Path launched to bring more privacy and exclusivity into social networking by Zuzana Zelenakova

Social networking is a phenomenon defining 21st century to a great extent. But how much is too much? Facebook, Twitter and whatever other social networking services there are have become so incorporated in our lives that one simply cannot avoid the question: when will people come to realize there are certain threats to this kind of socializing and act accordingly? What is the point of sharing with so many when you are not even aware of that and the feedback or meaningful interaction is lacking? Maybe this is what Dave Morin, ex-Facebooker noticed and decided to do something about it. The result? New social networking startup called Path was launched Monday. The main idea,! which sort of represents the opposite of Facebook ideology, is that you share photos, at least for now they are just photos, with people closest to you, your inner circle of family and friends, colleagues maybe, with maximum of 50 people. While Facebook is designed to expand your circle of friends and put more of your stuff out there for public to see, Path´s idea is reverse. “Because your personal network is limited to your 50 closest friends and family, you can always trust that you can post any moment, no matter how personal. Path is a place where you can be yourself. Simply take a photo with your camera on iPhone or iPod Touch and add context around that moment in the form of tags for people, places, and things. These tags provide three types of context which we think help capture a moment,” reads the Path blog. Path is a free iPhone app which raises question whether it will manage to break through in already crowded market. However, its founding team! suggests it has a very good chance to find its way. Apart fro! m Morin, former Facebook senior platform manager, there are also Macster co-creator Dustin Mierau and Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning.

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by Zuzana Zelenakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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