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Remember the Name Me.dium
blogs.electricsheepcompany.com — I don ’t say it lightly, but I think my web browsing experience may have permanently changed. We’ll see, but here’s what’s up...
Kimbal- 992 diggs
- digg it
- slothchunk, on 10/12/2007, -47/+9I'll remember the name but I don't think i'll remember where the period goes. medi.um
looks sweet- synystar, on 10/12/2007, -8/+61Here's a mnemonic for you: "me dumb...meeee duuuumb" That should help.
- sherwinn, on 10/12/2007, -18/+8Invite only crap. Digg it down until they decide to open it up.
- jazbek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13I used to use this firefox plugin that did pretty much the same thing, called Peeko - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1825/
The extension created a channel for each website that was browsed, and you'd join the channel for the site when you went to any website. It was lame because no one else had the plugin installed. I saw other people on it a few times... but I think I only saw someone say anything once, because usually no one had any reason to talk to each other. It might be cool on sites that have heated discussions, like digg (then again, the chatrooms might get really stupid).. but it's certainly not going to change the web.
Peeko isn't invite only if you want to try it. - royall64, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Post your screen names here.
Mine's royall - dahitman2389, on 10/12/2007, -9/+2Valid invite link.
http://me.dium.com/from/196e7c68 - DidntYouHear, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Mine's didntyouhear
- HullCrushDepth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6If anyone needs an invite link:
http://me.dium.com/from/1970adc2 - hrdcregmer808, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Mines is hardcoergamer808
- tcquad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4And, if they decide to cap the number of people each account can invite, you can also use
http://me.dium.com/jabber/
That's the backdoor I used. - undersky, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1i signed up 87 accounts with all top 100 diggers! go to current top 100 diggers to find my accounts! (freaking took me 5 hours to do...)
- treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4One thing that comes to mind: breach of privacy
Sure it would be cool for some things. But if random people (or friends) can see exactly what sites you're on, then that would just be creepy. - synystar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3You signed up 87 accounts with all top 100 diggers? So you are a dumbass AND you think you've accomplished something? Yay you!
- ingxia, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Regardless, anything that uses "ME" as a subpart of their names is lame. I think of Cingular's "my MEdia" where they rip you off with useless ringtones and "Windows ME" the worst version of windows ever. Maybe this will be an exception??
- fishpen0, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2wow talk about me-dum (lol) i typed fuuckyou for my age and it let me sign in.
- elroy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Exactly. Yet another re.tar.ded "web 2.0" domain name. They might make suitable vanity hosts for the occasional IRC session, but they're crappy for running a business.
- McZiggz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1my username: mcziggz
- Xenogis, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1my name is: xenogis
- bmwboy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Neat site, my nickname is bmwboy.
- zai-asal, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1My username is t3h-scribe
- ZeonZumDeikun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Username: zeonzumdeikun
- hbweb500, on 10/12/2007, -1/+90Might be kind of awkward when browsing porn.
- subsisgood, on 10/12/2007, -2/+102"Dad?"
- Dantetheinferno, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7At least you'd be able to find good porn with it, unless someone likes furries...
- appletalk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I was thinking exactly the same.. Imagine all the possibilities you have with this plugin.
When you're visiting a site, someone can recommend you a better one, or help you find something you can't..
It'll definitely change the way we use the internet. - RonaldLewis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You can disable URL sharing for those moments.
- Dylan47, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4down?
- Nickatnite101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Not down, Dugg to death
- Ramtech, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5BTW dont bother signing up.. as they have invite only right now and are still in Beta...
=======================================================================
Thank you for your interest in Me.dium. We sincerely appreciate your
desire to participate.
Me.dium is currently conducting an invitation only Private Beta
release.
We have your email on file and look forward to inviting you to our
general availability launch this winter. In the meantime, we will do
our
best to keep you updated on our progress and any big news.
If you would like to be taken off the Me.dium invitation list, please
respond to this email with the word 'remove' in the subject line and
we
will delete your email address from our mailing lists.
Again, thank you for interest and patience. We look forward to
inviting
you to try Me.dium in the near future.
Sincerely,
The Me.dium Team
http://me.dium.com/medium_registration/welcome
========================================================== - dgritsko, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15http://me.dium.com/from/f21b184
There's a valid invite link for ya. - sobriquet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3thanks dgritsko.
- Ramtech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2i take that back... thanks dgritsko....
- Wailord, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16http://duggmirror.com/software/Remember_the_Name_Me_dium/
Yes, I chose to use the full URL...- Asriel86, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7All you have to do is replace the word "digg" in the URL of this very page with "duggmirror".
Anyway, this whole "chat with people who are at the same site as you" thing has been going on since the dotcom era and it's never really caught on, perhaps for good reason. IRC and digg before comment voting should prove that most people on the internet are idiots and shouldn't be communicated with. - idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3"Yes, I chose to use the full URL..."
I love you.
- Asriel86, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7All you have to do is replace the word "digg" in the URL of this very page with "duggmirror".
- fikle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Uh, didn't ICQ do this about 10 years ago? This isn't new.
