Its A Small World Afterall
Facebook, Facebook, Facebook....it's all we hear about these days, and it's not just sorority girls and recent grads anymore, 30+ year olds are getting in on it, messaging and poking like it's going out of style. While we admit we get on every now and then to check up on old friends and see the latest wedding that took place, we will always stay true to our asmallworld.net profiles above all else.
A Small World, for those of you on the outside, is like the Bungalow 8 of social-networks (back when Bungalow 8 was "Bungalow 8"). It was started a few years back by a guy name Erik Wachtmeister in his apartment in NYC. There are no picture albums, no poking or proding, just genuine people searching for the same across the world. It's a place to exchange tips on the best restaurants in Istanbul, to figure out what hotel to stay at in New York City, or where the party is in Barcelona on a given night. It is an online community that has remain just that: a community, not a free for all where everyone is included and let in. And when you post questions in the forum, people respond immediately and thoughtfully. It is not just another procrastination tool.
So how have they retrained the community aspect? It's simple, you need an invite to join, and only a few select people have invite priviledges. So unfortunately those who are on the outside looking to get in will have to make a good connection in the real world in order to get on ASM.
Plovgh, the new online farmers market
Who knew that the farming world had a trend? Well, Mallory Sustick, a Brooklyn bartender, works like a dog to maintain, promote and advance the online farmer's market startup Plovgh that began after noticing a need for more local farm market distribution.
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Picadilly
July 10, 2007
3:51pm
ASM is the tits!
model behavior
July 10, 2007
5:03pm
Have you read my post about this? [modelbehaviorny.blogspot.com] LOL! x
guestofaguest
July 10, 2007
5:13pm
nice, just read it!
Ha Ha Sound
July 10, 2007
8:43pm
I'm on aSW, too. Guest, are you there? Send me a connection notice. The greatest procrastination tool ever are the aSW discussion forums.
CP
July 11, 2007
9:37pm
(insert something clever and witty here) Sorry the NYC heat is getting to me haha An invite would be greatly appreciated cperry04 at yahoo dot com Best Wishes CP
xadness
July 15, 2007
3:42pm
am on aSW too... Love the network... only have 14 friends on it though hahaha...
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September 7, 2007
4:40pm
[...] on the forum of asmallworld.net, the exclusive online community that we have written about in the past and that the Times did a piece on yesterday. Titled “A Facebook for the Few“, the [...]
asmallworld’s new changes « Guest of a Guest
September 21, 2007
1:43pm
[...] night, members of the elite social network asmallworld recieved an email debuting the new president and CEO of the company Joe Robinson. Though he [...]
Steve Miller
October 15, 2007
3:40pm
I am in need to get back in touch with certain school friends from The Phelps School - any invites to aSW would be very appreciated!
freeofmind
October 29, 2007
4:04pm
I want to become a member of aSW.but I dont know how I should do it.Pls give me some information about membership. thank u...
prgil
July 11, 2008
10:47pm
Hello all forum. xadness & Ha Ha Sound: feel free both of you to send me a connection notice. cheers.
flotson
August 15, 2008
9:35pm
Hi! I, an anonymous blog commenter, would like an invite to this exclusive network, solely on the basis of my having requested one in an anonymous blog comment. I look forward to your reply!
Peter
January 24, 2011
10:01pm
Hi everybody, if you need an invitation for aSmallWorld please contact me under pwein4@gmail.com. Peter