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I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but social networks aren't really a thing anymore. You already have 3 giants competing over every single user (Faceboo

by kiraken 11y ago

I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but social networks aren't really a thing anymore. You already have 3 giants competing over every single user (Facebook, twitter and google+) and i'd say its very pointless to compete with them. Plus your idea is too broad, its a sharing platform/social network/ Shop? I don't even advice on having a sharing platform for all medias, let alone an idea this broad, which would be almost impossible to identify, contain and brand. But nevertheless i wish you the best of luck

bbcbasic 11y ago
I agree. You have to think about the compelling reason to sign up.
citruspi 11y ago
Furthermore, from what my friends who use Facebook and Google+ tell me, the feature they use the most is the chat/instant messaging, not the rest of the "social" stuff. So if you don't even have a messaging platform, it'll be even harder to compete with networks that have already been established and have significant adoption. Also, for what it's worth, I think that in order to really compete with the other networks, in addition to a messaging platform, you're also going to need mobile (iOS and Android) clients for your network so that users can engage while on the go. Edit: So you're going to need all of this to achieve basic feature parity with established networks, forgetting advanced features like Google Photos, and then you're going to reach the hardest part - convincing users to switch from the network that all their contacts are on to a brand new one.
junto 11y ago
If this was open source software that people could install on their own hosting account (PHP/MySql) as a kind of personal social app then great and social meant loosely linked distributed nodes then that's exactly what I'm looking for. If you are going to compete directly with Facebook, and manage to get funded and build a good team, then welcome your forthcoming Facebook acquihire. :-)

by kiraken 11y ago

bbcbasic 11y ago

I agree. You have to think about the compelling reason to sign up.

citruspi 11y ago

Furthermore, from what my friends who use Facebook and Google+ tell me, the feature they use the most is the chat/instant messaging, not the rest of the "social" stuff. So if you don't even have a messaging platform, it'll be even harder to compete with networks that have already been established and have significant adoption. Also, for what it's worth, I think that in order to really compete with the other networks, in addition to a messaging platform, you're also going to need mobile (iOS and Android) clients for your network so that users can engage while on the go. Edit: So you're going to need all of this to achieve basic feature parity with established networks, forgetting advanced features like Google Photos, and then you're going to reach the hardest part - convincing users to switch from the network that all their contacts are on to a brand new one.

junto 11y ago

If this was open source software that people could install on their own hosting account (PHP/MySql) as a kind of personal social app then great and social meant loosely linked distributed nodes then that's exactly what I'm looking for. If you are going to compete directly with Facebook, and manage to get funded and build a good team, then welcome your forthcoming Facebook acquihire. :-)