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	<title>Tips, resources, and strategies for starting and marketing your own social networking site. &#187; Social Networking Software</title>
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		<title>Elgg Set to Offer Hosted Social Network Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2010/06/03/elgg-set-to-offer-hosted-social-network-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Curverider, the company behind the Elgg open source social networking software, will begin sending beta invites for their hosted social networking service, Elgg.com, on June 14th. This is a paid service, with monthly subscriptions start at $29.95, competing head-to-head with Ning. Unlike Ning, Elgg.com will feature a full export tool, letting site owners who want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of &#8220;feature creep&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2010/03/22/social-networking-feature-creep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When many people set about starting a social networking site and comparing social networking software, they often get caught up in Feature Creep. Thinking that more is always better, they try and cram every possible feature &#8212; videos, blogging, RSS feeds, music, etc. &#8212; into their social networking site. The funny thing is that even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: SocialEngine&#8217;s Charlotte Genevier</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2010/01/06/socialengine-intervie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Webligo, the company behind SocialEngine and the upcoming Advious, began when Alex Benzer and Charlotte Genevier met at Pasadena Polytechnic high school in 2002. The two quickly became friends and began programming together. As they were putting the finishing touches on the SocialEngine v4.0 beta last month, Charlotte took some time to answer my questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SocialEngine announces free upgrade for 3.x clients</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2009/10/25/socialengine-announces-free-upgrade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking Platforms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great news from the folks at SocialEngine, who just announced that they will provide a free upgrade to the upcoming 4.0 release to all  clients with current 3.x licenses! The beta demo should be launched within 4-6 weeks.  Looks like a pretty substantial overhaul to the base code. Here is a partial tentative feature list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leverage free apps, APIs, and web services.</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2009/05/06/leverage-free-apps-apis-and-web-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking Platforms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I noticed the other day that Flixster is now using Meebo for their Instant Messaging feature. With all of the free apps, APIs, and web services out there, there&#8217;s no shame in relying on other services to build out your service. In fact, for a start-up social network, it would be crazy not to. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source Social Networking Platforms Based on Ruby on Rails</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2008/10/05/open-source-social-networking-platforms-based-on-ruby-on-rails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking Platforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking Software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elgg and SocialEngine Updates</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2008/09/07/elgg-and-socialengine-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Portability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With their recent version upgrades, both Elgg and SocialEngine are getting plugin upgrades. Elgg, which has the best support for open standards (OpenID and OpenSocial, and their own OpenDD initiative) and is arguably the most flexible, has posted several plugins on their site. More are being posted in the Elgg Google Group. A key plugin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress for Social Networking?</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2008/08/14/wordpress-for-social-networking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2008/08/14/wordpress-for-social-networking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking Platforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I was a developer of social networking software, I&#8217;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&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not the way to launch new Social Networking Software</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2008/08/04/not-the-way-to-launch-new-social-networking-software/</link>
		<comments>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2008/08/04/not-the-way-to-launch-new-social-networking-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elgg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SocialEngine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The page says&#8230; &#8220;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.&#8221; So I click through to the demo, and this is my reward: Not a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elgg Pegged as Best Social Networking Software</title>
		<link>http://www.startasocialnetwork.com/blog/2008/08/04/elgg-pegged-as-best-social-networking-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking Platforms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elgg as been named the best open source social networking platform in InfoWorld&#8217;s 2008 Best Of Open Source Awards. Elgg took the opportunity to announce that version 1.0 is set to launch on August 18th.]]></description>
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