Microsoft have just launched an alpha release of another new social network oriented service called Project Emporia which “allows users who may not otherwise use social networks to get information on topics from the public Twitter feeds”. It works by allowing anyone to view a stream of Tweets from a specific “lens” or category using various search terms, users can then like or dislike a specific tweet which will then rank tweets. The more likes the higher chance that a tweet will be read by someone in the “highly ranked web link results” viewing pane. This project is currently open for anyone to start using but only Fuse Lab employees can current like/dislike tweets.
Its a very simple concept and one that could well make people use Twitter for its valuable information who otherwise would avoid the micro blogging service. It should also allow well season Twitter users to quickly find tweets that are important to them that they may well have missed. You can check out all the information and FAQs about this new project here.
I think the idea is great and it has an interesting interface with the big balls of statistical information on the front page and it’ll be interesting to see how this project develops.
I have to say I am quite amazed at the rate the Microsoft’s Fuse Lab are churning out new and interesting ideas for social interactions on the web, they might not all be feature complete but they do all have so innovative ideas and I look forward to seeing more from them.
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