“Liking,” the hot social trend, continues with Likaholix
Wed, Mar 4th, 2009 |
"Liking" an item on a social network is all the rage right now. You can do it on FriendFeed, you can do it on Twitter (though it’s technically called "favoriting" a tweet) and you can even do it on Facebook now. It works because the concept is so simple: If you like something, click a button to mark that you do. You don’t have to say anything or do anything else. It’s a trend that the new service Likaholix is hoping to take to the next level.
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