When you click on the mini-pearl, pearls just pop up from everywhere. They are the most connected pearls to the pearltree you selected.

But, you might have also noticed that they gather as clouds. Actually, it means that they are also closed to one another. For instance, if you select a “music” pearltree, you will see an indie rock cloud. That means indie rock fans have many crossings in their “indie rock” pearltrees. Therefore, there is great value in putting one’s pearltree in the right place of your own pearltree. It will build a valuable and precise map.

Once you have found a beautiful pearltree you can also enrich it by adding other users’ pearltrees. The only rule is to put them on the place where it brings the more meaning. In order to do this, you have to drag the pearl to your basket and then to put it in your own account. I advise you to pick up a lot of trees. It makes your reading more convenient, enhances community sharing and adorns your own stories!

Filed under: Help by Frocaboy on February 16th, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Yesterday you received an email saying that pedro was “now following one of your pearltree”. Actually pedro is now following every root pearl of the community. This was a “torture test” to evaluate :

• the resistance of our algorythm the “tree rank”
• what could be a spam attack
• how the living map would be affected.

It is really interesting because :

• tree rank has never stopped its dance
• the living map performed well (even if pedro was everywhere)
• And we must think about limiting these kind of behavior by limiting the number of pearls you could have around a single root.

The most interesting thing was how the community reacted. I would like to thank Louis that reacted immediately by sending me an email.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will be back to normal winthin a few days. In the meantime you can admire the dreadful black pearl in its last days.

Filed under: Friends by Frocaboy on February 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Hi editors!

Today I would like to talk to you about Georges Saunier’s pearltree. If you are interested in chess you are going to love it, and even if you are not you should have a look at it. There are a few branches encompassing a history of chess, a summary of the opening’s fundamentals and websites where you can play online or through emails. Thanks for sharing a bit of this game’s magic and mystery.

Elrring Peace

Filed under: Pearl's Gazette by Pierre Gancel on February 1st, 2009 | 3 Comments »