I (along with a lot of others) am currently beta-testing Twine, a new network which, to quote their site, is "powered by semantic understanding".Again, per their site, "Twine automatically organizes information, learns about your interests and makes connections and recommendations. The more you use Twine, the better it understands your interests and the more useful it becomes.". For a good definition of a semantic network, please see this Wikipedia entry.
One good feature is the group setup (groups are referred to as twines). Postings to one twine can be shared with another twine, if you're a member of both twines in question.
Please note that to join Twine, you either have to click the Register for Beta link on the Twine home page (this may put you on a wait-list due to Twine's popularity), or someone has to invite you (that's how I got in - if interested, contact me via email, LinkedIn, etc. - I have a few invites).
Last but not least, if you do join Twine, please also join the Courseware Development Twine (the link will be posted shortly under the Group Scoreboard).
As usual, please post your comments here.
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"Postings to one twine can be shared with another twine, if you're a member of both twines in question."
Actually, you only need to be a member of the twine you are sharing the post to. You only need read access to the item being shared, which means being a member one of the twines it is already shared with, OR the item is in a public twine.
An item found in a search results set can be shared to any twine(s) you are a member of.
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