Social:Ex.plode.us
Type of site | Search engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Curverider Ltd |
| Website | ex.plode.us |
| Commercial | yes |
| Launched | 2007 |
| Current status | inactive |
ex.plode.us was a website search engine that indexed people. It was created by Curverider, the creators of the Elgg social networking platform.[1] Ex.plode.us aggregated social data from 43 Things, flickr, jaiku, Live Journal, tribe.net, Twitter, and YouTube.
Initially launched as Explode! in February 2007 [2] as purely a social network aggregation utility and widget it was re-launched in May 2007 as a people search engine.[3]
In August 2007 a Facebook version was released, taking advantage of the recently opened Facebook API.[4][5] However, the Facebook application did not allow ex.plode.us to aggregate information from Facebook.
In February 2008 a discussion on tribe.net dominated by tribe users who voiced privacy concerns resulted in tribe.net blocking ex.plode.us from accessing tribe users' FOAF data.[6] Individuals who were users of both ex.plode.us and tribe.net lost a great deal of their network on ex.plode.us.
As of February 2010, ex.plode.us no longer exists.[citation needed]
It had hacked into some YouTube users accounts to get the 'sign up name' to display with the 'user name'. Google still has searches related to this hacking.[citation needed]
API
The site offered a REST-style API, which no longer exists.
References
- ↑ "'Explode' blows down barriers that separate social networks". http://www.mcall.com/features/columnists/all-netizen0302mar02,0,4008357.column.
- ↑ Explode, a meta-social network
- ↑ "Ex.plode.us relaunches with a bang". http://www.vecosys.com/2007/05/16/explodeus-relaunches-with-a-bang/.
- ↑ Dave Tosh :: Blog :: Social search comes to Facebook via Explode
- ↑ "Social search comes to Facebook via Explode". http://curverider.co.uk/blog/2007/08/30/starting-to-open-up-facebook-with-explode/.
- ↑ "What is ex.plode.us and have we been sold out?". http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/34fb1a79-351d-4251-8318-829623c1c9cb?newpostingid=7c402919-fa8e-4ca4-8d5d-dd7a2c9b56fe#7c402919-fa8e-4ca4-8d5d-dd7a2c9b56fe.
External links
- Official press release
- Look Out MyBlogLog - Here Comes Explode
- Explode adds people search
- Explode is a New Social Search Engine
- Explode - A social network connection
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