I was wondering how many people on here use Twine. I signed up some time ago, poked around, subscribed to some twines, but have not posted. I find much of the content to be Semantic Web-oriented (understandable), but I also can't quite figure out what makes it different from a link-sharing site (i.e. HN).
In my attempt to investigate I came across an interesting interview with Nova Spivack, the founder of Radar Networks / Twine, here:
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kermit-pattison/fast-talk/twine-binds-qa-nova-spivack
It definitely helped to clarify the [stated] purpose of Twine. Yet, in spite of all of Twine's special semweb abilities I learned about, going back to the site I can't quite seem to understand,what makes it more than a link-sharing site.
Can you please enlighten me? Am I missing something major? I'm really curious, because the interview (and the idea of the semantic web) are really interesting, but I can't quite seem to connect the ideas to the actual site. Thanks!
I think Twine, as it exists now, is really an app to feed their internal engine with interesting data that they'll one day use to reveal their real application and it's not to difficult to imagine that such an application might involve a switch from passive data collection to active data discovery with intelligent summarization, but that's just my best guess.