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ConFOMO is a simple tool that makes it easy to track your friends at conferences.
http://confomo.com/
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What do we call an Internet friend? #34

Closed mattstauffer closed 8 years ago

mattstauffer commented 8 years ago

https://overcast.fm/+GDI4k9Bsk

There are three states of a person:

A. I know them via Twitter/etc. and want to meet them at this SuperCon B. I know them via Twitter/etc. and met them at this SuperCon C. I met them for the first time at this SuperCon

Previously this was "old friend unmet, old friend met, new friend".

In the current re-working it's "online friend unmet, online friend met, new friend"

I'm not sure either system is really good. Any ideas?

ohnotnow commented 8 years ago

It popped into my head that maybe there's something to be taken/adapted from 'pen pal'/'pen friend' (ie, someone I communicate with via writing and may meet/have met one day). I don't even know if pen pals are even a thing any more (actually a quick google shows it is - live and learn!). The pen pal world may already have analogous terms for A, B & C that could be borrowed.

Anyway - that was my somewhat useless thought ;-)

mattstauffer commented 8 years ago

@ohnotnow Thanks for the ideas! :)