2008 August | Start a Social Network

30Aug08

Mashable reports that Yahoo Mash Has Been Quashed.
Deep pockets, gadgets, and a huge customer base from other sites don’t help if you can’t identify — and communicate — exactly what makes your network different than existing ones.

29Aug08

Great advice on how to start a social networking website

Jeff Jarvis (via Ad Sales Blog) shares a great anecdote that makes a crucial point about creating social networking sites:
…a powerful newspaper publisher beseeched Mark Zuckerberg, the young founder of the hugely successful social network Facebook, for advice on how he could build and own his community.
The famously laconic Zuckerberg replied “You can’t.”
Zuckerberg went on [...]

28Aug08

Amazon.com swallows two competing social networks for readers

Some interesting developments in Social Networks being gobbled up. In this case, a couple of Amazon.com acquisitions means it now owns two competing networks:
Amazon.com Monday agreed to acquire Shelfari, a social network for book lovers, for an undisclosed sum. Amazon’s acquisition of Shelfari means the site will likely make it a much stronger competitor to [...]

26Aug08

Ning and the cost of free social networking platforms

I’m a big fan of Ning: it’s a quick and easy social networking platform to get a social network up and running, especially for non-profits. Their features are often stronger than similar social network software.
But I get nervous at the idea of my site relying on a single company. In a perfect world, it means [...]

14Aug08

Wordpress for Social Networking?

If I was a developer of social networking software, I’d be a little nervous right now.
BuddyPress is essentially a set of WordPress MU-specific plugins that switch Wordpress MU (Multi-user) from a blogging platform to a social platform, with features like:

Extended Profiles
Personal Blog
Private Messaging
Friends
Groups
The Wire
Status Updates
Albums

It’s pre-Beta right now, but given how easy and powerful Wordpress [...]

10Aug08

Eight Ways to Get Users to Fill Out Their Profiles

Great post on encouraging members to fill out their profiles and post pictures, both of which are crucial steps in making our social network site come alive.

4Aug08

Not the way to launch new Social Networking Software

The page says…
“Orbit is a popular social networking software that makes uploading videos, finding and making friends and communicating with other internet users very simple. You can share your favorite videos, audios, and pictures with your social networking groups.”
So I click through to the demo, and this is my reward:

Not a good way to convince [...]

4Aug08

Elgg Pegged as Best Social Networking Software

Elgg as been named the best open source social networking platform in InfoWorld’s 2008 Best Of Open Source Awards.
Elgg took the opportunity to announce that version 1.0 is set to launch on August 18th.

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