Tokoni Takes Storytelling in New Direction - Looking for Stories
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Stories are very easy to find on Tokoni. I wish I could show you a full screen shot of their home page, but I'd have to scroll down to get it all.
Over on the left-hand side we have the navigation. You can find stories by categories, genres, and keywords. A little bit of web magic rolls each of these methods up and down without forcing a reload of the screen. The “genres” classification is very cool; in the mood for a story that resembles a comedy? B-movie? Film noir? Romance? Sci-fi? It's all here and more.
In the middle you see three options: share a story, connect with others who have had similar experiences, and explore stories – yet another way to get you reading. Below that, you'll find featured stories. On the right, you can sign up, see what's happening right now on the site (such as stories receiving comments), and check out requests for stories. Across the top (cut off in this image) are links to stories, collections, and hubs. The story link takes you to a list of the latest stories; the collections and hub links function similarly.
And what are collections and hubs? A collection, according to Tokoni's help page, is a way for users to create their own personal “libraries” of stories. Yes, you can have more than one, and it can be public or private. You can add a story to a collection directly from the story's page. A hub, on the other hand, “is a place for Tokoni members...to collaborate, share and discuss stories around a topic.” Creators name a hub, give it a description, and can add images, video, and categories. Users can join hubs, and hub members can add links and web resources to the hub. The description reminded me a little of the “groups” for users I've seen on other sites, such as Yahoo and Searchles.
Most of the stories I clicked on were just one page long, maybe six paragraphs. I'm sure not all of them are so short, but that's what I saw. The stories are as individual as the voices telling them: reflective, thankful, critical, intensely descriptive, and more. To give you some idea of how they're set up, here's the start of one of the stories I read:
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