do is that a) Windows update will default to adding it to all your web browsers and b) your operating system gives you a chance to opt out of sharing your data. Plus they can automatically build your social network not only from your webmail, but also from your corporate directories and stuff. Facebook is going to be so screwed. An excellent lesson in "partnering" with Microsoft. I think we'll be calling him Suckerberg from now on.
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No one there? Forgetting the tech people, there are some big name celebrities on G+, ones who are on the cutting edge, like Ashton Kutcher. There are other celebs on their, like Kanye and Soulja Boy (though they are not big posters).
The question is, what happens with someone like Lady Gaga joins? For Twitter, it was Oprah. Facebook is different, though, because it's more of a friend-to-friend. And I think G+ is more Twitter-ish (start putting big names in your Following circle, and it is a VERY busy place), and so yes, it may be small now, but it will explode.
10 million users in 2 weeks for an invite only service is crazy growth! And the moment a Lady Gaga or Obama goes on there, private or public, that will be acknowledgement that this phenom is real.
I personally use it like an addict, though more like Twitter than Facebook. It has enough friend-to-friend, though, that I don't need Facebook and can still post to family and friends without switching networks. As the noise grows in public, I'll back off a bit, just like I did on twitter, and keep to a closer circle of followers and friends, but still engaging publicly.
The best thing I can say about G+ is that if you want to use it like Facebook, you can. Like Twitter, you can. Like neither, you can. It's really what you make of it.
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That sounds like a big gamble... (oh ha ha. oh it hurts. ha ha. ha)
(To add a thin veneer of content to this otherwise horrible joke, Tulalip is a town near Seattle, much as Whistler and Blackcomb are nearby mountains. Tulalip is best known in the Seattle area for several casinos. I wouldn't be surprise if MS intended the name to be a nod towards the gamble of it all.)
Hmm, me thinks it wasn't an accident, but the microbial ridden primate marketing. How best to get news about your new product but to have a supposed mishap to build buzz about it. It's like a sex-tape for software.
Microsoft trying to do a social media site makes me picture Bob Dole dressing like a 23 years old and trying to blend in at a dance club
You missed the fact that they might be both.
They're not lying, they're marketing. There's a difference. /sarcasm
That's just like saying:
Politicians aren't lying; they're legislating. There's a difference. /sarcasm
No one there? Forgetting the tech people, there are some big name celebrities on G+, ones who are on the cutting edge, like Ashton Kutcher
It's Friday afternoon here and I'm tired. Was that a joke?
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
Given that you like Windows Mobile, I question if you ever used Windows Mobile...
Tula means "penis" in Spanish. Considering the meaning of "lip", the name begs for trouble...