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> If someone made a new social network like that, I'd sign up today. Make your own. Here's what I did for my local network of friends (who also all hate Faceb
by Raphmedia 9y ago
> If someone made a new social network like that, I'd sign up today.
Make your own.
Here's what I did for my local network of friends (who also all hate Facebook). Install Wordpress, add the free Buddypress plugin, purchase $50 BuddyPress theme. Throw on a server.
There you go, your own private social network in under a week.
- loceng 9y agoHow active is it with your friends?
- Raphmedia 9y agoHigh activity when planning events or gaming sessions, low otherwise. We already did all of our talking and planning in a Facebook group, so this allow us to expand on that without the privacy issues. The Facebook group itself was similar in activity.
- webtechgal 9y agoThis. I tried the exact same thing for a family network a couple of years ago (but the network did not hate Facebook intensely, so it was a bit of an uphill battle). Before I could get them all fully on board, I got sucked into some large gigs so no business resulted in the end. I still hope to revive it some day.
- EGreg 9y agoActually I spent 5 years building a social networking platform to let people design and host their own social networks and apps. And no it isn't as simple as just Wordpress + BuddyPress. https://qbix.com/platform https://qbix.com/platform
- Raphmedia 9y agoAwesome! I found buddypress through https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted, perhaps you could have your project added there!