A few of us in the London 33 office were talking this evening about how the hottest new social network, Path, isn't yet available in the UK.
Well this evening Path popped up in the UK market. It's now available to register for and use. Check @Path on Twitter for links, background and buzz.
Path's getting all the right chatter from all the right people it seems. It's the anti-social network. Your stream can be shared with just 50 people.
I'm drewbenvie @ gmail.com on Path, so add me if you're on there soon.
drew, how is this any different from facebook groups, twitter lists and google wave? really struggle see the social/cultural/business value of the new network. what are your thoughts?
Posted by: Tomasgonsorcik | November 17, 2010 at 11:13 PM
I admit I'm a little flummoxed at it's value when as Tomas says you can segment or list your other networks for discrete groups.
To combat social network fatigue new outfits have to really make the benefit super OBVIOUS for users to migrate/join, and Path FAILS at answering that nagging question "Why should I bother?" It doesn´t do it pre sign up and I've signed up and it doesn´t do that after sign up.
I don't think it's enough just expect early adopters to do their advocacy and go there just because the in crowd do.
Posted by: Paulgailey | November 18, 2010 at 09:01 AM
I'm going to give it some time. When all the good / big social networks of today were a few days old I bet they were a bit ropey, so I think this is a good start.
More functionality, more media, more platforms, integration (and opening it up if users want) would all be nice to see in the future I think.
Posted by: Drew | November 18, 2010 at 09:44 AM