Scoble wants to base a trust network off of his RSS reader. That seems like an interesting idea though I would rather the network be a bit more exclusive than just RSS feeds I read since that doesn't necessarily mean I trust the author.
This is what's missing from "social software" like Google's Orkut or Linked In. Now, if someone figures out how to use the trust network I've built in my RSS News Reader (I only subscribe to people and companies I trust and want to have a long-term relationship with) along with some of the fun contact methods of Linked In, Friendster, or Orkut, then we'd have something really interesting.
A blogroll on the other hand could be a good middleground for something like this. I would generally only add people that I trust to it and it (generally) won't have a large amount of entries. That definitely could be something ponder especially based on this project based on FOAF files.
Posted by Josh at March 3, 2004 08:59 AM | TrackBack