- synystar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3They created a way for you to chat directly with other users who are viewing the webpage you are currently viewing? I don't remember that.
- Ulvund, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The internet has chat now ?
- junestag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What's the Internet?
- eizooo, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2http://duggmirror.com
- pruppert, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11I've tried that before. There was never anyone on. And besides, I found out I didn't want to talk to other people anyway. I go to a site for it's content not to chat with random people.
- OddTSi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Not wanting your browsing habits to be known by others is one of the main reasons it won't work. Also like you said, they're trying to start their own IM network so there aren't that many people on. IF you didn't care if other people knew what you were browsing then it would work better if the big 3 (MSN, Y!, AIM) implemented this since there would be a lot more people on-line.
- RandomHugs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13"I go to a site for it's content not to chat with random people."
1. Commenting counts as chatting.
2. I'm a random person. - benexor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0He wrote content, not comment... =S
- invinciblechunk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Brogspam *^_^*
- eizooo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6hmm ... feels like digg was gamed. I don't see why this came to the front page.
- edzieba, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Technically, this must monitor your browsing habits and transmit them to some sort of central server in order to work.
Isn't this the kind of tracking we usually avoid? - N1XUK, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Think i prefer www.gabbly.com
no installation etc - fugazi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Yes lets do something that involves people and make it invite only. Brilliant!
- jimrooney, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Web 1.0 called... it wants it's technology back.
But hey... let me tell you about this revolutionary technology that's sure to change the web... it's called "server push" - maduin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Damn it! In my constant search for web ideas that, this was the one I came up with that I really wanted to put together myself.
- corevette, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3add me to your friends: corevette
- Kimbal, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Hey guys.
I'm with Me.dium.
Sorry for the invite only. We're launching on Tuesday, so this blog article was a surprise to us.
For anyone who wants in, please use the link below and you should get in no problem.
http://me.dium.com/from/22fc2
On comments that we're onsite chat, have a look at Me.dium and see if you still think that's the case. There is a chat functionality, but the key value we're providing is showing you the people out there doing the same things you are (on different sites, across the internet). You can reach out to them through chat, or you can follow the crowds, or you can just use it to get recommendations based on what other people like you are doing right now.
Hope you enjoy it.
Kimbal- HeyItsJeremy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6What? The blog article was a surprise to you? You're the one that submitted the article link to Digg, you're name is right at the top of the screen!
- NikZ, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Just because he submitted the article, doesn't mean he can't have found it by surprise in the first place and *then* submitted it. Or it's possible that the promotion of this article was a surprise.
*shrug* Just playing diplomat. - rpdillon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2He said the blog article was a surprise, not its submission to Digg.
- nasalexportbeta, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3just another advertising tool to get into peoples lives. no thanks
- ijacker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0I love how people can pass judgement on something that hasn't even started yet.
Dugg down
- ijacker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0I love how people can pass judgement on something that hasn't even started yet.
- Josxko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1LOL... Well, looks like he posted my invite code so you guys are making friends with ME. =) But I'm glad to help you all get online. Original post was here: http://joey.ubuntu-rocks.org/blog/2007/01/18/medium-invite-for-the-ubuntu-community/
- whisperedlie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5great. A/S/L... got pix?
- kyote, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3oh is this IRC??? that brings back memories.
- Dylan47, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2note: to install this plugin on bon echo, goto the address about:config, then search for "general.useragent.extra.firefox" and change its value from BonEcho/2.* to FireFox/2.* you can probably change it back again after me.dium is installed.
edit: remember to restart browser - 1310nm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This has been done in other ways already, no one is going to do it again because it doesn't work. I forget the name, but it was a plugin that would show a chat window for every site you went to, and if other people had it, you could talk to them if they were on the same site. If you sat on cnn.com with it all day, you might have seen a few people pass by.
- Dylan47, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1id have thought google to be pritty popular
- Dylan47, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1id have thought google to be pritty popular
- ijacker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1never underestimate the power of Digg.
this could, in face, turn out to be very big.
damn, i hate it when i rhyme - jacotyco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2i got in a while ago
if you want an invite just put your email or something on the comments
*jacotyco wonders if he'll get dugg down for his generosity*- nihility, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Probably not, but since two people already posted direct links to invites you wont get dugg up either.
- superskid, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2This program is garbage, and I think I got blocked on medium already for saying that.....lol
There is absolutely no interaction, a privacy leak, and a waste of my browsing space.- sobriquet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You should have joined the discussion we were having on there then. Pretty sure that counts as interaction.
- sobriquet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You should have joined the discussion we were having on there then. Pretty sure that counts as interaction.
- Highfinance, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Was not impressed with it for the whole 5 min I could use it before their server took a crap!
- Highfinance, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Wow, I just realized this was posted by the supposed CEO of the company. Feel a little dirty now that I fell for the blatant advertising. And how were they caught by surprise when they posted the damn blog on Digg?
Kimbal:
"Hey guys.
I'm with Me.dium.
Sorry for the invite only. We're launching on Tuesday, so this blog article was a surprise to us." - rollerboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0sounds cool
- Kimbal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Sorry guys.
We really were not meant to open it up for a few days. The server choked on us.
it'll be back up soon.
