Comments on: Siphs : link blogging and sharing http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/09/21/siphs-link-blogging-and-sharing/ sharing ideas thoughts and feedback Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Arpan http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/09/21/siphs-link-blogging-and-sharing/#comment-32189 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:14:17 +0100 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2007/09/21/siphs-link-blogging-and-sharing/#comment-32189 First thanks for the excellent post about our updates to the Siphs service. In addition to the many features covered, the Link Blog also comes with its own RSS feed and javascript widget. We added this feature so other individuals could follow another user’s Siphs link blog without having to visit the blog itself. We also wholeheartedly agree about making the site, and specifically the homepage, more social! We have not introduced social tools yet because of our belief that the personal, individual benefits of using the site precede social value. So as the site grows, we’ll slowly but surely introduce some neat features. Regarding the homepage, we are working on improvements that would let you click back to the poster’s link blog. The current design reflects the fact that both "publicly" and "privately" shared links appear on the homepage, and to preserve anonymity we do not display the username or associated comments. Suffice to say, we’re working on it and should have it out in a couple of weeks. That said, what sort of API calls do you think we could introduce to make the data more accessible and usable? We would like to introduce an API in the future would love to get your input on what you consider to be important, and interesting functionality. Thanks again! First thanks for the excellent post about our updates to the Siphs service. In addition to the many features covered, the Link Blog also comes with its own RSS feed and javascript widget. We added this feature so other individuals could follow another user’s Siphs link blog without having to visit the blog itself.

We also wholeheartedly agree about making the site, and specifically the homepage, more social! We have not introduced social tools yet because of our belief that the personal, individual benefits of using the site precede social value. So as the site grows, we’ll slowly but surely introduce some neat features.

Regarding the homepage, we are working on improvements that would let you click back to the poster’s link blog. The current design reflects the fact that both “publicly” and “privately” shared links appear on the homepage, and to preserve anonymity we do not display the username or associated comments. Suffice to say, we’re working on it and should have it out in a couple of weeks.

That said, what sort of API calls do you think we could introduce to make the data more accessible and usable? We would like to introduce an API in the future would love to get your input on what you consider to be important, and interesting functionality.

Thanks again!

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