A Tasteful Social Concept

TasteKid has a strong social component. However, the structure of this layer and the features we provide differentiate from other networks, and some of you might wonder why. I’m writing this post to address this question, and to briefly explain our social guidelines.

The interaction between registered users on TasteKid is designed to be taste-centered. We intentionally avoid features that would allow searching for other users by name, age, sex, school, location, or other such parameters. Instead, for each band, movie, etc., one can easily see which other users like or dislike that particular item, and check those users’ profiles – and maybe “like” them. Moreover, registered users see, on their home page, a list of “Popcorn” or “Party” buddies, which are users that share similar taste in movies or music (these lists are presented alternatively with the “Active members” list).

The main idea is that users on TasteKid should easily discover each other and connect based on their shared preferences and taste in music, movies, shows and literature, rather than other factors. That being said, we are looking forward to designing and implementing new features that would improve the taste-centered user discovery process. But the main concept remains a taste-based interaction, because all we want to do is help our users explore their taste – nothing more, nothing less.

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4 Responses to “A Tasteful Social Concept”

  1. Andrew says on June 18th, 2011 at 4:01 am :

    That’s all fine and dandy, tastekid, but it sounds like you’re arguing against some requests or feedback you’ve received. If that’s the case, why? And even if its not the case, why? There’s nothing wrong with exploring the edge that you feel separates you, but I hope not at the expense of the user experience. I haven’t been involved in the decision process, but all the things you just said I can’t have now I kinda want.
    Tastekid dating? Srsly what’s not to like about that idea?

  2. Morgan says on June 20th, 2011 at 11:35 am :

    Thanks for the full job you’ve done until now :)
    But some of my questions didn’t receive any response, from months…
    e.g : All recommendations I receive are contents that I already liked or disliked, nothing to discover from months… I already began to search new content on other websites… :(

    Morgan, from Belgium

  3. Morgan says on June 23rd, 2011 at 10:13 am :

    Thanks for your response by e-mail :)

  4. ASf says on June 30th, 2011 at 1:31 am :

    I miss more social features, like an ability to find the most similar person to you according to your shared likes. That would be great!