[Network] The point of 'Links'?

Tue Aug 21 03:14:57 CEST 2012

I agree with everything Jonathan said.

I personally think that a simply drop down box asking you to state your
relationship would be good.

Eg. *John Doe has requested you link to him as his "Freelance employer"*

Some other choices may be:

   - Freelance employee
   - Freelance employer
   - Personal friend
   - Employee
   - Employer
   - Project Collaborator

Then add others as people request them. (Employee/Employer roles could be
more complicated as it will need to switch to the opposite for the other
contact).

It would have to be made so that listing the type of relationship is
compulsory. Otherwise, as Jonathan said, it will just become another
worthless "Look how many friends I have!" type of social network.

Also, it would be nice to able to change to the relationships of people we
are already linked to now.

Just my thoughts.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:38 AM, Francesco Paglia <f.paglia.80 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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