“Too much information, you say? On the Internet, there seems to be no such thing. A wave of Web start-ups aims to help people indulge their urge to divulge”, according to the New York Times article of April 22, 2010. The full text is available at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/technology/23share.html?emc=eta1
TrustWorks™ maintains an online vault of private profile information, which lets each user control how much information is public. What’s the point of that? Well, people respond much better to direct communications than to email blasts – and newsfeeds on public or enterprise social networking sites might be missed by the person who’s best to help you. So you need to know who to ask, but how?
So, let’s say one of your friends wants someone to talk about something too personal for Facebook, like an illness in the family… and you happen to have experience with that particular illness. They can log onto trustworks.com and ask whether any of their friends can help (they can do this anonymously). TrustWorks contacts you, and says “One of your friends is asking about cancer, which you said you know about. Would you like to answer? Openly or Anonymously?” This way, your friend can find your expertise, but your privacy is not compromised. Your name won’t be revealed unless you give permission.
Important Questions can’t be broadcast to public feeds, and
Important People don’t have time to read public feeds…
You need a vault for your private online profile, so people know what they can ask you! And the same applies to enterprise.
Business questions need immediate answers, and you won’t get them from posting to a feed on a social network or sending “email to all”. Personal questions need privacy, but how do you know who to ask, unless you and your friends are registered on TrustWorks? As an enterprise solution, TrustWorks can be deployed 10x faster and 10x cheaper than the competition!
