Ex.plode.us

ex.plode.us AKA Explode is a website search engine that indexes people. It is created by Curverider, the people behind the Elgg social networking platform. ^[1] Ex.plode.us aggregates social data from 43 Things, flickr, jaiku, Live Journal, tribe.net, twitter, and YouTube.

Initially launched as Explode! in February 2007 ^[2] as purely a social network aggregation utility and widget it was re-launched in May 2007 as a people search engine.^[3]

In August 2007 a Facebook version was released, taking advantage of the recently opened Facebook API^[4][5] and was developed for Curverider by Marcus Povey.^[6]. However, the Facebook application does not allow ex.plode.us to aggregate information from Facebook.

In February 2008 a discussion on tribe.net dominated by tribe users who voiced privacy concerns resulted in tribe.net blocking ex.plode.us from accessing tribe users' FOAF data.^[7] Individuals who were users of both ex.plode.us and tribe.net lost a great deal of their network on ex.plode.us.

API

A REST style API is available offering programmatic access to search and user functions.

The API was first made public in September 2007 ^[8].

References

1. ^ 'Explode' blows down barriers that separate social networks
2. ^ Explode, a meta-social network
3. ^ Ex.plode.us relaunches with a bang
4. ^ Dave Tosh :: Blog :: Social search comes to Facebook via Explode
5. ^ Social search comes to Facebook via Explode
6. ^ Exploding Facebook
7. ^ What is ex.plode.us and have we been sold out?
8. ^ Explode API

External links

• http://ex.plode.us
• What is Explode?
• Official press release
• Look Out MyBlogLog - Here Comes Explode
• Explode adds people search
• Explode is a New Social Search Engine
• Explode - A social network connection

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