Comments on: Me.dium – Social discovery in real time http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/ The Startup Blog Network Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Neal McBurnett http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/#comment-712 Neal McBurnett Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:35:13 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/?p=147#comment-712 Excellent questions from David Henderson. I look at my browsing history from yesterday and think - yeah - no problem - share that day with my friends. It would be great in many ways. But there is a big concern that my browsing might somehow expose some only quasi-public sites I visit (like betas :-), or expose information that I or my friends wouldn't want disclosed. Even though, as they say, once private information gets out there it is hard clean up the mess, I think it is very important to have the ability to retroactively erase all available records of past clickstreams, and hopefully even get compliant clients to erase their copies of the information. Excellent questions from David Henderson.

I look at my browsing history from yesterday and think - yeah - no problem - share that day with my friends. It would be great in many ways.

But there is a big concern that my browsing might somehow expose some only quasi-public sites I visit (like betas :-), or expose information that I or my friends wouldn’t want disclosed. Even though, as they say, once private information gets out there it is hard clean up the mess, I think it is very important to have the ability to retroactively erase all available records of past clickstreams, and hopefully even get compliant clients to erase their copies of the information.

]]> By: David Henderson http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/#comment-625 David Henderson Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:00:58 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/?p=147#comment-625 With all due respect david, having spent the last 11 years dealing with Internet privacy issues in various startups, Medium in its current form doesn't effectively address those trust issues? An on/off button doesn't really begin to deal with trust. It's a much more complex issue. For example: What happens to the user (attention) data you collect? Can users access, edit and delete their clickstream data? Could that user data be subpoena in court of law? That data is connected to a unique email address and a group of friend email addresses. Why should consumers trust Medium with their click-stream data? Isn't this user attention/ intention data the key to Medium's business model? What happens at the end of quarter when Medium is trying to make a revenue number? What's in place to protect me the consumer? Is Medium an open data service or a closed data service? Can users take their attention data out of Medium and use it with other 2.0 services or is Medium a black box? I know you're currently a beta product, so maybe you have thought through many of these issues and your trust policy is coming in future releases. At the end of the day, this is the critical issue for you guys! :-) With all due respect david, having spent the last 11 years dealing with Internet privacy issues in various startups, Medium in its current form doesn’t effectively address those trust issues?

An on/off button doesn’t really begin to deal with trust. It’s a much more complex issue.

For example:

What happens to the user (attention) data you collect?

Can users access, edit and delete their clickstream data?

Could that user data be subpoena in court of law? That data is connected to a unique email address and a group of friend email addresses.

Why should consumers trust Medium with their click-stream data? Isn’t this user attention/ intention data the key to Medium’s business model? What happens at the end of quarter when Medium is trying to make a revenue number? What’s in place to protect me the consumer?

Is Medium an open data service or a closed data service? Can users take their attention data out of Medium and use it with other 2.0 services or is Medium a black box?

I know you’re currently a beta product, so maybe you have thought through many of these issues and your trust policy is coming in future releases.

At the end of the day, this is the critical issue for you guys! :-)

]]> By: David Mandell http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/#comment-562 David Mandell Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:56:09 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/?p=147#comment-562 Shawn, the trust factor has always been a priority for us. The way we approach it, is the user choosing to share their activity with Me.dium, and in return we have to respect that choice and provide as much user control and value as we possibly can. As opposed to many other services out there - some known and others not - Me.dium allows the user to choose when and where he or she would like to share their activity. It's completely up to the user. I look forward ot your feedback. Shawn, the trust factor has always been a priority for us. The way we approach it, is the user choosing to share their activity with Me.dium, and in return we have to respect that choice and provide as much user control and value as we possibly can.

As opposed to many other services out there - some known and others not - Me.dium allows the user to choose when and where he or she would like to share their activity. It’s completely up to the user.

I look forward ot your feedback.

]]> By: David Henderson http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/#comment-561 David Henderson Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:51:01 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/?p=147#comment-561 that was "privacy" :shock: that was “privacy” :shock:

]]> By: David Henderson http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/#comment-560 David Henderson Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:49:52 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/?p=147#comment-560 AttentionTrust solves the trust and provacy problem. http://www.attentiontrust.org/about#principles :wink: AttentionTrust solves the trust and provacy problem.

http://www.attentiontrust.org/about#principles

:wink:

]]> By: Shawn Rogers http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/#comment-559 Shawn Rogers Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:59:55 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/?p=147#comment-559 I've met the guys at Me.dium and really find the energy and knowledge of the group to be infectious. But after reading the article in the Camera yesterday I am struck by the trust factor. Will everyday users of the Internet be comfortable with a company having this level of knowledge about thier surfing habits? I might be missing something here I know brad Feld is on the Board and the team has a lot of success behind it but I'll be interested to see how it develops. I've applied for Beta access I look forward to getting greater insight. I’ve met the guys at Me.dium and really find the energy and knowledge of the group to be infectious. But after reading the article in the Camera yesterday I am struck by the trust factor. Will everyday users of the Internet be comfortable with a company having this level of knowledge about thier surfing habits? I might be missing something here I know brad Feld is on the Board and the team has a lot of success behind it but I’ll be interested to see how it develops. I’ve applied for Beta access I look forward to getting greater insight.

]]> By: Devin http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/#comment-558 Devin Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:43:37 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/?p=147#comment-558 Sweet, college is paying off every day. ;-) Sweet, college is paying off every day. ;-)

]]> By: David Mandell http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/#comment-556 David Mandell Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:42:21 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/?p=147#comment-556 Peter, Me.dium has been designed to act on the users desires for socialability, or privacy. The user chooses to share whatever tehy are in the mood to share and Me.dium proveds value based on the users mood. Me.dium is easily swithed off at any point, and while it is being used, the user can conrtol his or her visibility or anonymity on the fly. Peter,

Me.dium has been designed to act on the users desires for socialability, or privacy. The user chooses to share whatever tehy are in the mood to share and Me.dium proveds value based on the users mood. Me.dium is easily swithed off at any point, and while it is being used, the user can conrtol his or her visibility or anonymity on the fly.

]]> By: Peter Cranstone http://www.coloradostartups.com/2006/10/31/medium-%e2%80%93-social-discovery-in-real-time/#comment-555 Peter Cranstone Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:59:12 +0000 http://ColoradoStartups.com/?p=147#comment-555 David, Very interesting... seems that the more the web knows about "me" or in this case what you care about the more powerful the advertising opportunities are. The ability for the consumer to remain in control of his privacy will be key to Me.dium. So how do I - we - you control what Me.dium gets to learn? Peter David,

Very interesting… seems that the more the web knows about “me” or in this case what you care about the more powerful the advertising opportunities are. The ability for the consumer to remain in control of his privacy will be key to Me.dium.

So how do I - we - you control what Me.dium gets to learn?

Peter

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