Google’s Lively is basically a chat client. But then to some, so is Second Life. And it has some advantages:
- The Google name and reach
- Clean, sculpty looking objects
- A small download
- A peppy, bright, bubbly sort of chat space
- Link to your Google profile and log-in information (G-mail etc.)
- The ability to embed youTube videos and watch them with your friends
- A maniacal giggle (with its downside that it’s text activated, just say the word laugh and you’re laughing as in “That’s nothing to laugh about”)
And it has distinct disadvantages as well, in particular no support for the Mac (were they in SUCH a huge rush? Did the Vivaty launch onto Facebook accelerate their plans ahead of support for the Mac platform?), bugs, crashes, avatar limits, and a bit of a learning curve.
Janos Haits on 16 Mar 12We want to make publishing simple.Percolate is a platform that helps you create content by bubbling up interesting stuff for you to comment on. We believe people are interesting and want to make tools to help you express yourself easily. Percolate works by hooking up to streams of content (like RSS and Twitter, with more to come) and filtering down to the most interesting stuff for you (by way of a lot of math and technical wizardry). We then present that content back to you for you to react to, which is as easy as hitting an "awesome" button.
