About
Sympoze is a social networking and bookmarking site for philosophers. Sympoze will help you stay current on what philosophers are reading and enjoying.
Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking is a way for social networks to collectively save, rate, and promote online content. At Sympoze users can submit links to philosophy content that they enjoy - from philosophy blog posts, links to unpublished papers, or links to published journal articles they enjoy or think other philosophers will enjoy.
Once a user submits a link, the rest of the Sympoze community can "digg" the content. Popular scoops will automatically be promoted to the front page so everyone (including non-users) can get an up to the minute update concerning what's hot in philosophy.
The unique feature about Sympoze is that User accounts are limited to persons with graduate degrees in philosophy or who are enrolled in a philosophy graduate program. This will ensure that the content being voted up and down will reflect the opinions of professional philosophers - however, everyone will be able to view the content that philosophers vote up and down. (To get your account contact Andrew Cullison)
Philosophers are encouraged to submit links to any philosophy content available online including links to their own material be it a blog post, an online paper, or a link to a philosophy journal article. Self-promotion only succeeds if the rest of community enjoys the content enough to get it promoted to the front page.
Social Networking
Philosophers can also use Sympoze as a social network. Users can create profiles, see who is online, and see what links other users have submitted/voted. Users can even chat with one another via the Sympoze chat function. Right now profile features are limited, but I hope to have an upgraded profile module soon that will allow users to upload photos, papers, and CVs. It probably won't be any more detailed than that. The primary function of sympoze is social bookmarking.
A Quick Guide To Sympoze
Thanks to John Basl, we now have A Quick Guide to Sympoze
The Future of Sympoze
I hope the future of Sympoze will include new features, and I'll announce what those are as I become more confident that they can be made available. I also plan on upgrading the profile feature so that philosophers can post papers directly to their sympoze profile page (Currently they must submit links to their papers as a scoop.) However, the primary function of sympoze is the content promotion features.
Join the Sympoze Community!
Sympoze is currently in beta testing. If you would like to join and start submitting and/or voting up content from philosophy blogs, online papers, and philosophy journal articles, then email Andrew Cullison [lastname] [at] [fredonia] [dot] [edu] OR go to the Contact Form.
Membership is only open to philosophers who have earned their Ph.D. or persons who are enrolled in a graduate program in philosophy. Please keep in mind that the goal of sympoze is to have the philosophy content online promoted by professional philosophers. To make exceptions here would be to deviate from the central aim of sympoze. Please keep in mind that not having an account only means that you cannot submit or vote on links. Anyone, whether they are a user or not, can view the submitted stories and rankings.
Contact
For questions, comments, or suggestions contact Andrew Cullison. The easiest way to contact me is to fill out our Contact Form.
