Tag Clouds, Hiding Groups, and Enhanced Invitations – Socialcast Updates for 8/18/09

Socialcast is always open to user feedback, and this week, many of the features we have released are in response to requests by users to improve their Socialcast experience. If you have feedback, questions, or ideas, follow us on Twitter for a quick response to your thoughts.

What You Requested:

Tag Cloud: Socialcast has released a tag cloud for each community. Tags are highly important as they indicate trends in user-generated content, giving real-time insight into the pulse of the community. The top 100 tags in each network will be available and weighted with five tiers of use. Access the tag cloud as a drop down menu under the “Share” box.  Clicking on a tag filters your stream to include all of the posts including that tag. You can use the tag filter in combination with the message type and category filters, allowing you to create a robust, personalized search.

Invite New Members to a Group and the Network: Several users reported that they wanted to invite fellow employees to specific groups, but when those employees weren’t members of the overall network, this couldn’t happen. We’ve made it possible for you to now invite a person who isn’t a member of the network into a group and the network in one quick form. Your colleague will receive an activation email to join the network as well as your group.

Hide Private Groups: Private Groups are now only visible to the members of the Group and are no longer listed in the Groups directory. This has been a highly sought-after feature, allowing truly private conversations about the business to happen discreetly with appropriate members only.

Delete Groups: Group creators can now delete an entire group, removing all messages and the avatar from the Group directory.

API: Last week, we released our Socialcast API. The Socialcast API includes a robust set of operations to interact with your company’s messages. We encourage developer feedback and questions. If you have any questions or suggestions, please visit our API developer support group or contact us at support@socialcast.com

If you have started developing any clients on our API, let us know – we’d love to hear from you!