Anybeat’s Take On Social Networking
By Roland Quitalig
When I first entered the Web 2.0 scene, I began with MySpace. It provided me 
with the ability to add friends, post profile pictures, comment on walls, and check people’s relationship status. When I learned Facebook could do this exclusively within my school, I quickly jumped boat.
What made Facebook different from MySpace? Facebook took the desire to connect with others and filtered them into separate networks. Facebook made a modification that was well received.
Right now, Facebook is the largest social networking site in the world. What kind of changes can be made to Zuckerberg’s model that will overtake its users? Dmitry Shapiro, Veoh founder and MySpace Music exec, believes he has the answer with his upcoming social networking service, AnyBeat.
With Shapiro’s own take on social networking, he strives to pair anonymity with a credit system. You are free to use a pseudonym on AnyBeat but still responsible for your actions. AnyBeat assigns each account with a CRED score to show their credibility in the community over time. One of the biggest complaints with social networking sites was the lack of privacy. Will AnyBeat remedy this with pen names?
Will AnyBeat be the big game changer?
