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Title:

Why People Search Still (Mostly) Sucks

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Organizer:
James Reffell, Yahoo!
Description:
Despite search, social networks, and gushy articles in the New York Times about Googling exes, looking for people online is often unsuccessful -- and sometimes it's successful in creepy ways. We'll cover the issues that keep us from good people search, and what we can do about it.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is people search?
  2. How do people search for other people online now?
  3. What are the technical limitations of current search engines when searching for people?
  4. What are the social reasons you can't find people online?
  5. What are the design reasons you can't find people online?
  6. How do successful people searches lead to creepy conclusions?
  7. How do we make it easier to find people online
  8. How do we balance utility and privacy?
  9. What can you do to make yourself more easily (or less easily) findable?
  10. How is all this likely to change given recent technological advances?
Level:
Advanced
Category:
Web / Interface Design
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
Jeremy Gillick
on 8/8/08
I'm very interested in the "what we can do about it" part. Voted.
Virginia DeBolt
on 15/8/08
An important topic. I give it a thumbs up.
James Reffell
on 28/8/08
Thank you! I'm hoping to include technical solves, design solves, and cultural solves in the discussion ... and get pretty in-depth about it.
Preston Smalley
on 29/8/08
You can't go wrong with James on a topic like this. And I heard Sarah Culberson from LinkedIn is a panelist.... Vote now!
online casino
on 4/5/09
Very interesting discussion, thank you
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