Comments on: cb’s brightfuse: a network for the masses

By: Mason Wong

Mason Wong — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:34:46 +0000

Thanks, Tina. It took me a while to find the privacy settings, as it is available from the My Home page, since I was erroneously focused on trying to find it from the My Profile page. While I can hide it from the public, I am still forced to show it to my “contacts”. Ideally, I should be allowed to hid it even from my “contacts” as social network theory suggests I amass many “weak” network ties, but they may be people who I willing to contact only via the site, not via email.

Anyways, I don’t have high expectations for BrightFuse, nor any of the other copy-cat sites like Fast Pitch or Connect Buzz.

By: Jason Alba

Jason Alba — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:17:13 +0000

Just a quick point - you say LI says their avg user makes 100k. Actually, they claim the average HOUSEHOLD income is $110... I blogged about this on my LinkedIn blog last month, guessing at what that number really means (interesting comments, too).

By: tina

tina — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:52:37 +0000

Actually, you can make your email private…it’s in the privacy settings. :)

I’ve been a BrightFuse member since July and have seen it grow and differentiate itself.

By: Mason Wong

Mason Wong — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:30:37 +0000

Seems to be a pretty basic networking site with hardly anyone I already know on there. I don’t appreciate having my email address publicly displayed with no option to hide it (fortunately, I used an address I don’t regularly use). So far, it’s just another me-too site. No gravitational pull. Good luck to the folks running it.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:01:00 +0000

Joel, journalists make 100k+ Give Vanessa a pay raise!

By: jason davis

jason davis — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:18:45 +0000

I would love for both careerbuilder and monster to start a social network for recruiters.