Perhaps ground-up would be effective in the long run, but my imagination wonders if an index of pre-populated mini-networks all rooted on one "jump page" might

Perhaps ground-up would be effective in the long run, but my imagination wonders if an index of pre-populated mini-networks all rooted on one "jump page" might work better in the near-term. At least that's the functionality I imagine- the index could be similar to a traditional forum layout, where the categorized interests lead you to Elgg-like (again, only as an example) focus- and/or geographically-specific group of people. They would of course be fully capable of interconnecting between other networks throughout the site, but the goal here is sharing among people in your local group of like-minded people. It's fun to think of the possibilities here- there are many. Back to you- PS- just saw this and thought it might apply http://blog.garlicsim.org/post/7699968171/why-making-a-cool-project-is-a-good-idea-for-an http://blog.garlicsim.org/post/7699968171/why-making-a-cool-...