Cellphedia, a SMS Social Network Service 88
Roland Piquepaille writes "Based on ideas taken from Wikipedia and dodgeball, Cellphedia allows its members to broadcast questions to its community and receive answers, using SMS text messaging on cell phones. Here is how it works, according to "Cellphedia Melds Facts with Mobile Smart Mobs" from E-Commerce Times. First, you register for free on the site and you indicate your subjects of interest. If you want to ask a question, it is sent to all the members who expressed interest in this particular subject. Finally, the first answer received by Cellphedia is sent back to you. This means that later answers, which could have been more accurate, are discarded. But this service is still very young and its creator is working hard to improve it. Read more for some examples of questions and answers stored on the Cellphedia central server."
I'm violating your copyright, Roland! SUCK IT! (Score:5, Informative)
Based on ideas taken from Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] and dodgeball [dodgeball.com], Cellphedia [cellphedia.com] allows its members to broadcast questions to its community and receive answers, using SMS text messaging on cell phones. Here is how it works, according to " Cellphedia Melds Facts with Mobile Smart Mobs [ecommercetimes.com]" from E-Commerce Times. First, you register for free on the site and you indicate what are your subjects of interest. If you want to ask a question, it is sent to all the members who expressed interest in this particular subject. Finally, the first answer received by Cellphedia is sent back to you. This means that later answers, which could have been more accurate, are discarded. But this service is still very young and its creator is working hard to improve it. Read more...
Here is a general description of this service, created by Limor Garcia as part of her thesis while at New York University.
Questions and answers are sent and received using SMS on your cell phone. And as I wrote above, only the first answer received by CellPhedia is sent back to the person who asked a question.
Interviewed for this article, Howard Rheingold, from Smart Mobs [smartmobs.com], said that Cellphedia was another example of the convergence between technologies such as cell phone, computers and Internet.
Now, let's look at some examples of questions and answers stored on the Cellphedia central server. As you can see, there are all kinds of requests.
Q: age new pope
A: 78
Q: what's a phreak
A: a phreak is someone who is highly skilled in the use of phone systems. phreaksare considered a subset of hackers.
Q: does someone know how to install osx tiger on to an ipod for later installation on an ibook?
A: not possible
Q: where can i find info on time travel?
For another point of view about this service, you can read this article from Wired News, "
Why is it ALWAYS Timmy... (Score:1, Offtopic)
Re:Why is it ALWAYS Timmy... (Score:2)
Re:Why is it ALWAYS Timmy... (Score:5, Insightful)
Me: *SMS* "Y Timmy 4 teh Roland?"
sending...
1 new message...
Answer: Get cheap viagra for extra hardness
Anyone else think that this will be a race against legit answers and spam?
Re:I'm violating your copyright, Roland! SUCK IT! (Score:1)
Re:I'm violating your copyright, Roland! SUCK IT! (Score:1)
Re:I'm violating your copyright, Roland! SUCK IT! (Score:2)
Re:I'm violating your copyright, Roland! SUCK IT! (Score:2)
A: in the future.
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Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:3, Insightful)
Sounds almost like what I use Slashdot for.
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:2)
Can you please expand on that point?
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:3, Insightful)
What I find so ridiculously funny about this whole Roland deal
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:1)
Taco and crew get to sit around tweaking things.
Here at slashdot, we are the reporters. we dig out the interesting stuff. In the case of Roland, I don't see why he shouldn't be allowed to make money.
Also, the submitter needs to look closely at Rolands story submissions again, only Roland, or a slashdot insider can see the rejected stories, normal users do not see them, so everyone looks like 100% accepted.
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:1)
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:1, Funny)
You just did.
MOD PARENT DOWN! REASON: SPAM (Score:4, Informative)
Correct!! MOD PARENT DOWN! REASON: SPAM (Score:1)
maybe you don't check deep enough (Score:3, Interesting)
now he does appear to have a couple text advertisement links on his blog to help pay hosting costs (maybe these links drive up his traffic and make him more money like he says about roland), but otherwise it seems rather innocent.
though it is fairly odd that he just doesn't directly link
Re:maybe you don't check deep enough (Score:2, Informative)
Yes, auto-generated links to affiliate URLs.
though it is fairly odd that he just doesn't directly link
He does it to obscure the fact that he posts links to click.example.com/?ref=his_id instead of just www.example.com. There's a double redirect.
Please read granparent post more carefully...
Re:MOD PARENT DOWN! REASON: SPAM (Score:1)
I submit that they are both.
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:3, Interesting)
Theory: he splits his profits with slashdot editors. He uses slashdot's users to gain money and pays a little commission in order to do that. What other explanation exists?
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:1)
Who says he isn't one of the editors?
</tin foil hat>
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:2)
His stories generates a lot of negative comments so Slashdot's ad-serv counter starts spinning.
