Discovr
Discovr is a new hack for Yahoo Messenger, which let users users to find new friends on Yahoo! Messenger by seeing who their IM contacts have on their list. It's a prototype and has not been published yet:

"At a recent Hack Day, a team of four Yahoos built and presented “Discovr”, a hack that would enable users to find new friends on Yahoo! Messenger by seeing who their IM contacts have on their list. A “friends of friends” concept. Discovr was created by Yahoos Ashwinder Ahluwalia, Vinay Kakade, Pras Sarkar and Ramana Yerneni.

They showed me a web-based prototype of this “friend-finder”. Here’s how it worked: After typing in my Yahoo! ID, I saw a list of other Yahoo! IDs that appear on my IM friends’ friends list. Sort of like peeking into my friend’s contact lists, except that I don’t know which friend belongs to whom; it’s just an aggregate look at the universe of my friends’ contacts. There was also relevancy rankings so I could get a feel for which of these new potential friends is the most connected in my IM community. If a Yahoo! ID appears on the contact lists of 12 of my friends, it ranks highly; if it only appears on a few, the score is lower.."
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Posted @ Yahoo Messnger Blog

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20 comments

  1. Anonymous // 29 November, 2008 01:33  

    hey my name is precious wat up witcha i dont kno you but im tryna get to kno you

  2. Haeze // 06 December, 2008 13:31  

    Hi! i'm new here.

  3. Anonymous // 22 May, 2009 02:32  

    ohh hi!! would im new in yahoo! but i know everything ! zo i would like to have you like a friend my name iz ?????

  4. zie // 25 May, 2009 17:39  

    hi...may i know your detail...???

  5. Anonymous // 25 June, 2009 19:35  

    hi im new here

  6. Anonymous // 06 September, 2009 06:21  

    hi please add me on my yahoomessenger ronnelmisagal@yahoo.com

  7. Anonymous // 15 September, 2009 15:07  

    Hi I'm also new here.
    Pls add me too.
    Let,s chat on really interesting topics

  8. Anonymous // 17 September, 2009 09:54  

    hi,i'm also new here.
    pls add me 2
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  9. val // 18 September, 2009 02:12  

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  10. Anonymous // 21 September, 2009 20:09  

    hi my name is 123321.come and chat wtth me im a good friend

  11. Anonymous // 25 September, 2009 11:15  

    // 25 September,2009 16:13 hi my name is diya.come and chat with me im a good friend.

  12. Anonymous // 27 September, 2009 22:13  

    hai my name is liz,i"m new,can u all chat with me

  13. Anonymous // 05 October, 2009 12:09  

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  14. Anonymous // 16 October, 2009 23:14  

    Hey add me to help me get started! mr.jsteeler75@ayhoo.com

  15. Anonymous // 23 October, 2009 14:51  

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  16. Anonymous // 07 November, 2009 00:44  

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  17. Anonymous // 14 November, 2009 08:29  

    hello pls add me at yahoo messanger nicks_anne@yahoo.com

  18. Anonymous // 14 November, 2009 08:32  

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  19. Anonymous // 16 November, 2009 22:40  

    Hi (Scottish male 45), always up for a chat/laugh, add me son4hismom@yahoo.com

  20. Anonymous // 20 November, 2009 09:24  

    hi im julieanne can u be my friend?

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