Your Own Social Network ?

[DnEbook]

I wonder if anyone here has tried to start their own social network ?
If so how is it going and what software did you buy to get it up and running ?

……..thanks

 

[LaunchUp.com]

I considered starting a social network in the past,never bothered. At the time I liked phpfox the best: http://moxi9.com/phpfox

Let me know what you think of it.

 

[DnEbook]

Boy oh boy there are so many, in the end information overload , you option seems as good as any, cheers
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http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/201...king-platforms-to-start-your-own-service.html

 

[baseballworld]

I always wanted to try to get one going.

 

[DnEbook]

The page i posted does offer many options, be wary of the animated one, i purchased that software years ago and it was the worst support i have ever experienced

 

[baseballworld]

I will look into it probably January when things slow down a little for me.

 

[DnEbook]

The reason i have not bothered is that i think you must commit big time and at the moment that does not suit, plus is would have to really suit my needs, i was maybe going to try get Friend.Singles up and running

 

[baseballworld]

Yeah the big thing is time for me as well. Dunno if I could commit to development.

 

[Rado_Ch]

Working for a webhost I think I encounter someone aiming for a big social networking success at least once a week. To be honest haven't heard/seen none of them gaining much popularity (apart from maybe some small local community) but judging by opinions and feedbacks I believe Dolphin by Boonex and Oxwall would be pretty great choices to start.

That being said consider that such applications (well some of their functionalities mostly) are quite the resource hogs and will quickly outgrow a shared hosting platform.