Apple having a Ping
Friday, September 3, 2010 at 12:00PM 
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“Having a Ping” is a bit of Aussie slang which translates roughly into “having a go”. Today Apple, with their release of iTunes 10 and Ping, seem to be having a go at creating a social network around music, movies, and TV.
Now I'm one who feels that social networks need to be built more on the niche, than on the wide ranging “all things to all teenagers” model of Facebook and Myspace, etc. I tend to like the way real-life social networks work. They are built around people with the same interests or the one interest. And thus you can spend time interacting and talking about said interest with other people who have that interest. Not get ambushed/stalked by old schools friends, ex’s, and parents that you were glad you lost contact with.
