{"id":551,"date":"2009-10-18T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T22:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamsportwebdeveloper.com\/cgi\/wp\/?p=551"},"modified":"2019-12-06T19:04:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T00:04:10","slug":"sorff-social-surfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/williamsportwebdeveloper.com\/cgi\/wp\/?p=551","title":{"rendered":"Sorff &ndash; Social Surfing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sorff <\/strong>is a Java application that you can download at <a title=\"http:\/\/www.sorff.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sorff.com\/\">http:\/\/www.sorff.com\/<\/a>. It is a social networking application for commenting on web sites that you and your friends like to visit. You could think of it as extending a comment system to the entire Internet. Sorff was created by the vlogger Paul Robinette (aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/renetto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Renetto<\/a>) who started the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vloggerheads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vloggerheads<\/a> Ning site for vloggers with Tom Guarriello (aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/tlg847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tlg847<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Social Surfing is a good idea that serves a definite need. The Internet is becoming an increasingly social phenomenon. Social news and social bookmarking sites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reddit<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digg.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digg<\/a> are so popular that even Microsoft is planning to invest heavily into social sharing with something called <a href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/projects\/SocialDesktop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SocialPC<\/a>. However, one of the more annoying aspects of sharing your surfing finds with your friends is the need to paste a link into some online form. There are toolbars and buttons for sharing videos and content on various social networking sites but Sorff eliminates the need to paste a link. All you need to do is visit a site to be able to comment on it and see the comments left by your friends relating to that web site.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve become quite addicted to the social news site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reddit<\/a>. However it is not the articles and other content that keeps me coming back to the site. It is the comments that I enjoy the most. Redditors frequently make snarky comments and exchange wisecracks in lengthy discussion threads. It is the greatest display of wit on the Internet. So comments can add a lot of value to online content. Often the comments underneath a news story on a blog will be more amusing than the news itself. So Sorff may really take off as the Internet&#8217;s most convenient comment system. It also allows for &#8220;<em>stealth commenting<\/em>&#8220;\u009d in which you and your friends comment on something without leaving any trace on the site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/williamsportwebdeveloper.com\/cgi\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Sorff_thumb1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"Sorff\" src=\"http:\/\/williamsportwebdeveloper.com\/cgi\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Sorff_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Sorff\" width=\"321\" height=\"593\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sorff does not appear to be vulnerable to spammers because none of its activity will be indexed by the search engines. I&#8217;m not sure how it will generate any income unless they run ads within the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorff is a Java application that you can download at http:\/\/www.sorff.com\/. 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