Even now they post recommendations nearly every day on social-media sites such as Instagram, or on Weibo.
The service encourages users to create to-do lists, track their favorite spots, and post recommendations and tips for watering holes and eateries.
The mobile applications offer the same experience as the web, letting users post recommendations or browse through them.
As an idealab! company, iExchange.com first called on all the people in the idealab! building (about 150) and asked them to post recommendations.
Within your profile, you can earn badges for specific types of work or education, and contacts can post recommendations (limited to 140 characters).
The site also features a "Social Wall", where users can keep tabs on what their friends are buying and reviewing, and post recommendations or suggestions for gear.
Today, as promised, the company has updated its companion mobile application with more social features that allow you to share the shows you're viewing, see what your friends and family are watching, post recommendations and comment on others' posts.
They post recommendations about what to do, where to stay or where to eat for example, as well as uploading important upcoming events at that location and links to useful websites.
Internet users were able to post recommendations of changes they would like to see made in the United States, and they were also able to vote on other users' recommendations, as well as participate in a comment process.
That's potentially a discovery tool more powerful than rankings, press releases, blog posts, recommendation engines or monetization schemes.
Currently, with the exception of confidential prices, any information that directly contributes to the reason for the recommendation must be disclosed in the posted recommendation.
