Be Square: MyCube now in Beta
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t’s not exactly the Wild West anymore when it comes to social networking. Sure, maybe the social networking site that will be huge in three years isn’t even a pitch meeting yet, but things are just so dominated by a handful of sites its really hard for new ones to make it big. The common complaint among users is ambiguous privacy policies. A little info about MyCube passed across my desk. It seems that they are not trying to pretend they’ll be as all-dominating as Facebook but looks like they are starting the old-fashioned way: identify the needs of the customers not being met and capitalize on it. Apparently, sharing is niche-based and privacy settings are high. Content, such as photos, is only shared with those with a true common interest. Points are awarded for activity and can be ’spent.’
Right now you can sign up for the MyCube private beta to be in the first wave of early adopters. (Enter in the code “blog” to join.) I am not quite clear if you need to have a lot of personal friends using it to make it worthwhile or there are enough connections with common interests for someone to jump in without their posse. There are so many sites languishing with too few users, but if a core group can get excited about it, time will tell.
