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Mososo

Jul 20, 2005

The key to mobile social software (mososo) seems to be not mobility per se but location-based services. "The basic idea of a MoSoSo is to overlay a location and time element to the idea of digital networking. So it enables you to find people in your vicinity and at that time for social, sexual/dating or business networking. It's worth noting that the time variable is often overlooked in analysis of MoSoSo dynamics." The animation at Dodgeball (now owned by Google) has a nice illustration of the dynamics. Article with some deeper description. Wavemarket, another mososo application. Playtxt - matches people nearby together based on similarity of interests. I think this is true:CRLF"instant messaging is a social network with a purpose." Streethive (Crunkie) tracks blog posts to map locations. Wired article from April. Mososo on Wikipedia (I am creating the article so it will just be this post, but it will improve over time).

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