What is Hibe?

I recently wrote a blurb about Hibe that I want to share. It is a great introduction to what Hibe is. Enjoy.

Quick Hits

Hibe is…

• Life, a community designed entirely on real life interactions; a community where we present ourselves how we want, to whom we want, the way we want.
• A social network for those who care about their image and their privacy.
• A verb meaning managing how you share online.  Hibe your life, don’t hide it.
• A hive with a bee.
• "Gift" in Turkish. For us, it symbolizes the gift of sharing.

Hibe is a social network that meets life expectations

Many 2.0 companies believe that being social means being public. They do so to justify their existence.  To achieve their goal, they create a massive virtual arena where everybody’s data is defaulted to “public”.

In reality, their design often conflicts with people’s behavior as their expectations come from real life. The implications of such conflicts are well known and they include:

• Privacy Intrusion
• Identity Theft
• Reputation Damage
• Personal Safety

They ultimately affect the life of every social network user.  More than one lost a job or became a victim because of information shared on the arena.

Hibe changes how we interact online. It meets life expectations by allowing its users to extend online what they already do in life. Hibe gives them the ability to appear and share differently based on rules they determine.

As a social network, Hibe innovates by allowing users:

• To maintain their real life relationships online using a new faceting technology;
• To fully customize what they share, with whom and under which conditions through a powerful new social engine; (ex:  Share some interests only with people with similar interests)

Hibe benefits individuals and organizations requiring several simultaneous images while maintaining a veil of privacy between them.

• Individuals manages separately relationships with their friends, co-workers, family members, sport fans, doctors, classmates, …
• Organizations interact differently with their fundraisers, clients, shareholders, employees, the public, …

Hibe users are in complete control, reinforcing a certain image, a perception, or identity they want to portray in each relationship, as they do in real life.

In addition, to bring meaning and relevance to their communications, Hibe users organize what is important to them ––people, places, products, projects, ideas, photos, videos, and beliefs––and use it to express themselves according to their audience.

Hibe aims to empower its users by giving them back their real life right to build and grow their own social network while respecting their and their friends' privacy.