[Network] The point of 'Links'?

[Francesco Paglia]

In my opinion "blender friends" are part of my entourage even if I've never
done business with them, however we should clearly separate both kind of
relationship.
Let me say if in a future when we can describe each work as an entity with
property (hugly mock up...I'm on Holiday sorry) :

(for each project)
__________________________________
*Project name: *my super commercial*
Date: *2012.08.20*
Link to video / image / etc. *www.youtube.com/mysupercommercial*
Description: *It has been fun bla bla bla*. ....
My Effort: *Lighter / Compositor
*Credits: *mycoworker1 (modeler)*
             *mycoworker2 (texture, shading)*
**__________________________________
*
If you imagine any artist / company page full of this information you will
end up with:
*
The artists offer become real *(at the moment the majority of the
freelancers offer almost every kind of service this will shrink to the real
world what people do);
*The true relationship between people* and the kind of support they added
to the project;
the creation of *a repository of coworker *divided by that one reserved to
friends:
also recommendation could be added (but this is not referred to the project
widget).
*
*A solution like this will *increase the network activity* (since people
linked could add the project to its own page like if it is a simple widget)*
*and *define the story of an artist / company / professor growing as it's
job grows.

*What do you think?

staying on actual solution Bart, I think at least you have to add a button
to say "refuse connection" and let people say why with a message :)

Hope you (all) find my idea interesting :)
Later,
Francesco
*

*
2012/8/20 Bart Veldhuizen <bart at blendernetwork.org>

> Hi guys,
>
> yes, I've already discussed that with Ton. It just wasn't feasible to have
> that function ready before siggraph though.. How do you think it should
> work / what kind of relationships should you be able to add? What if
> someone adds a links as 'someone I've done business with', while you think
> he's only 'someone I've known on the forum for years'?
>
> Let's think this one out before I start building :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bart
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:37 PM, John R. Nyquist <blender at nyquist.net>wrote:
>
>> The links do need clarification as to their purpose. Functionally, they
>>  impact search results, therefore they become important to business.
>>
>> I've always liked how LinkedIn does recommendations, those are not the
>> simple click of a button. A person has to actually take time and thought to
>> give one.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>> --
>> John R. Nyquist
>> Nyquist Art + Logic
>> 864-NYQ-UIST
>> http://nyquist.net/
>> http://AstraItinera.com/ <http://astraitinera.com/>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Jonathan Lax <
>> jonathan at geckoanimation.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've received tons of emails from people wanting to link with my company
>>> profile.  People I've never even met, let alone done business with.  With
>>> no context or description of these 'links' the network will not be
>>> considered a reliable source of information about Blender professionals.
>>>
>>> If links are associated with any 'ranking' system on the network its
>>> just simply going to become an incestuous group of those willing to accept
>>> links with people they've not actually done business with.  Links should be
>>> tied with case studies so roles, transactions and interaction are
>>> documented.  This would then mean that these links can be considered an
>>> asset or proof of genuine Blender-related activity/professionalism.
>>>
>>> Of course all networks online are heavily biased and full of false
>>> information depending on how much money is being paid etc.  I may just be
>>> naive in thinking Blender's could be different, certainly in its early
>>> stages.
>>>
>>> Why not have links related to specific case studies or projects, so
>>> anyone viewing a profile can see the extent to which 2 members have worked
>>> together?  With no context, the links are worth nothing and only serve as
>>> points to be gathered to boost rankings.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Jonathan Lax
>>> Gecko Animation Ltd.
>>> UK
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