PeopleJar

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the concept behind PeopleJar?

PeopleJar, is a free web application that allows you to create a detailed profile to be found and connect with people in any category by any attributes and their combinations. It is a powerful tool with a goal to eliminate restrictions in searching and to help connect people globally as citizens of one planet. Users can contribute to expand PeopleJar's content of networks and its relevant attributes. For more information, see About PeopleJar.

Why should I join PeopleJar?

PeopleJar is meant for people who want to be found. There is something interesting about you that you want to be found by. The list can be limitless. Maybe you are an aspiring photographer, motivational public speaker or perhaps a stuntman? Someone else is looking for these attributes in a person. Create a PeopleJar account and let them find you. Perhaps you have a project you are working on or a job opportunity at your company. Express who you are looking for by saving your search with industry related attributes for free. It’s about casting your “fishing line” to let the person with matching qualifications find your opportunity.

How is PeopleJar different from Facebook or MySpace?

Facebook and MySpace are applications to map out existing social relationships and share items with people you already know. PeopleJar bridges NEW connections between people through our unique network-specific attribute infrastructure. PeopleJar is a utility to help you Be Found and Connect with people from social to professional reasons through attributes contributed by users like you, passionate and knowledgeable about the networks of their interest.

Is there a way to keep my PeopleJar profile private?

PeopleJar is a site with a goal to connect people. The attributes in its networks and profiles are meant for search and connectivity purposes to look for others and be found. The data that a user wants to keep private from others should not be put in to PeopleJar as it doesn't serve search/connectivity purpose.

We do however allow you to restrict visibility of your membership in selected networks to only other members who belong to the same network. For example, if you are interested in Dating and don't want everyone to know, when joining Dating network you can restrict visibility of your Dating profile and thus Dating- only related attributes to other members of Dating network only. This option can also be set in your Network profile Options setting.

Why should I save my searches?

Common expectation searching for people online is to get instant results. If we compare it to “fishing”, it would be like guaranteeing you that you will always catch fish, and ignoring the process of “casting the line” 1st, which is equally as important. Consider this: suppose you have a project you are working on and need help of qualified people, you “cast your line” first and keep it casted so others can see and express interest. Saved search can be compared to making job / project posting, or expression of what you are interested in or need help with. Except on PeopleJar, you can do it within a specific network through specific set of attributes, universally accepted by passionate network users as standards to connect within this particular field for free whether you are an individual or an organization.

I'm hesitant to save my search queries. Are users able to seek others privately. If I'm looking for someone, I don't necessarily want everyone to know.

When saving your search query, there's an option to show this query on your public profile. If you do not check this option, your query is kept private and visible only to you. Only you will be notified of new matches. Other users will not know who you are searching for.

I'm able to see who looked at my profile. Other sites keep this information private. Will other users know I looked at their profiles as well?

Yes, users are able to see who has visited their profile page, but only users who belong to same networks. We are not a private social network, thus some features that you may have been used to on other sites, do not apply. PeopleJar's goal is to help connect people. We are leveraging every possible point of connectivity, allowing a user to see who visited their page, to perhaps initiate a visit of that person's page in return for a new connection.

PeopleJar attributes seem to be very "short-spoken". Is there a way to have more detailed profile?

We view attributes as primarily serving 2 purposes: descriptive (e.g. about me attribute - where a user can type anything in any format) and search oriented (e.g. Gender: male /female where a user selects from universally accepted choices). For search and connectivity purposes we give 1st priority to vital and well structured attributes, universally accepted by people in a given network to search for others an be found by easily. It is not always easy to draw the line between what is descriptive and what is search oriented. However, the more descriptive the attribute gets, the further away it goes from universal standards of others expressing themselves and searching for others by it. We allow a brief "about me" section on each network join page for a general introduction, but PeopleJar profiles are search oriented to provide you with efficient point of connectivity to that person. Any descriptive details you can then ask.

What is the story behind the PeopleJar logo?

The PeopleJar logo is a symbol of global unity in peace. The globe stands for connecting all the people as citizens of one planet, no matter of their location, citizenship, cultural, and religious backgrounds. Hands and feet crafting the shape of the globe stand for people shaping the future of our planet in unity. The small peace sign on one of the hands is a reminder that calls for non-violence. From the technical side, PeopleJar logo stands for global mass collaboration of users to the site content of being able to contribute networks and attributes for people to connect by.

Does PeopleJar search through other internet sites?

PeopleJar only searches its own user base. There are two general approaches to search: external (sites like Google, Yahoo) - which crawl the web and gather all the info from it, and internal (sites like eBay, Wikipedia) - which maintain their own structures and only search through their own databases. PeopleJar is an internal search tool and only returns you the profiles of actual users that are registered on PeopleJar and want to be found in network and by attributes expressed in their profiles. We do not search through any other websites, as we have no control of their data structures, attributes, and no knowledge whether their users want to be found or contacted. There are other sites that search through phone books and people databases. We don't do that as until the user has actually registered on PeopleJar, there's no way to tell if he/she wants to be found. We are connecting people to actual profiles users have created and control themselves.