Wallop: The Flash-based, Invite-Only Social Network That Charges Fees
The strategy behind the new Wallop social network, located at http://www.wallop.com, seems to be to do the opposite of what every successful social network is doing. The network is invite-only which limits the number of users — the developers of Wallop are probably hoping this will increase interest in the website. Wallop is also Flash based. Flash heavy websites are a big turnoff for many users. These could both be potential negatives for Wallop but, as MSNBC reports, the most extreme Wallop concept is to charge members for add-ons and decorations.
The company, which aims to compete with established brands like MySpace and Facebook, plans to sell graphics and other features people can use to decorate their personal profile pages.
Wallop says the plan to charge users for the decorations will supplant the advertising that supports many such free sites. The add-ons will initially cost somewhere between 99 cents and $4, said Karl Jacob, the San Francisco company’s chief executive. The company will offer some elements for free.
Wallop has launched the Modder Network, which Wallop hopes develops into a thriving marketplace for Macromedia Flash developers to sell the Wallop Mods they create. Charging customers for add-ons and widgets probably won’t work in today’s culture of free Web 2.0 services but at least somebody is brave enough to try a business model that is different than the repetitive Web 2.0 models that all seem based on using Google AdSense. One thing Wallop does have going for it is the $10 million they have already raised.
Wallop was initially created in Microsoft Corp.’s research lab and was spun off earlier this year. Wired had an article about a Microsoft’s Wallop plans from three years ago. The Wallop in that article is located at mywallop.com. The article is titled Will Microsoft Wallop Friendster?. The fact that it talks about walloping Friendster gives you a good idea of just how out of touch that article is today. You can read more about Wallop on Tech Crunch, CNET and GigaOM. For Flash lovers, Ryan Stewart is blogging about some other Flash based Web 2.0 sites.
Posted on September 26, 2006
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A Ton of Flash at DEMOfall 2006
There are some very cool things going on at DEMOfall 2006. If you aren’t familiar with DEMO, it describes itself as “the launchpad for emerging technology” and that isn’t far from the truth. A lot of companies come to Demo to show off their products for the first time (including one we’ve become familiar with). This year, there are quite a few Flash applications showing how Flash is powering a lot of cutting edge ideas. My favorite is probably Wallop – it looks REALLY cool.
Pluggd – I love this company and I use their service every day. They centralize all of my podcasts and they now offer technology that allows you to search your favorite shows. The new podcast search/listening interface is written in all Flash, and it’s very cool. Icing on the cake? They’re here in Seattle.
System One – I have no idea what this company does. I looked around the website, but I can’t really figure it out. My guess is social networking for enterprises. BUT, they are using Flash for all of their visualizations proving once again, when you want to do something cool, you reach for Flash.
Eyespot – This company allows you to mix videos and songs together then provides the capability to upload them to your mobile phone. The “Trimmer” is in Flash, and they’re using Flash video for the desktop viewing. The rest of the site is Ajax and they do not use Flash Lite. (This is an updated description based on comments below).
Widgetbox – Okay, okay, they don’t technically use Flash. But they are a widget aggregator and a lot of the widgets they show are Flash based.
GrandCentral – Om Malik covered this today. GrandCentral is a phone number centralizer. You sign up, get a phone number, and you can have all of your calls forwarded to that number (work, cell, home). GrandCentral will allow you to set up rules so you can send everything to voicemail, or forward calls. They use a nice combination of Flash and JavaScript. Flash controls a good chunk of the UI including all of the message playback.
Wallop – Now THIS is Flash. I need to figure out how to get an invite to this thing. Mike Arrington has some info over on TechCrunch. Wallop is a Flash-based social network that looks really awesome. They are inviting Flash gurus to become part of the Wallop Modder Network. And to think, this is a Microsoft spinoff! This looks really awesome.
Scrapblog – I’ve seen this site around for a while and I’ve talked to some of the people behind it. Not only does it use Flash, but the app was developed in Flex. It’s an online Scrapbook that people seem to have mixed feelings about. TechCrunch covered it here. I think my mom would love this application. Flash – bringing Web 2.0 to moms!
iBloks – This is a Flash application done in OpenLaszlo. It’s kind of the same thing as Eyespot, it allows for mixing and remastering of photos and videos that you can share.
Technorati Tags: Flash, DEMOfall 2006, Pluggd, System One, Eyespot, GrandCentral, Wallop, Scrapblog, iBloks
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Flamewar
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The term flamewar might refer to one of the following:
- A flamewar is a prolonged exchange of deliberately hostile messages over the Internet.
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For some reason I forgot to blog this supercool project when I found it i january. Its actually a complete blog solution built with Flash as a frontend. One can argue about the usability of such a project but at least it is worth taking a look at, if only just for learning purposes. Too bad it it programmed in spanish, so it is a bit of a hassle to figure out what goes where, but still. I’ve poked a little bit at it, but have to give it another go.
FlashBlog.org «El primer Weblog realizado en Flash y Open Source»
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«Why many flashers (scripters and developers) don’t use flash based blogs?» Ok, we already know why, but many humans still don’t know why (some flashers just don’t know how). My 2 cents: some links, sources and discussions on flash based blogs and flash blog viewers.
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