I wonder if being uberly social about things will eventually lead to the anti-social revolution. Who's in for creating the next big wave, "deface book"?<p>Actually, that's not a bad idea, Defacebook will let you create mustaches on your friend's profile pictures. ;-)
When did this launch? I downloaded it 5 minutes ago, made a quick account and posted a photo of a candle... and since then there have been multiple other users "nearby" that have rated things. I'm impressed how many people are actually using this.
Here's the posting on Scott Hansen's blog about the making of the original Jotly video. Quite inspired, although I shudder to think what would happen if Jotly <i>actually</i> proves to be a success. I'm not ready for anti-marketing copycats.<p><a href="http://blog.iso50.com/25994/jotly-share-everything-with-everyone/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.iso50.com/25994/jotly-share-everything-with-ever...</a><p>Incidentally, Scott Hansen is also the guy behind Tycho Music. I just love unexpected connections like that.
Lesson: a working, usable idea + Techcrunch promo = adoption.<p>And adoption is all that social services really need to get going, even if they're a joke. Longevity is a totally different matter of course.
Example of a rating via web. Thankfully they build a web view for ratings...<p>Stain on Couch: "D-"
<a href="http://www.jotly.co/jot/75025" rel="nofollow">http://www.jotly.co/jot/75025</a>
I found the live feed of Jots fun to watch: <a href="http://www.jotly.co/jots" rel="nofollow">http://www.jotly.co/jots</a> (potentially NSFW of course).<p>Also, I rated my evening at the computer as a B- and the founder commented and suggested that I try to watch some TV. And that's just hilarious.