by Michelle Lentz
I teach a class on blogging where I make it clear that in the beginning, you’re often “talking to yourself.” As time goes by, that feeling doesn’t always go away. It takes time, and nurturing, to build a community. Tokoni is offering a quicker way to do that without the “alone-ness” of blogging, or the commitment.
Tokoni is a social media community that provides a platform for people to share personal stories. Tokoni, founded by a husband and wife tech team of eBay and Skype executives, actually went live in November 2007. Since then, it has been quietly building a community. Today, the site relaunched with several new site and community features. The new tools emphasize the power of shared storytelling to entertain, inform, influence and inspire others. There are currently 19 categories and users can enhance their stories with multimedia such as photos and videos.
According to Alex Kazim, co-founder and CEO of Tokoni, “We created Tokoni to fill the distinct need for an online community where individual stories of life’s experiences have a voice and are valued, and where the collective wisdom of the community is celebrated. The growth of social media has enabled people to control how they create, consume and share content and personal experiences online; however, participation in the social Web is still daunting to the mainstream. Tokoni makes sharing your own story easy.”
So, if you just want to be a bit community driven, or you have something to share but don’t want to commit to a blog, then Tokoni might be for you.
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