Channels move to beta
June 23rd, 2007
Jaikuers may have noticed the ‘alpha’ label on the Channels page has recently changed to ‘beta.’ As a Jaiku member, you are now free to create up to three channels of your own.
Hundreds of channels have already been created: you can, for instance, follow coverage on the iPhone, join the Jaiku fans, follow the Roskilde music festival, or learn Japanese.
Browse the channel list for more channels.
Posting to channels
All channels have a screen name that starts with the number sign # to distinguish them from people. You can post to channels from any Jaiku interface, including third-party Jaiku applications, SMS, and Jaiku Mobile by starting your post with #channelname followed by your message.
Creating a channel
To create a channel, sign in with your Jaiku account (or sign up if you are a new member), click on Channels in the top navigation bar, and select “Create a new channel”.
Once you’ve given your new channel a screen name, you will be taken to the page of the new channel. You are now free to start posting to the channel directly from the Web or using any of the other Jaiku interfaces.
Customizing your channel
Click “Edit Settings” to edit the description, icon, and background of the channel and add a link to a related Web page. You can also add Web feeds (including photo feeds from Flickr) to the channel.
Inviting members
Let your friends know about your new channel! The URL of the channel is jaiku.com/channel/name where “name” is the screen name of the channel.
Channel badges
You can also add the conversation from your channel to another Web page using the Flash badges available from channel settings.
Channels are public
At this point all channels are publicly viewable and open for anyone to join. The channel administrator is able to delete entries posted to the channel. The administrator can also delete the channel.
In the future we will be adding the ability to create private channels. We appreciate your feedback, so join the #jaiku channel and share your comments and suggestions!
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June 26th, 2007 at 7:51 am
Erik Willumsgaard Says:
The opportunity to create channelse seems to be a promising and useful facility.
I am considering if it could be used to create bigger communities like for all Danish users. I appreciate the international character of Jaiku, but sometimes I miss the opportunity to select a larger group in “Explore”, for instance all Danes, enabling to find discussion partners around current hot Danish subjects. Currently I’m feeling a little like the first person with a telephone, when looking around to find someone to discuss f.i. ways to use Jaiku in relation to companies and organisations.
But I think that the channel facility is not the right way to make this selecting but rather af kind of tagging f.i. relating to geography, language, interests etc.
What about that?
Thank you in anticipation
Erik Willumsgaard
June 29th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Niall Larkin Says:
Looking forward to private channels. Hoping to use one so that the residents of my apartment block can update one another in realtime. For example: “Hi all. I just noticed Gate B is out of order and notified security.” This should cut out a lot of duplication of reporting and the frustration that goes with it.
August 11th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Hagen Says:
Still no private Channels?
Hoping private Channels will come very soon!
December 13th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Kristoffer Says:
Is there any “timetable” for the feature with private channels?
I would like to use it for conversations between team members in a website development project…
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
djoko Says:
hemmmm, i need a private channels
May 15th, 2008 at 12:23 pm