Jason Calacanis is out there trying something new, and so people are going in all directions talking about it. Mahalo is a human-powered search engine. What’s this? It means that people put in the links, and people try to build relevance to the topics. It’s not that far off from what Jimmy Wales is (was?) planning to do. Only Jason’s already launched it. “First!”
Will It Work?
I like the premise. It’s further down the path from the whole Rollyo “roll your own search engine” thingy. Remember that? I’m not sure. It requires humans. Humans are tricky bastards. They have to pay attention. They have to do things.
My Vote
I work with entrepreneurs. I’m a hybrid spirit myself (not fully there, but sensitive and appreciative of). But I think I’ll cast my vote with Jason on the notion that human-flavored curation of search is an important trend in coming years. I want to see this work out. And I signed up. Mahalo!
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