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"meOwns is a new wish list creation site that lets you add items you own or would like to own.  As with most other wish list sites such as Wishpot, you can add items you're interested in, and use this expression of your taste in order to find like-minded people.  \nThe site itself is basic, but there is a Facebook application so you'll be able to tap into that existing social network in order to find even more like-minded people based on your preferences.  I was surprised to find that meOwns doesn't have a Web bookmarking tool, or even a mechanism to help others purchase wish list items on your behalf.  Just about everything on meOwns can be shared via RSS, however, making it easy to keep up with friends' owned and wish lists if you subscribe to their activity streams.  \n\nThe space happens to be quite crowded for this particular type of application, so I was hoping to find some differentiating factors with meOwns that could help it stand out.  The most I could come up with is the customization options for items you add to your owned and wish list collections.  You can rate items, add your own images and descriptions.  \nHowever, this feature is also a hindrance for meOwns, as it allows users to add items from their computer and not from the Web.  This means that the usefulness of meOwns is limited, in that it can't provide any further steps towards connecting you with those particular items.  As meOwns activity can be broadcast via RSS, I can see that there's potential for a third party application to turn that streaming data into direct links connecting to retailers, as well as recommendations for other users.  \nmeOwns is essentially collecting purchase data, and if put into a more comprehensive format that's combined with other data from across the Web, meOwns could lend itself to some easily distributed recommendations that other developers could leverage.  Before that happens, however, I think an easier process for users to create that data (i.e. browser bookmarking tool) is necessary.\nmeOwns"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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