This morning I got a kwippy invite from @dipankar (or was it @mayank? idk) and signed-up, set-up a profile, and logged into the IM bot (beta@kwippy.com) via gtalk. Eh, another micro-blog? What is kwippy and why is it taking up my time? "In kwippy, the whole focus is on the Instant Messenger." O.K. so now you have my attention...
The friends list on the instant messenger is the most intimate friends list you can find, of all social networks. It gives the people in the list immediate access to your attention. People share their joys (i got a raise), sorrows (i flunked my english papers), their favorite links, and thousand other things through their status messages. And all these people also have a list of their closest friends on their list. And like in the real world when a real friend introduces you to another person, the chances that you hit it off are greater. There’s this trust thing which is automatic.
So there - kwippy has a social network which gets real friends, friends you could meet. And it stores all your status messages, which become your emotional timeline.
