- Update – The company says that the sign up process should be all back to normal. Keep using the invite code “thenextweb”
Zaang, a company that is still in private beta, is out to reorganize the way that you discuss topics.
The company is centering discussions in individual “worlds,” which are similar to FriendFeed rooms without the real-time aspect. Each room has a main genre, such as Poker. I founded the Tech Blogging room, so far it’s just me.
The company’s goal is to make it seem like you are “sitting in the same room” as other people following the topic. Find people who share similar interests, and talk to them.
Zaang has taken a page from the most popular new startups of recent months: FourSquare and Glue, and introduced a sticker system to reward users for completing certain tasks, and a leaderboard to track which worlds are performing the best through time. Zaang is a mix of forums, rooms, and a game. It just might make it.
The startup has an interesting take on a popular and long-standing goal of the internet: unite people of similar interest.
Head over to zaang.com and use the invite code “thenextweb.” You can follow me on Zaang here, once you get in.
database error on signup – fail.
I have seen a lot of sites that unite people with similar interest..do they actually work?
seems like they fixed the signup – just logged in… my opinion is that they will face the trouble of getting content and users, but without the content there will be no users and vica versus…. overall feel is good though
Sign up process is fixed! Sorry about that everyone.
it looks like this site is going to be a huge success! I think the idea of “worlds” is genius, and will allow users to benefit from each other by interacting with different people all in one place… and I think the competition between worlds (the leaderboard) will keep users coming back for more
Just signed up. liking the feel of it so far. The site's responsive and not laggy
really cool site! very user friendly! great amount of content for the early stages of release…can't wait to see more. With mass content, this will be awesome!
i must be missing something here…
all they did is take the online support groups site (http://www.dailystrength.org or http://www.mdjunction.com ) and made them not health oriented.
don't get it. and besides – doesn't look like many do…
As far as functionality, you are not missing much. But in terms of the overall feel and experience, you must have not taken a close look :p