New Social Network on the Scene, KENEKTED

Two Kenekted developers discussing a project at a recent code-a-thon at Kenekted.

Most of us use our Facebook accounts as a sort of scrapbook. We post pictures of our families, our pets, we share with our friends what we're watching on TV. But while Facebook is a great place to share with your friends what's going on in your life, it's become a bit crowded with Fan Pages, Games, and Targeted advertisements.

Facebook's platform is so crowded because it requires ad revenue to survive. By sharing status updates, posting on your friend's walls, "Liking" games and pages, you are painting a portrait of yourself for advertisers to target you based on your interests and lifestyle.

Now enters Kenekted (the phonetic spelling of connected). A couple of things you'll notice about Kenekted right away: 

1. It has no advertisements. Kenekted's creator, Jeff Peak (@pjeffpeak on twitter) has promised that there will never be any targeted advertising on the site. This means that your information will never be used by third-parties for profit. 
2. There are no games or other applications. This provides a clean platform for you to share with the people in your life. As well as meet new people..something that is almost impossible to do on larger more well-known sites.
3. It is fully integrated with the accounts you already have; you can post to Facebook and Twitter from Kenekted and vice versa. However if you post to Facebook from Kenekted, Facebook still collects and stores the information you post.

Kenekted has all of the features you're already acustomed to, like photo tagging and @mentions. So with all of this at hand, it's no wonder that Kenekted is positioned perfectly to become a major contender in the social network landscape.

You can create your account at Kenekted.com try it out, and if you like it, you can help this small Midwestern Tech Startup gain popularity by spreading the word around using the networks you already use. And if you don't like it, you can "delete your account and Kenekted will have absolutely no record of you ever having signed up at all" - from the Kenekted Privacy Policy. 

We live in an interesting time. Companies will rise and fall and with Facebook about to release it's IPO and make a quick $10,000,000,000 (ten billion bucks) why not help out the little guy. Small business is after all what changes the world.

Peace,
MidwestTech

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