Application Rooms, which allows the user to create Internet chat rooms for things that interest him, and to invite others to them, without necessarily using real names - thus reviving "heroic" older epochs of the Internet, with forums, message boards and chatrooms.
Rooms, an application of Facebook Creative Labs, has been available since yesterday on iOS in the US, the UK and some other English-speaking countries.
Όπως αναφέρεται σε σχετικό post στο blog του Rooms, «ένα από τα μαγικά χαρακτηριστικά των πρώτων ημερών του web ήταν η διασύνδεση με ανθρώπους που δεν θα συναντούσες ποτέ αλλιώς στην καθημερινή σου ζωή. Forums, message boards και chatrooms ήταν σημεία συνάντησης για ανθρώπους που δεν μοιράζονταν απαραίτητα γεωγραφικές τοποθεσίες ή κοινωνικές connections, but they had something in common. Places where what you said mattered more than who you were and who you knew. Today, as we spend more and more time on our phones, primarily to communicate with friends and family, the role of the Internet as a 'third' party is beginning to fade."
A "room" is essentially a feed of photos, videos and text, not too dissimilar to what one finds in Instagram ή το Facebook, με ένα κεντρικό θέμα το οποίο καθορίζεται από όποιον έχει δημιουργήσει το «δωμάτιο». Οι αρχικοί χρήστες έχουν ήδη δημιουργήσει τέτοιους χώρους για ποικιλία θεμάτων, από σπιτικό φαγητό, παρκούρ κ.α.
“The creators of 'rooms' can also control almost anything around them. Rooms is designed to be a flexible, creative tool. You can change the text and emojis on the 'like' button, add a cover photo and dominant colors, create custom 'pinned' messages, configure member permissions, and even set whether or not users can link to your material on the web. In the future we will continue to add more customizable features and ways to 'tease' your 'room'.
The creators of Rooms emphasize that one of their favorite features of the Internet is the ability it gives anyone to be whoever they want to be. "We want the 'rooms' you create to be liberating...from unique obsessions and unconventional hobbies to personal finance and health issues, you can 'celebrate' the sides of yourself you don't always show your friends." And for this reason, it is emphasized, the user can use whatever name he wants, just like the forums and message boards of the old weather. "You can still create different identities for different themes," he says.
Κλείνοντας, αναφέρεται στο blogpost ότι σε πρώτη φάση υπάρχει επικέντρωση στη στενή συνεργασία με ένα μικρό σετ από community platforms builders, με σκοπό τη διαμόρφωση επιτυχών «κοινοτήτων». «Εάν νομίζετε ότι το ‘δωμάτιό' σας έχει τη δυνατότητα να γίνει μια από αυτές, θα θέλαμε πολύ να μάθουμε πώς μπορούμε να βοηθήσουμε. Στείλτε μας ένα email στο team@rooms.me, along with an invitation to your 'room' and a paragraph about why you think your 'room' has the potential to be an important community for certain kinds of people."
The App Store Store page is located here.
It is noted that at the beginning of the month, in a NY Times report, there was talk of a stand-alone application by the "social networking king" that would allow users to interact within Facebook without having to use their real names.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
