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There's a new social network called Menshn. You may have heard of co-founder Louise Mensch, former member of British parliament. Her business partner is Luke Bozier, also the founder of Municipo.
The idea behind Menshn is that it gives users a place to post short ideas (like Twitter) but in rooms. Rooms are Menshn's metaphor to group conversations together in a much more obvious way than Twitter's hashtags.
I started a conversation in a room I named Futureweb. You can take a look and join in if you like. https://menshn.com/chat/futureweb
What do you think?
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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