Extreme Makeover Edition

We’re so happy to announce that the new micromobs is [a]live and kicking! We’ve been working hard the past few months and turning your feedback and suggestions into a new and transformed micromobs. Read on to see what’s new:

New & super easy way to start a group

Email is great! It’s a part of our daily lives. But when you are part of email threads with more than one person on cc, things can get out of hand. These endless reply-all threads make us cry. So now instead of crying you can take an email thread, forward it to mobthis@micromobs.com and unburden your inbox. We take your email thread, start a mob, invite everyone involved and move all the posts to micromobs. This way you can have a real conversation on a tool that’s built for group discussions.

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Unsubscribe from threads

We want you to have complete control of your inbox while allowing you to enjoy conversations with your groups. That’s why we’ve made it so that you can unsubscribe from threads if you’re no longer interested in receiving emails when someone replies. This way you only get email alerts about conversations you care about.

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Your group gets its own email address

Every mob is unique. It has a unique purpose and unique set of people that come together to form it. That’s why we think its only suitable to give each mob it’s own unique email address. Now you can update your mob by sending an email to your mob’s email address. It’s that easy!

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New posts indicator

When you come to micromobs on the phone or on the web, you'll be shown the number of new posts in each mob since your last visit. This way you can check the new updates without wondering what you've missed.

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Keep track of what you share with groups

Keeping track of what you’ve shared and with who is tough. But don’t worry, micromobs is here to help! Now you can view all the pictures or all the links you’ve ever shared with your mob in one place.

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Tell us what you think

If you have any suggestions or comments please feel free to email us at info@micromobs.com

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How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. (aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network)

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I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues.  It wouldn't be accurate to say there's something "wrong" with Facebook, and it's not like I don't spend a shitload of time ego-whoring around on Twitter too. Let's face it: I'm completely & utterly addicted to social networks & tha Interwebs.

but: Something is Still Missing. Something is Wrong on the Internet and it's keeping me awake at night.  however, i think i finally figured out what "IT" is...

Assertion #1: Facebook doesn't get Intimacy.

Facebook is full of my "friends", but it's not a great place to hang with my BEST friends (aka "BFF"). 

Now before you lose your shit, i know many of you are saying:

a) Dave, you're full of crap -- intimacy doesn't come from a computer, or
b) Dave, you're full of crap -- Facebook has *plenty* of intimacy, or
c) Dave, you're full of crap -- the only thing that might kill Facebook is Twitter, which is the exact opposite of intimacy (true)

or last but not least:
d) Dave, hey WTF happened to all the crazy fonts & colors?

None of these are the right response. (altho I do promise my next blog post will once again be replete with wild-ass colors and funky fonts, just u wait).

Let me back up & explain a little bit.


Read the full post at 500hats.typepad.com