Comments on: Imo.im turns Facebook friends into IM friends. Will social networks take over IM?

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By: Roundup: Facebook IM?, RateMyCop beats the charges, and more » VentureBeat

Roundup: Facebook IM?, RateMyCop beats the charges, and more » VentureBeat — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:22:05 +0000

[...] it may in some form be in competition with IM aggregators like Social.im (our coverage) and Imo.im (our coverage). Both of those startups are in their own ways letting users IM each other using their Facebook [...]

By: Digsby links trifecta of email, IM and social networks » VentureBeat

Digsby links trifecta of email, IM and social networks » VentureBeat — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:48:35 +0000

[...] your mail with, respectively, your social networks and your instant messaging. In January, we also wrote about Imo.im, Social.im and 8hands, applications that merge social networks and [...]

By: Imo.im IM aggregator | Startup Addict Musings

Imo.im IM aggregator | Startup Addict Musings — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:53:53 +0000

[...] to occur through Imo.im instead of through a single IM service like AIM, Yahoo Messenger and Gtalk. VentureBeat makes an interesting case of a possibly bigger trend: if services that pair social network data with IM will it [...]

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:38:10 +0000

Nice post!
So, as you asked, I tried it.
It seems a bit allover the place, as the app doesn’t offer only IM, but also notifications from social networks and an aggregated ranked list of friends.
It’s a nice idea though, and considering it’s still in alpha, it worked pretty well.
The nicest thing about it is that it preforms as a social hub for all social addicts needs.
for now, I’m not sure I’ll use it since it’s still unknown and you can chat only with friends who have the app installed. needless to say, my friends are not there yet.
I’d be happy to see it change, cause I think it’s a great way to create a personal network.