I wonder how many users use these two main tools

This is the question before writing this report: With the "Course grid" and "super timetable" social atmosphere is getting heavier, do not know how many users to use these two mainly as a tool? From the tools, and then the transition to "light" social-so far their paths are clear, but where is the next step?

The question is caused by a new version of the course grid. First of all, the last version of the 4.2 version of the course grid, which we see mainly three points of change:

1, the original school "tree Hole" was upgraded into a BBS forum. Although still retained the tree hole section, but the nature has been from completely anonymous to have a set of ID system.

2, the new off-line note-taking function. Given the poor coverage of campus networks, adding offline notes allows users to create and edit notes locally, automatically synchronizing after networking, and can share them with others.

3, added the "School Grass Competition" module, as before the Queen's competition, mainly for active users.

What I'm most interested in is that the course grid, which starts socializing anonymously, gives the characteristics of a social semi-real name (ID only, but doesn't necessarily know who the ID represents), so the next step is going to be like Facebook and everyone.

There is no reason to be so skeptical. Although these two class curriculum products in the university student group already has the high coverage, combined may account for the National University student total One-fourth or one-third. But so far, no clear profit model has been seen. To do high user stickiness, to build barriers, to explore new business models, the social more and more go deeper is almost inevitable. Simply rely on tree holes or BBS (are weak relations), but the PC era of product form to move the end, from a commercial point of view, the value seems to be inferior to the PC. A valuable social network needs a set of account systems, and accounts are linked to each other. Although the real-name Whisper and secret momentum, but if the user lost interest one day, the user community may also be the rapid disintegration (though the timetable application can use "instrumental" backing). At the end of the day, a social network that does not identify who the user is, where, what to do, or how to precipitate a user's virtual assets (connections, content, etc.) does not know what else to expect, except traffic.

But even if these products make a second person, the face is only a worse environment than the rise of everyone, not to mention that everyone has already entered a recession. No one can not do, do not have to open more imagination, this makes people feel extremely dazed.

At present, the most risk-free step of these timetable applications is to internet the web and offline resources on campus. Now the timetable application has replaced your paper schedule, BBS, Sea Bulletin, and some time also can get through with the academic information. But there are still a lot of databases (such as libraries) in the campus as an isolated island, and there is still a great deal of the resources that have not been integrated in learning, entertainment and living services-if the course lattices can always focus on the student community and pack them into a life solution, it can be a social and O2O