The after launch

We've done little in the way of public relations but from the number of registrations, the new version is clearly generating interest. Mike Arrington wrote about eSnips a few hours ago:

"The core idea is to allow users to upload media files of any type - photos, videos, office documents, whatever - tag them, and either keep them private, share with other or make them public. But eSnips is also allowing bookmarking of web content, from a whole page to a line or paragraph. Others can comment on each piece of media or content as well, and rate a user created page. Given the social aspects of the service, eSnips is really a content-centric social network".

He also wtore: "I like combining media and other files with bookmarked content, and although I’m not sure if eSnips in its current form will stand out enough from the crowd, I do think they are on to something interesting. If virality kicks in from sharing, they could have a winner."

I also think (how surprising...) that we are on to something interesting.  Social Networks and User Contributed Content are clearly a very powerful trends that are in their infancy.

It's true these spaces seem crowded, but they are not as cluttered as they seem. There are two types of social networks. People–centric and Content-centric.  People-centric networks like MySpace and Tagworld did manage to provide a home to their users, ONE place where they share all their stuff and everything is about them. That's not the case for Content-centric networks, in which the user experience is totally scattered -   this space is still open, and this is where eSnis wants to be. Here's what we think is missing and will focus on at eSnips:

-  Place the user and their content in the center of the experience
-  Not limit what sort of content (photos, movies, mp3s, etc.) users can share
-  Let users manage as many personal or shared 'spaces' as they want -  ALL in ONE place
-  Give users control and flexibility over WHAT they share, WHO they share it with and HOW.
-  Better connect to  desktop  – that's where users manage their content and spend most of their computer time.

More on the difference between Social, content-centric networks and Social, people-centric networks to come soon. btw - please feel free to report typos, there are probably lots of them...

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