Tag Archives: interest

Shared interests on social networks

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Amir AryaArjmand

As we proposed earlier, sharing interests is the core part of our social network. Users express their interests in order to find others with the same tastes. There are researches available on the topic of interest-based social networking that we … Continue reading →

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Similarity breeds connection

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Amir AryaArjmand

In the 1950s, sociologists introduced the homophily principle, explaining the tendency of individuals to associate and bond with similar others. Marriage, friendship, work, advice, support, information transfer, exchange, co-membership, and other types of relationship structures network ties of every type. … Continue reading →

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Facebook Is Not A Place for Interests

Posted on April 20, 2012 by kh4g09

In the previous post we analysed Facebook, which is not only the most widely used social networking site, but also a perfect example of why Hive will make a good change in the world of social networking. As a user, … Continue reading →

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Similar Existing Tools – Facebook and Pinterest

Posted on March 24, 2012 by pt4g11

Facebook Facebook is the most popular social network with 845 million users and allows users to register and create a profile. They can add other users as friends and then they can exchange messages and communicate with each other. Facebook … Continue reading →

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Similar Existing Tools – GetGlue and Meetup

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Amir AryaArjmand

GetGlue is a leading social network for entertainment. Users check-in and share what they are watching, listening to and reading with friends. Based on their check-ins they will receive points and may earn virtual stickers, receive fresh recommendations, and can … Continue reading →

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Our Chosen Idea – An Interest-based Social Network

Posted on March 19, 2012 by hq1g08

After some group discussion, we have chosen to proceed with idea 2 – an interest-based social networking site. Why have we chosen this idea? It is something that is missing from the world of online social networks. There are websites … Continue reading →

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Idea 4 – Personality Test: Interest-based test on a social networking website

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Amir AryaArjmand

In this final ideas post, Amir describes an interest-based online test – one which can analyse a user’s personalities based on their social/interest networks for a number of uses. In the next post, we will present our chosen idea, why … Continue reading →

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Idea 2 – Interest-based Social Network

Posted on March 12, 2012 by hq1g08

In this second ideas post, Harry describes some ideas for an interest-based social network. The current situation – Why do we need this? The problem with a social networking site like Facebook is that users tend to have people added … Continue reading →

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