10 Oct 2008
Tokoni Wants to Know: “What’s Your Story?”
Out this week from almost a year in beta is Tokoni, a social networking site where users create profiles and post their own real-life stories. Tokoni was founded by former eBay executive Mary Lou Song and Alex Kazim, former president of Skype, who also serves as Tokoni’s CEO.
The Tongan word for “help,” Tokoni allows users to start their own mini-blogs, in a sense. Readers can post comments, become “fans”, and give out “tokens” to stories that the find particularly moving, interesting or funny. I took Tokoni for a test drive today, and, while I did have to weed through a few juvenile and/or self-indulgent ramblings, there were some good writers. Alex Kazim, in a press release, says:
“We created Tokoni to fill the distinct need for an online community where individual stories of life’s experiences have a voice and are valued, and where the collective wisdom of the community is celebrated,” and “The growth of social media has enabled people to control how they create, consume, and share content and personal experiences online; however, participation in the social Web is still daunting to the mainstream. Tokoni makes sharing your own story easy.” You can read more about Tokoni and its’ founders here:
