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5Oct08

Open Source Social Networking Platforms Based on Ruby on Rails

At least two open source social networking platforms based on Ruby on Rails are out there (if you know of others, please post a comment). Insoshi is by Michael Hartl, author of RailsSpace: Building a Social Networking Website with Ruby on Rails. LovdbyLess is by less everything, and has a great story behind it: Along [...]

5Sep08

Movable Type Pro and 4.2: Blogging Gets Social

I noted WordPress’s move into the social network platform arena earlier. Movable Type Pro and 4.2 is headed in the same direction with the addition of social networking features like profiles, ratings, user registration, forums, following, and more. Plugins are following, including a News Feed clone. As ReadWriteWeb correctly notes, these additions make the need [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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