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:2)
Its just an odd coincidence that Timothy always seems to be the editor to OK them , it hapens
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:2)
I do belive he probably does subbmit about 80 storys a month though and if you have levels like that then you are bound to get some through , If as the origional post states he ears 640 or so a month from this then i doubt its much insentive to pay off the editors and is just enough to pay for rent and food barely much else.
or its a nice bonus to the paycheque.
Perhaps Roland is just the victum of one amazingly large complex troll
Roland the Plogger again? (Score:2)
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:2)
And this is different from
-David
Re:Please Stop The Roland Articles!! (Score:2)
You list specific pricing and a business plan that sounds rather fantastic. You make it sound so easy and beneficial for someone to start doing what Roland is doing.
I have to wonder what your intentions really are.
Answers... (Score:4, Funny)
Such as, 'How does Roland Piquepaille sleep at night'?
How does he sleep? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Answers... (Score:2)
Re:Answers... (Score:2)
Roland P wolfcastle:" On a pile of money with many beutifull women"
Go to hell! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Go to hell! (Score:3, Funny)
Q: How old is the Pope?
A: 78.
Q: How many friends do I have to refer to get a free iPod?
A: Get free iPods at freeipodsource.com.
Q: What is spam?
A: A processed meat product.
Q: What are hotdogs?
A: Get Viagra for just $5.99 at
First Question Received (Score:5, Funny)
who iz rolex pickapal n y iz he on slashdot lol lmao
This service seems to (Score:2)
Is this really a great idea? (Score:1, Interesting)
Maybe I'm missing something, but in the time it takes to ask the question and get an answer through your cell phone, I would think that you could find a computer and Google the inquirey. What could you possibly ask of a cell phone encyclopedia that you couldn't find on the internet?
Wait! I don't think I want an answer to that.
Re:Is this really a great idea? (Score:1)
And while we are on that subject, what ever happened to toothing? I was looking forward to it catching on so much...
Situations exist where you are not near a computer (Score:2)
Seriously though, have you never been in a situation where you would have liked to know the answer to a question and *not* been near a computer?
Great idea (Score:5, Funny)
effing a (Score:3, Funny)
Cell Phone Frist Post System ??? (Score:4, Insightful)
No, really... that's what it says.
With all the advances in KM over the years [ibm.com], maybe a more interesting approach would be to have the system aggregate/rate responses over a period of time and respond with the top 3 or so. As planned, I would think the system described is less than useful, it would be downright obnoxious once it hit critical mass (go read every first post [slashdot.org] on
Re:Cell Phone Frist Post System ??? (Score:1)
While they are coding this up, they could spare 5 minutes to handle slash dupes
spam? (Score:4, Interesting)
1. Setup a SMS bridge
2. Register for all topics of interest
3. write a script that replies almost instantly with "I hear that all the time, here is an in-depth article on my website" that points to whatever porn/free ipod/whatever spam site
4. profit!!!
Re:spam? (Score:2)
www.primidi.com.
4. Profit!!!
Accuracy and reliability? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Accuracy and reliability? (Score:2)
It does, why don't you try clicking your own sig.
Re:Accuracy and reliability? (Score:2)
Why don't you try reading the page that is returned when you click his
I've seen pages on trolling on wikipedia, so its strange that it isn't there... perhaps more searching would yield it.
Note to bozo #2: (Score:2)
Note carefully how you didn't realize what was going on and neither did bozo #1 who you responded to.
Re:Note to bozo #2: (Score:1)
To bozo #1: (Score:2)
My guess is... (Score:2, Funny)
They should market it to couples considering (Score:1, Funny)
This cellpodiatry thing ought to be a great introduction for couples contemplating kids. With some experience they may change their minds.
Son, "Dad, the cars out of gas, what do I do."
Dad, "You walk to a gas station, borrow a can, buy some gas, walk back to the car, put it in, drive back to the gas station, return the can, and buy more gas. Don
Brilliant (Score:3, Interesting)
Some cell companies charge as much as $0.15 per SMS message.
If this thing catches on, they'll be rolling in cash (even more than they are now).
Re:Brilliant (Score:2)
Nevertheless, cellphone providers are making LOTS of money from text/sms messages.
From an article [enquirer.com] on pizza coupons on your cellphone:
"In April, [Cincinnati}Bell's system handled 115 million text messages, or an average of about 278 per subscriber. The national average is about 30 per subscriber per month. And data such
High Potential For Cheating (Score:2)
Cellphedia, a SMS Social Disease (Score:2)
But cellphedia sounds more like a social disease than a social network. They need a new name.
OK, so this seems like a lame idea (Score:2)
But, human behavior, particularly human social behavior is complex. Many a sure thing has foundered on human complexity, and many a ridiculous idea has become the next big thing because of it. After all, the idea of a world class operating system being created and maintained by a worldwide network of volunteers (and people paid to contribute to a free, public work by their employers) would have seemed absurd to nearly anybody with any
Snoop Dog says... (Score:1)
"fabric softener? so that's how those hip hop guys get all the babes!"
man... i had no idea some dumbass would make an automated service based on a comercial for a different product.
Not quite so new... (Score:1)