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Strands Lifestreaming Beta High On Potential and Filters

Source: louisgray.com

Aug 23, 2008

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There's no question the lifestreaming space has just exploded over the last year, with services like Plaxo Pulse and FriendFeed leading the way, accompanied by MyBlogLog, SocialThing, Profilactic and others. Practically all services aggregate your social activity across networks and let you display it in one area, with the option to follow friends and interact with their activity. One of the newest in this space is Strands, which bills itself as a destination site for people to discover new recommended items around the Web from friends. The service, currently in private beta, has some very interesting features, but also has a lot of room to go to supplant one of the bigger names.

As with the many other alternatives out there, you start your activity on Strands by adding your many services around the Web, starting with the most well-known services, like Twitter, Google Reader and Delicious, but the service also supports several other sites not commonly found elsewhere, including Webshots, BlockBuster, Hype Machine and Meneame.

When you add these services, as wit ...Read the full article

Comments (10)

Louisgray,

Aug 24, 2008

If you can get a strong presence on Social Median, FriendFeed and Strands all at once, I'm sure there's some sort of prize. Strands is just getting started, but they've got some great features worth checking out.

Kenmat,

Aug 24, 2008

"One of the newest in this space is Strands, which bills itself as a destination site for people to discover new recommended items around the Web from friends." - Louis Gray