Thanks to everyone who enjoyed it.
Kimbal - Kimbal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Hi Highfinance.
Sorry if it's not appropriate to Digg an article on your own company. I was not aware of that.
That being said, I am not responsible for the other Diggs that came after that.
Kimbal- Highfinance, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2I am just a little curious how this "article" took you and your company by surprise when you posted it? Maybe you should get your ducks in a row before advertising on Digg. I am not the Digg police by any stretch, but I want my damn 10 min. back I wasted on your product.
- sicc, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1"Me.dium Requires Firefox
You will need Firefox to use Me.dium. Please download Firefox to continue."
I use Opera and IE7 99% of the time.
I do have FF installed on my computer but I'm not signing up to any site that tells me what browser I can use, GFY.- ScottMaximus1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's an extension, it doesn't work on anything but Firefox.
- garugaga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1an IE7 version is in development.
- Kimbal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Hey Highfinance.
Sorry you didn't like Me.dium. Hopefully we can change your mind over time.
On the surprise, I've digged quite a few articles in the past about Me.dium. None of them came close to this one (I believe the last one got to 10 Diggs).
When I came on and saw 180 diggs within 18 hours, that was the surprise. Sorry for the confusion.
Kimbal- superskid, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2So now you're a spammer too
- Highfinance, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1You did not "Digg it" You SUBMITTED it. Big difference. http://digg.com/users/Kimbal/news/submitted
- RonaldLewis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I seriously doubt this is the company's CEO.
- RonaldLewis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3On second thought, if this is the company's CEO, word of advice:
Have other people digg articles related to Me.dium.
- Kimbal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1That is what I meant.
I am sorry if that was not appropriate.- BeSherman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hi Kimbal,
I'm getting "We're sorry, but Me.dium is currently unreachable." when I try to start the plugin. Am I doing something wrong or are you just very busy right now? :)
- BeSherman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hi Kimbal,
- Phoenix99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The system.. is down..
- Quiplash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1OK trying it now... loading... loading...
- Quiplash, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I'm on! username is same as my digg handle, if anyone wants to chat on the digg homepage :-)
- Quiplash, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Hmmm, add friend doesn't seem to work.... and is anyone else on the digg homepage... or did I miss something here?
- Quiplash, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Aha:
"Submitted by clarkembree on January 27, 2007 - 2:11pm.
From Kimbal on Digg.com - http://www.digg.com/software/Remember_the_Name_Me_dium
~4pm Eastern time
"Sorry guys.
We really were not meant to open it up for a few days. The server choked on us.
it'll be back up soon.
Thanks to everyone who enjoyed it.
Kimbal"
from http://me.dium.com/node/349 - Quiplash, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1file all the preceding under "D'OH!"
- yyy1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Isn't this kinda thing that Alexa did? plus its just another way to scrape marketing data off the web to sell that's where the money part comes in...
- Phoenix99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Aww.. And i was having a great conversation with myself this whole time.. It was getting real introspective on there.
- AngryBoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Well, Me.dium is rocking me pretty hard by bringing that to the 2D web."
What? - xenubaba, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2this is ***** stupid. Uninstall
- Kuroshio, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2wouldn't peoples sensitive info such as passwords etc be visible to other users?
- slagmacg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It detects secure sites and disables all sharing while you're on them. You can also turn it off with the click of a button.
- espeed80915, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have been a me.dium user for at least a month and a half and this is what the service needs (not enough users).... a crowd like Digg that enjoys surfing and interacting is just what the doctor ordered. These guys were on Scoble's podcast like a month ago so I don't think that they are trying to buy publicity and I believe that they are sponsoring a Techcrunch event as well..
My .02 - espeed80915, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I also think another aspect that is overlooked is not the chat which is a complementary tool...but the ability to visit sites that are adjacent in the "globe" that are similar to the site that you are on. Essentially letting you see a site that you might never would have found or when you see tons of users on a specific site and you go over and check it out.
- addictedidol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LOL! me.dium crashed. I was actually using it when it crashed. Lots of DIGG crowd was on there.
Its pretty cool service I like it. I will use it.
Its fun to chat with the people and discuss links live without the need to add them as friends or start programs such as AOL and MSN - 5hop4orce, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Why would you want anyone following you around and seeing what sites you visit on the web?
It seems to me that Internet geeks are the most anti-privacy people in the world, as long as the person spying on them isn't named Bush. - RandomGuySteve, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Don't have any problem with the site, but as usual the title and description on digg leaves something to be desired.
"I don ’t say it lightly, but I think my web browsing experience may have permanently changed. We’ll see, but here’s what’s up..."
Thats about the most useless "description" I've ever read. Does Kimbal even know what that form field is for? - BigBinxter, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I'll vouch for the posters who noted that this isn't anything new. Back in the 90s there was an avatar based community web browser called "Virtual Places" that allowed chat, site recommendations, games, and even had a "tour bus" where groups could browse to new sites together. Virtual Places maintained a small following for years, but never got much attention. Of course, Digg didn't exist back then.
- MaceSoul, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I just wish I had a friend named Glitchy.
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