Hibe and the “Google + Project”
Today Google announced their + Project, which is essentially their solution to Facebook, with a twist of privacy and multi-profiling. If you find that the service sounds familiar, that’s because it is heavily borrowing from the Hibe foundation. Here at Hibe, we’ve been working since 2009 to bring you a social network that more accurately reflects our interactions in real life. Part of our answer to this was Facets and Booklets. Google’s solution, just announced today, involves Circles and Sparks.
Circles (Google +) = Facets (Hibe)
Contextual sharing is extremely important and is the future of online interactions. At Hibe, we have been developing a system that goes beyond simply multi-profiling, but instead gives you complete control over your contexts online and allows you to share your interests accordingly. Which brings us to:
Sparks (Google +) = Booklets (Hibe)
Offline we have more than a stream of random thoughts, but interests and passions that drive our interactions. On Hibe we have developed Booklets to share your interests with each of your contexts. Google + announced today ‘Sparks’ that you share with your ‘circles’.
The Heart of the Matter
To get too distracted by these terms would be missing the point of what’s really going on here. Google got the clue that contextual sharing is the future of the web. So much so that they borrowed from the foundations of Hibe and created Google +. However there’s many looming questions that put this new product into question:
- Google’s revenue model is one of advertising and information gathering. Taking this into account, can we trust them with a product that narrows its focus to more intimate circles?
- Google has tried the social route before (several times) and failed. This is mainly because they failed to understand some of the core aspects of privacy and interacting with others online. How will the + Project be any different?
- Google is great at experiments like Wave, Buzz and their Labs features- do you want your identity being just another experiment?
Here at Hibe, we see Google + as a way of getting users more comfortable sharing intimate information, since only your ‘circles’ will be able to have access. However your ‘circle’ will also include the Google search and advertising tools that will be aware of your interactions. Google will profit off of their users’ new-found comfort in sharing with their intimate circles and the web will be a lot worse off. At Hibe, our revenue model does not depend on our users’ information, and it will be 100% ad free. Check back in the next day or two for a new video, and even a preview of the new interface of Hibe.
Relevant Links:
Our Slideshare response to Paul Adams
Our previous video
Es-ce que Google utilise le chemin breveté par Hibe pour arriver a son nouveau concept?
Je crois que Google tente à peu près n’importe quoi pour se trouver une niche dans le réseau social en ”changeant le décor” seulement mais n’a rien réglé dans l’essentiel: la privacité et la confidentialité…..en autre.
You need to post this all over LInkedin, and other forums, whereever Google+
is being discussed.
Je suis curieux de connaitre le modèle de revenu de hibe puisqu’ils ne se basent ni sur la publicité, ni sur les informations de ces utilisateurs ?
L’équipe Hibe travaille très fort pour offrir un réseau social qui sera compétitif dans le marché tout en respectant les droits et les besoins de nos usagers. Comme nous l’avons déjà mentionné, vendre l’information personnelle de nos membres, va à l’encontre des valeurs premières de notre compagnie.
C’est pourquoi notre modèle de revenue est principalement basé sur la vente d’options afin d’agrémenter les interactions en ligne de nos usagers. Par exemple, nous donnons la possibilité à tous les utilisateurs de créer et d’utiliser un certain nombre de « Facets », gratuitement à vie. Cependant, les usagers qui le désireront, pourront payer un montant minimum par année pour créer des « Facets » additionnelles afin de mieux gérer leur vie privée et bénéficier de services spécialisés.
hi,
Nice, post here may come back soon
Présente bien la différence. J’espère que sera bien communiqué au plus grand nombre. Pourquoi pas une page sur Wikipédia pour faire connaitre Hibe. Tous le monde va sur Wikipedia pour trouver l’information!
La plupart des choses essentielles dans le monde arriver à être accompli par des gens qui souffrent de continué à essayer quand il n’y a pas eu non plus l’espoir de quelque façon.
Ce que nous avons connu lors de la dernière d’une longue période est principalement responsable pour beaucoup de gens à la question «Peut-on faire confiance à Microsoft ?