That being said, I like oCricket, which happens to be a social network for cricket fans. I’m an internet junkie, so when a new social network is launched, I can’t help but sign up and explore the same. Even if it’s about cricket.
What got me hooked to oCricket was it’s simple yet useful features. While you can’t poke or throw sheep(thankfully), oCricket has most features(friends, groups, et al) that a typical social network has to offer. But being a niche social network about cricket, more emphasis is given to sharing cricket related photos/videos/articles. If you are a registered member you can write your own articles(it has blogging features too!), post links to already existing materials on the internet. Submitting content is really easy as it supports Flickr, Picasaweb, Youtube, Blip.tv, Metacafe. You just have to submit the link and oCricket will automatically categorize it as a pic or video, credit the original source, display necessary copyright disclaimers, et al.
But the thing I like most is the frequency at which the oCricket team introduces new features. Some interesting stuff that the team rolled out recently…
Free Score Update through SMS. You just have to sign up for oCricket and update your mobile number. At the time of publishing this post free sms score updates is available only for USA and Indian numbers but I’m sure it’ll be available for other countries pretty soon. This feature will no doubt be a boon for cricket fans.
A Gtalk/Jabber IM bot. Add seeker@ocricket as a friend on your Gtalk or any Jabber IM and get the latest info/news from the cricketing world. The latest score, interesting links, photos, videos and many more available through your favourite chat client.
Cricket Talk. Which is basically an app which makes it easier to track cricket related conversation/tweets on Twitter and reply/comment on the same. Replies can be relayed to your twitter timeline. It uses oAuth to integrate your twitter profile, so you don’t have to give your twitter ID and password. It is a user powered app. Users suggest keywords which are in turn voted by other users as ‘hot’ or ‘not’. Once a keyword becomes ‘hot’ enough, Cricket Talk will track it for others users to enjoy.
Considering oCricket is a new startup, I’m sure we will get to see many new features.
Do check it out if you are a cricket fan.
They also have a contest going on where you could win lotsa goodies, visit Cricketheist for details. I won a mini bean bag for my phone, so can you.
—-
Read more about what other bloggers have to say about oCricket:
Startupdunia, Killerstartups, Pluggd.in, Grayhairwisdom.com
Follow the oCricket team on twitter – @brajeshwar @ghoseb @aatifh
