techcrunch.com — "The news may overflow with stories about the social networking giants, such as Facebook and MySpace, but a horde of companies are doing their best to reduce the fundamental features of these websites to mere commodities."
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Closed AccountJul 24, 2007
the future of social networks is niche sites. think of facebook/myspace as network tv, where the niche sites are cable channels catering to a more targeted audience. i think people will always have accounts at the big players, but i could also see a crop of local networks or niche interest networks being successful as well.
flux1337Jul 25, 2007
I have built my social network by visiting somewhere called "outside"...Totally works, has every feature you can think of - writing on walls (with spray paint), sending people private messages (via SMS), adding friends (by remembering their name)......but as you are walking around, you see poster ads... :(
championchapJul 25, 2007
deviantArt, MySpace, FaceBook.. I used to be on more but i would forget to check them all too often.It is deffinatly for the best just to stick to one or two, and as you say.. the ones where your friends are are the ones that you'll visit.. damn you MySpace!
strafefireJul 25, 2007
Why not just use <a class="user" href="http://www.ning.com">http://www.ning.com</a> ?It was created by Marc Andresson...so...
gilgJul 26, 2007
Thanks a million for that tip about pligg open source cms/aggregator, canewediggit! you definitely got my green thumb up! I have been looking for a replacement to Digg since yesterday when they said they go for Microsoft ads.
Closed AccountSep 5, 2007
the advertising of a site shouldn't matter...
kenasheAug 20, 2008
Area specific people join these networks. I have a freind running a bar crawl network that is a regular stop for a lot of people.
arulprakasharFeb 13, 2009
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