How often have you sat there re-working a tweet, cutting out words, shortening them, and rearranging your sentence so you could make it fit into 140 characters? It can be pretty tough to get a full idea across in such few words. According to the guys behind Hycku, that’s no big deal.
Now that microblogging services have become run of the mill, enter the newest, shortest form of online interaction – nanoblogging. Hycku updates are limited to 255 characters – sounds like it’s more than Twitter right? Don’t be fooled. Along with the 255 character limit comes a 7 word limit – in the spirit of the popular and very short poetic form – the haiku.
At the moment the options and settings are pretty sparse. You can add a profile pic, and simultaneously update your status on Facebook and Twitter, and even add an image to your update. Hycku is also fully searchable. Interaction with other users is exactly the same as Twitter’s – you can follow other users and send them private messages.
If you want to share a link in your update, the link will go towards the 7 word limit, but if you want to add an image, you don’t have to sacrifice one of your seven words in exchange. Images show up inline in both your personal timeline and the public timeline.
How popular nanoblogging is going to be has yet to be seen. The word limit is pretty restrictive. Add to that the fact that people simply don’t need another social network between Facebook, Twitter and Google+, and certainly not one with such stringent limitations – we’re left wondering if Hycku is DOA.
Other microblogging services like Jaiku, Identica and Plurk simply couldn’t compete with Twitter and eventually faded into obscurity.
There is one way that Hycku could potentially set itself apart from other social networks by living up to its name and becoming a niche option by becoming a social network for poets. While Twitter has become home to some incredibly creative micropoems, complete with a hashtag of their own, Hycku could end up being a huge online repository of modern day haikus.
What do you think of Hycku? Let us know in the comments.
A 7 word limit almost sounds like a hoax.
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LikeJust joined and Follow me on Hycku here http://hycku.com/weid
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Likeweird. I tried to register username "weid" and it said "invalid" then i used "mrweid" and registered my account but in the setting, the service allows u to change username and i tried to change it to "weid" and successfully changed it. when hit the "summit" to change the username, got the same "invalid" but after hitting 2nd time, my username is now "username" so the service does accept four letter username. still don't know why it won't let me when tried the first time though.
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Likesounds depressing actually, 7 words?
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Likewent to the site, where is the signup button?
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Likeweid good question!
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LikeGabriel Pudizaweid it's at the top of the page. "join us now"
http://cl.ly/2F0d3V2z2D3G2G3P2d3v
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LikeIt's sad to hear this line:
"Add to that the fact that people simply don’t need another social network between Facebook, Twitter and Google+."
As if there is no room for anything better ... I agree that Hycku may not bring anything new to the table, but a seven word vocabulary requirement. However, considering that the three mentioned Social Sites above started with major limitations, they are indeed great - but not without pardon.
I say, good luck Hycku!
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Likesostenez I'm certainly not one to say that we shouldn't stop innovating and I'll be the first one to try out a new network but I think it would be really hard for any other social network to come in at this point and tear people away from the 3 main networks - at least as far as the mainstream audience is concerned. And some people would even argue that Google+ itself isn't mainstream but that's a whole other discussion.
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LikeNancy Messieh That's true ... however, the three main social networks are merely the same ... there really isn't much difference from what one is sharing/viewing on Facebook to Google+ to Twitter. Create a niche in the Social realm and you've got something to at least steal a couple of pieces from the Social Pie.
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LikeConversation from Twitter
StukjeS nou, daar zaten we op te wachten... (7 woorden)
imjustcreative Reminds me of the one-word microblogging service, Adocu: http:\/\/t.co\/xSoUfkHb
imjustcreative in fact, let's take it back to the beginning...facial expressions and grunts
imjustcreative I think I'm going to develop an app called "Silence", where no words are allowed, only facial expressions.
anescu da. am facut cont adineauri. dar pare facut pentru genii pustii. nu e nicio sugestie de follow pe nicaieri