SooperStars. "Inverted" micro-blogging.

Andrew Boon posted 14th of May 2010 in . 33 comments.

Last week we played with an idea and launched a new site - SooperStars.

SooperStars is like an inverted twitter. You don't post what you're up to or what you're going or where you are. Instead, you post these things about your friends. Quick test shows that it may be a lot more fun! In real life, very often we participate in conversations when everyone says "I" and "me" and "my" way too often. Try saying something about others and the whole talk becomes more interesting and engaging.

At SooperStars, you post notes like:

@max is at home, browsing Internet.

@julia is a gorgeous woman.

@alex spent 2 hours talking about network with me on the conference, he's really knowledgable.

etc.

Thus, when you see someone's profile you can see things that others know/think about this person, as opposed to what he says about himself. If you create your own profile and invite your friends, you'd be surprised with occasional notes about yourself. You can confirm notes about you or about others.

There's a more to it, but you'd better try it first. We even added a random video chat (ala Chatroulette) to discover new people and send notes about them.

Take it as a social experiment and a byproduct of some experimentation with software. If you like the way it works, let us know. If you don't, don't let us know :).

Sooperstars

 
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houstonlively
Let's try it right in this blog. I can say anything about anybody.... right?
Andrew Boon
You can say something about somebody at SooperStars. They should also be members there. It's moderated, of course, but more like twitter, only from gross violations :)
houstonlively
With no reprisals right? We can have a lot of fun with this!
bpadberg
I love it! Boonex 4 ever!
danielmarseille
SooperStars. No Comments
and - D7 - without the bugs - and - without functions strange - launched at what time
MichelSwiss
Using IE7, this is for sure the most ugly site I have seen since many years...
Andrew Boon
Just checked... Awful browser :D
tomakali
is that why D7 bug fixing, trident are backlagging?
Andrew Boon
It's not Trident. Sooperstars is based on 3rd party software. We just wanted to play with the idea without spending much time.
buckmcgoo
I use IE7 too, it looks horrible. I can't really say I like the domain name either. Also you will be completeing with the other 2000 sites that are trying to copy twitter..
Okay Andrew, next up, how about a SOOPERMARKET here? :)
pierrehs
Can we download this script as a dolphin?
DosDawg
lets get it integrated into Dolphin :)
liberty2
it would be better finish D7
houstonlively
Let's NOT get it integrated into Dolphin. Dolphin already has a stripped down wall.
DeeEmm
`Andrew Boon` - posted in this thread - "Sooperstars is based on 3rd party software. We just wanted to play with the idea without spending much time."
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`Uno` - posted on sooperstars - "@alext is fixing SooperStars :("
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I agree with the others on this thread that say you shoudn't be wasting your time - especially since a key dev seems to be getting a little distracted from the more pressing issue of fixing D7
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/DM
Should have used D7 for this site, makes business sense - even for a trial run to see if it works as a site. Could have been good PR.
If you need any help Uno, let us know here! we should chat =)
cbassthefish
Not to my taste really. The random chat could be a nice feature for dolphin. Chat Roulette has been around for years except just in text style. Anyone remember it on ICQ? It was a feature some 12 years ago I think.
Nathan Paton
I'm surprised, Andrew. I've never taken you for the one to use third party software over your own in-house work. Still, I thank you for choosing StatusNet for your microblogging solution, as it's by far the best choice out there.

This has encouraged me to continue my integration of StatusNet into Dolphin.
theguypc
'uno' @alext is working on a new BoonEx project, which should change the web and the world. Hopes to launch "preview" tomorrow.

It looks to me like D7 is going to go the way of D5 & D6 now. D7 seems to be an afterthought. Figures

They have meds for ADHD now - fyi.
cbassthefish
@ Magnussoft. Is that your secret project that you mentioned? ;)
Nathan Paton
@cbassthefish: I wish.
CodeSatori
Looks like a fun little project there, but I agree that it would have made more sense to use in-house software for this, as that would contribute to solutions Boonex can provide in the future. As it stands, I'm not quite certain what the exact point and purpose of this site is, especially when D7 development is still at the stage it is at.

In this vein, I'm also waiting for the day when Andrew finally upgrades the WordPress setup at andrewboon.com to use Boonex Blogs. =)
Andrew Boon
OK, some background...

Today (hopefully) we plan to announce another project, which is really big, important and designed as a major solution of a problem most of our customers are facing with Dolphin sites. For this new project we had to examine a dozen of different platforms and in particular Status.net. The best way to learn is to create, so we made this little site. I don't suggest to take it too seriously, just play with it.

The new project is a very different story. It is by far the biggest see more challenge we ever had and we believe that success of the project would have profoundly positive result on both BoonEx customers and Internet as a whole.
blaine69
I would love to see "Sooperstars" as a MOD addon for Dolphin!!!!! I can see my members loving it!.... I would call it "Gossip" and the members would be Gossip Girls and Gossip Boys.
mychillspot
The problem here is that people are selfish and only think me me me me. Thats what all life is based off of is wants and dont wants whatever it is. Its sad but true that we live in a very selfish world. Thats why twitter is such a hit because people get to talk about ME.
mychillspot
I see you guys have good intentions tho and wish you the best of luck in whatever your doing. The last post is just MY opinion.
carios
SooperStars is a good project.
:)
rocker
Ok , How can anyone have confidence in boonex software when they dont even use it themselves when they create a site? Because you want a functional website you know you cant use your software, right?
HernanL
Maybe I don´t get the idea, but what´s the fun of generating mb, gb, or even tb of pure gossip (not to say just "Crap"!)

I don´t think anyone can build a better place to live by promoting rumors about other people.

Just a thought.

Regards,
Hernán
thriftgirl62
I was on the Beta List for Status.Net and love it but haven't had time to do anythng much ( http://humancapital.status.net) .

I think your idea is good but give it another twist and make it smell nice and pretty by focusing on the good. Ingore the bad, evil savages we always give all the attention to for once. It's a well-known fact good wins over evil but people don't like to focus on the good in others because they don't see that in themselves.

PEOPLE, all the HUMAN CAPITAL out there see more need to wake up and smell the roses for a change. Michael Jordan delivers a powerful message here: http://www.ex-1.net/jordan and so does Will Smith on that same page. BELIEVE what they tell you and then TALK about that. It's all good in the hood -- if you want it to be!!

If not, that's okay too but listen up.... t h e m e n b e h i n d t h e c u r t a i n n e e d to be exposed . . . . http:// www.ez-1.net/bush <<---- Make it worth your while if bad is what you crave and talk about Bohemia Grove. Too bad people in general, can't handle the truth when it becomes harder to believe than fiction. The best fictional movie in the Twilight Zone pales in comparison. . . .to reality.
buzzpaul
can I get a copy of your random video chat module? i've been looking for this everywhere
A Random Video Chat Module for Dolphin? Any updates on this? :)
 
 
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